The Parrish Library Case Competition is an opportunity for student teams to showcase research, analytical, presentation and teamwork skills by investigating a real company and existing market case study. Teams of 4-5 students, including at least two freshmen/sophomores and one student who has taken MGMT 175, must register by September 30th. They will then receive the case on September 30th and submit a PowerPoint presentation and executive summary by October 5th. The top three teams will present their solutions on October 9th, with a chance to win prize money for first, second or third place. Participants are advised to prepare in advance by reviewing marketing concepts and exploring the library's databases.

1. PARRISH LIBRARY CASE
COMPETITION

2. What Is A Case Competition
 Competitive Problem Solving
 Requires Presentation Skills, Analytics Skills,
Teamwork

3. Team Organization
 4-5 students
 At least two of the students need to be
freshmen/sophomores
 At least one student need to have taken MGMT 175
(Purdue)

4. What is the Parrish Library Case Competition?
 Chance to show off your research skills
 Chance to try out a case competition
 $500 Prize for First Place, $300 for Second, $100 for
Third

5. What is the Parrish Library Case Competition?
 Marketing and Strategy Based
 Will investigate an existing market
 Will be based on a real company
 Consumer based
 Will Require Use of Library Databases

6. Deadlines
 September 30th- Need to register your team by 4pm
 September 30th- Case Announcement
 October 5th- Powerpoint and summary due 11:59pm
 October 6th- Final Three Announced
 October 9th- Final Presentations, Purdue

7. How should you prepare?
 Brush up on marketing lingo
 Explore the library’s databases
 Gather together a team
 Put the Case Release date on your calendar now-
Wednesday September 30, with Executive Summary
due Monday October 5th 11:59pm
 Put the Final October 9 on your calendar now- will
need to attend

8. Networking Time
 Questions?
 Time to find team members
 Time to network