Walton Sending Four-Member Team to SEC MBA Case Competition

The Graduate School of Business at the University of Arkansas is sending a four-member team to the second Southeastern Conference M.B.A. Case Competition to be held April 3-5 at the University of Alabama.

All 14 universities from the SEC will take part in the competition.

The team from the Sam M. Walton College of Business took second place overall in the inaugural competition held last year at the University of Missouri. Walton College will host the competition on the University of Arkansas campus in 2016.

In the competition, each student team is presented with a current, real-world problem facing a company. Each team analyzes the information, develops a strategy and makes a presentation to a panel of judges. The Saturday morning sessions will include divisional rounds. The four divisional winners then advance to the final round Saturday afternoon.

The winning team receives $10,000, second place gets $6,000, third place $3,000 and fourth place receives $1,000. Additional awards will be presented to individuals in each division for categories such as best Q&A and best presentation.

Regions, the official bank of the SEC, is the competition sponsor. Regions also is presenting the case for analysis and providing company leaders and experts to serve as judges.

The SEC M.B.A. Case Competition is one of several programs undertaken by the SECU, the academic initiative of the Southeastern Conference. With SECU, the conference sponsors, supports and promotes collaborative higher education programs and activities involving administrators, faculty and students at its 14 member universities.