Warmth, Hospitality and Business
Delivering a winning business case solution requires ingenuity, strategy and clear communication. Students are not only tested on what they think but how they think. The business case competition gives students the opportunity to further hone their skills.
Every school year, Greenwood hosts two business case competitions, with one in the winter and one in the spring. The business case competition challenges each group to prepare and present a case solution in a single day. Students are very keen to apply their knowledge and skills to a real world business case. There was so much interest in this season’s event that the capacity filled up within hours of opening up student registration. In total, 94 Grade 10 to 12 students competed on 20 teams.
In the interest of fairness, all groups would learn of the business case at the same time on the morning of the competition. For the rest of the morning, each group would then dissect the case and prepare their business case solution. This term’s competition featured a case published by the Ivey Business School about Jungle Bay Dominica. Students were asked to prepare solutions to help improve the resort’s occupancy rates and marketing strategies while respecting the owner’s original vision. During this morning period of the competition, each group also received coaching on their solution. Our coaches were:
- Debbie Baker (Greenwood parent and VP at PwC)
- Connor Sinclair ‘19 (alumni and recent grad of Wilfrid Laurier University’s business program)
- Curtis Li ‘23 (alumni, three-time Greenwood business case competition champion and recent winner of his first Ivey Business School competition)
Later in the afternoon, groups were assigned to present to the judges in one of the four separate presentation rooms. The judges from each room selected a finalist from the five presentations they saw in the afternoon. The finalists from each room then presented to the final judging panel. Congratulations to the winners and well done to all those who participated last week.
The winning team members were:
- Graham Bain ‘24
- Benji Baylin ‘24
- Sarah Britt ‘24
- Torin Lang ‘24
- Maddy Sergnese ‘24
The finalist teams:
- Nathalie Borlase ‘24, James Petrucci ‘24, Matt Malone ‘24 and Chloe White ‘24
- Aubrey Campbell ‘24, Matthew Hicks ‘25, Izzy McEvily ‘24 and Claudia Schmid ‘25
- Michael Baillie ‘24, Sabrina Farah ‘24, Bronwyn Mulcahy ‘24 and Rachel Sinclair ‘24
A special thank you to our guest judges who were instrumental in providing feedback and evaluating the groups’ case solutions. Staff, alumni, Greenwood parents and external professionals helped to ensure this event was successful.
- Stella Au
- Stewie Bain ‘21
- Geoff Baratt
- Samay Bhachech
- Eric Clarke
- Douglas Kong
- Bill McEvily
- John Warrillow
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