Welcome to the 59th Annual International Collegiate
Business Strategy Competition (ICBSC) – Building Bridges from Academia to Industry
Please register by December 31, 2022!
Dear
Colleagues,
The
College of Business at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) cordially invites your university to participate in the 2023 International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition (ICBSC).
In this competition, teams of 4-6 students take
over the management of a simulated manufacturing company while competing directly against other firms run by competitor teams in a simulated world. The
simulated environment incorporates the economies of two countries and requires consideration of global and domestic strategy.
The ICBSC Legacy
The
ICBSC was launched in 1964 and is one of the oldest business strategy competitions. An example of ICBSC loyalty to student development is Willamette University which competed in 1965 and every year thereafter. The competition simulation has evolved from mail-in
submissions to a browser-based interface.
Each
year our students, whether or not they bring back a trophy, tell us that this competition has been the single most rewarding experience of their college career. Some students listing the ICBSC on their resumes have discovered that it has helped them during
job interviews. In today’s job market, this means the value of this investment in our students is multiplied many times.
About the 2023 Competition
The
ICBSC begins with a remote online phase in late January 2023 and culminates with a three-day intensive phase in Anaheim, CA on April 20-22, 2023.
The Competition utilizes the Business Policy Game, an international simulation, designed to enable advanced business students to integrate and apply the theoretical
knowledge they acquired in their business courses. The students become strategic managers of simulated companies competing against other business students acting as managers of their own companies. The Competition extends over five simulated years, one calendar
quarter at a time.
The
competition provides students with an opportunity to make
quarterly business decisions, develop a business plan,
produce an annual report, and practice oral presentation skills during the mock Board Meeting conducted at the intensive phase in Anaheim, California.
Our
competition is unique because, in addition to the simulation, the competition also includes interaction with a Judging Panel. The judges act as the Board of Directors for each team. Teams make presentations and judges provide feedback. While we include
some savvy business strategy faculty, most of our judges are industry executives. Our judging panels have included high level executives such as current and past Vice Presidents of Northrup Grumman, Juniper Technologies, Bank of America, PriceWaterhouseCooper,
Pacific Gas and Electric, Shamrock Foods as well as many others.
2023 ICBSC Registration Form & Supplemental Materials
As
the competition’s Administrative Director, I would like to personally invite you to send one or more undergraduate and/or MBA/MA/MSc teams to this year’s competition.
Please find below links to the competition registration form and
supplemental materials that may be useful:
Best,
Nataliya Acc-Nikmehr, Ph.D
Administrative Director
International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition
Lecturer
Department of Management & HRM
College of Business
California State University Long Beach