How to compete.
A case competition is a short professional argument under rules. Students receive a messy situation, a clock, and a panel. The Case Competition in Hong Kong keeps the original studio design of the archive and adds a public method so a first-time team can practise without guessing the hidden curriculum.
01. Form a team that can finish.
Four people is a common shape. You need someone who can keep time, someone who can calculate, someone who can write slides as sentences, and someone who will attack the recommendation before the judges do. Friendship is not a workstream. Agree roles on the roles note before the first drill.
02. Read for the decision.
Underline the decision owner, the deadline inside the story, the constraint, and the success measure. Write a situation, a complication, and a governing question on one page. If you cannot say the question aloud, you are not ready to split work.
03. Timebox like operators.
In a three-hour sprint, spend 20 minutes together, 90 minutes on analysis, 40 minutes on the governing slide and options, 20 minutes on rehearsal, and leave a buffer. In a 24-hour case, use the overnight skeleton. The method is on the 24-hour strategy page.
04. Analyse with a tree, not a collage.
Draw an issue tree. Assign branches. Produce claims, not folders. Quantify the one number that would change the recommendation. Leave the rest. Frameworks are tools; they are not the deliverable. See frameworks and issue trees.
05. Recommend something the organisation could do.
Name the action, the owner, the first 90 days, the money, and the risk. Put that on slide two. Everything else is proof. Practise Q&A with a hostile friend. The judging criteria are public so you can score yourselves.
06. Use the archive as a gym, not a trophy room.
Previous cases include MTR Hong Kong, SK-II Japan, Malaysia Airlines, Starbucks India, JPMorgan Chase, Google in 2014, and Morgan Stanley. They are practice sets. This site does not publish an unofficial winner table. Photos show the visual world of the original event language. Tools point to business-case, finance, and SWOT resources.
Schools and coaches have their own doors: for schools and for coaches. Questions sit on the FAQ. To talk to the committee, use contact.