Competition Day #1

Today was the first day of competition and the students did a great job. They were up very early, trudging through the fog, slush, and snow to the school to begin preparing for their presentation. The case today was about the Vestas Company, a main producer of wind energy here in Denmark. The students had an excellent strategy and suggested that the company employ a multi-domestic strategy. They went head to head against the team from Dublin, who are also a talented, experienced team. The competition was very close with the scores of Dublin: 6 and TTU: 5 on an eleven point scale.

The judges listed the team's strengths as confidence and progressive thinking. There are some areas that are areas of opportunity for our team though, such as a limited knowledge of the wind industry and the team ended a little short of the presentation maximum.We are proud to see the team is improving exponintially. They are learning a lot, very quickly.

After the presentation, it was time to relax! We caught the bus to go bowling and we think we have figured out at least one of the bus routes. :) Bowling was great! Sara dominated the game. Tonight, we ate at Joe's Diner and had some of the biggest hamburgers we have ever seen! The team is continuing their team building skills by making memories together and making new friends.



Tomorrow is a VERY early day and the longest day. The team will have two cases and two presentations tomorrow. We compete against the Helsinki team (Finland) and Concordia, a team from Canada.

Send them good thoughts and best wishes!