I can’t resist a plug for my alma mater, The Thunderbird School of Global Management. (Those of you who keep an eye on who went where to school where, should note that Josh Dorfman, The Lazy Environmentalist is a graduate too!)
For the second year, Thunderbird will be hosting the Annual Sustainable Innovation Summit, a global competition for business school students. Last year, the challenge attracted 118 teams from 59 universities and 15 countries.
Student teams are challenged with developing sustainable innovative business solutions for real-world companies and compete for a $20,000 prize and the title: Global Champions of Sustainable Innovation.
Reflective of the changing manner of education and working groups in the 21st century teams can be made of students within a single school, within a single major or cross functional teams at different universities. As long as at least one member of the team is currently enrolled in an MBA program or has earned a graduate degree in business; you’re good to go.
Sponsors and partners include such influential companies as: Johnson and Johnson, Eco-Lab, Xerox and Net Impact. This is a great opportunity to show your stuff in front of leaders of industry, as well as, mingle with established names in the green movement.
Again, indicative of the changing way we do business, the competition begins on October 6th with an ONLINE round of questions from companies sponsoring the event. Winners of that event will travel to the Thunderbird campus in Glendale Arizona in November for the final round.
You have until October 5th to register your team for the partly sum of $100.00, certainly within a student’s budget! You can find more details about the challenge here.
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