Scott Malpas

1st Place SDS International Business Case Competition Student Development Society Aug 2014 "The week-long competition (Sunday 24 Aug – Thursday 28 Aug) was held at the University of Otago facilities at the Queenstown Resort College and saw 12 teams go head to head in three different competition events.All teams completed two case studies and a new event – the Elevator Pitch. Case #1 was on the Warehouse, the Elevator Pitch was developing a business in Queenstown and Case #2 was on SPELD NZ.Competitors from within New Zealand included teams from the University of… Show more "The week-long competition (Sunday 24 Aug – Thursday 28 Aug) was held at the University of Otago facilities at the Queenstown Resort College and saw 12 teams go head to head in three different competition events.All teams completed two case studies and a new event – the Elevator Pitch. Case #1 was on the Warehouse, the Elevator Pitch was developing a business in Queenstown and Case #2 was on SPELD NZ.Competitors from within New Zealand included teams from the University of Otago, University of Auckland, AUT, University of Waikato, University of Victoria in Wellington, and the University of Canterbury.International teams travelled to Queenstown from Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada), Warrington School of Business, University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida), University of NSW Australia (Sydney, Australia), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Richard Ivey Business School at Western University (London, Ontario, Canada) and BI Norway.SDS (Student Development Society) is an Incorporated Society representing the Business Case Competition interests of the New Zealand Universities. It hosts a National League competition consisting of three events, plus the flagship event – the international case competition SDS@QT 2014. It is largely supported by the Deans’ Council of the NZ Schools of Business." Show less