Ulysses Contest – digital student competition on family business
The Ulysses Contest 2024 is about to start!
Short facts
Title: Ulysses European Digital Student Competition on Family Business
Time: First round: April 10-22, 2024 (noon) – Second round: May 6-20, 2024 (noon)
Final live online presentation: 5 June 2024
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
Registration Deadline: March 27, 2024
Case competition consisted of two rounds
First round: 10-22 April 2024
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: 6-20 May 2024
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 27Step 1: REGISTRATION
Students register (individually, in pairs or in groups of 4)till April 10Step 2: TEAM FORMATION
4 membered international teams are formed from the registered students (Pairs will be kept together).On April 10Step 3: KICK-OFF ONLINE EVENT
Family firm case studies are presented and provided to the student groups.April 10-22Step 4: FIRST ROUND
Student groups working on the case studies (consultation opportunities are also provided with members of family firms)till April 22Step 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 6 - 20Step 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).June 5Step 9: FINAL
Student teams present their solutions online in front of a jury of experts & family firm members.
