FFI at the Family Enterprise Case Competition

FFI On Friday | January 25, 2019

Prepared Exclusively for FFI Members

FFI’s collaboration with the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business’ Family Enterprise Case Competition.

FFI is committed to the education and advancement of future generations of family enterprise academics and advisers. This commitment was highly visible in mid-January with FFI’s collaboration with the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business’ Family Enterprise Case Competition (FECC). This year’s competition included 25 teams from 14 countries.

Here are some of the results, which reflect the many FFI members who were active in choosing cases, fielding teams, and acting as judges.

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Graduate League Winners

First place winner in the graduate division was the University of Adelaide, coached by FFI GEN faculty member Frank Barbera. Third place went to the Asian Institute of Management, coached by FFI Fellow Ginny Santiago.

The University of Adelaide

Asian Institute of Management

Recipient of the best presenter in the Graduate League, Robin Tauck Division, went to Kristina Baumgartner from FFI organizational member Jönköping International Business School, coached by Massimo Baù.

Massimo Baù
Jönköping International Business School

Kristina Baumgartner, Jönköping International Business School, with Abby Collins, University of Vermont

FFI members also competing in the Graduate League were ESADE, Maria Jose Parada, coach, member of the 2019 Miami program and committee and FFI Fellow; Indian School of Business, Nupur Pavan Bang, coach, whose colleague Navneet Bhatnagar is an FBR précis author; Zhejiang University, China, Shihui Chen, coach and GEN graduate with dual certificate.

Undergraduate League

FFI members and schools participating in the Undergraduate League were Oregon State University: Sherri Noxel, coach and FFI Fellow; Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, Malaysia: Mohar Yusof, coach and recipient of the 2018 Waesche Family GEN Scholarship

The Judges

Fifty-two judges from 12 countries included FFI members Patricia Angus, Brett Coffman, Hanqing “Chevy” Fang, Judy Green, Danny Holt, Steve Legler, and Randy Waesche.

Hanqing “Chevy” Fang
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Judy Green
Family Firm Institute

Danny Holt
Mississippi State University

Steve Legler
TSI Heritage

Randy Waesche
Resource Management LLC

The Cases

Cases for the competition were:

Priztker Family Enterprise: A Family Governance Case Study by Patricia Angus, FFI Fellow and GEN faculty member
P&Q Metal Works: The Case of a Blended Multi-generational Family in a First Generation Business by Brett Coffman, FFI Fellow
Advising the Family Firm: Opening Pandora’s Box by Vanessa Strike and Dennis Ma
IOI’s Global Challenge: Moving Up the Palm Oil Value Chain by Marleen Dieleman

Patricia Angus
Angus Advisory Group
Columbia University Family Business Program

Brett Coffman
BB&T Wealth

Vanessa Strike
University of British Columbia

Dennis Ma
University of British Columbia

Marleen Dieleman
National University of Singapore

These cases were chosen by an FFI committee consisting of FFI Fellow Elle Hansen, GEN graduate Mette Ballari, and FFI Fellow David Bentall.

The Organizers

All effectively organized by Pramodita Sharma and her outstanding team of UVM students.