Ulysses Contest – digital student competition on family business
The Ulysses Contest 2023, being the first European digital student competition of its kind, is over
23 May3 winners of 2023
We congratulate all participants on their great work and proudly present the 3 teams who reached the highest points with their presentations:
⭐ Team 21: David Kalotai, Zénó Manó Kovács, Pauline Schrader and Klemens Ehrenhöfer
⭐ Team 7: Till Herrmann, Eric Geßwein, Anita Borsato, Carlo Di Ciò
⭐ Team 13: Maria Caliari, Marta Bosco, Youssef Gerges, Thi Thanh Mai Le2 MayWinning teams of round 1
9 teams have made it into round 2 and will all work on one case study. The teams have 2 weeks to come-up with a solution.11 AprilRound 1 kick off
With 93 registered students, the first round of the Ulysses Contest has finally kicked off!
Short facts
Title: Ulysses European Digital Student Competition on Family Business
Time: First round: April 11-25, 2023 (noon) – Second round: May 2-16, 2023 (noon)
Final live online presentation: 23rd of May
Format: Self-paced, Online competition
Group size: 4 students per team (registration possible individually or in pairs)
Methodology: self-paced and task-driven solving of cases in a virtual format
Language: English
Prizes: 1st place: 3,000 EUR; 2nd place: 1,500 EUR; 3rd place: 500 EUR
Registration Deadline: March 21, 2023
Case competition consisted of two rounds
First round: 11-25 April 2023
Teams will randomly receive a case study on a family business’ real life problem to create a possible solution based on case specific questions. Result should be a written solution with 5-6 pages and a short video presentation.
Second round: 2-23 May 2023
The winning teams of the first round will move further to the second round. In this round all teams work on the same case.
Competition description
till March 21Step 1: REGISTRATION
Students register (individually or in pairs)till April 11Step 2: TEAM FORMATION
4 membered international teams are formed from the registered students (Pairs will be kept together).On April 11Step 3: KICK-OFF ONLINE EVENT
Family firm case studies are presented and provided to the student groups.April 11-25Step 4: FIRST ROUND
Student groups working on the case studies (consultation opportunities are also provided with members of family firms)till April 25Step 5: SUBMISSION OF RESULTS FOR FIRST ROUND
Student teams submit their case study results (on written template format & short video).April 25 – May 2Step 6: EVALUATION
The best solutions (max 9 teams) are selected and proceeded to the second round.May 2 - 16Step 7: SECOND ROUND
A new case study is provided to the student teams who are participating in this round. The teams have 2 weeks to come-up with a solution.till May 16Step 8: SUBMISSION OF RESULTS FOR SECOND ROUND
Student teams submit their case study results (only on written template format).May 23Step 9: FINAL
Student teams present their solutions online in front of a jury of experts & family firm members.
