TESTIMONIALS
Testimonials
“It was exciting to discuss our recommendations with other MBA students and the judges to gain additional perspective, and it was such a pleasure to see an idea that was produced in a small corner of the Mendoza College of Business reach such a wide audience. It was the most gratifying experience of my MBA experience.”
-Mathew Ashley, MBA Student, Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business
"I was honored and delighted to be a judge for the 2010 Aspen Institute Case Competition. I was extremely impressed by the students' enthusiasm for the case, and their ideas on how to incorporate sustainability into the business world. I look forward to hearing more from the Aspen Institute."
-Beth Colleton, VP, Green is Universal, A Division of NBC Universal
You did a fantastic job on coordinating minutiae for the Case Competition. Thank you!
-Rohit Deshpande, Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing, Harvard Business School
My students had nothing but praise for how well the event was organized.
- Mary C. Goss, Senior Director, MBA Program at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business
The 2010 business school case competition was an uplifting event from all perspectives. The excitement and engagement of the students, the audience and the panel was palpable, and indicative of the growing support for the kinds of business judgment and principles that the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program is working so hard to make standard practice. Congratulations, too, to the organizers for selecting The Tata Group, an extraordinary company from India that makes the strongest case there is for financial and social sustainability. They have demonstrated how it is done for 142 years.
-Ann Graham, Contributing Editor, strategy+business and Editorial Director, Conscious Capitalism Institute
The Aspen Institute Business and Society Case Competition is a great addition to the learning environment for graduate business students. The case itself was complex and did a great job of challenging students to integrate core business skills with issues around sustainability and corporate social responsibility. The internal competition is lively and provides multiple teaching opportunities for faculty.
-R. Bruce Hutton, Ph.D., Dean Emeritus Piccinati, Professor in Teaching Innovation, Daniels College of Business University of Denver
"This case competition was incredibly challenging but also inspiring. It brought together topics learned in my MBA program and my personal passions and interests. It served as the perfect capstone to my MBA education."
-Patricia Jurca, MBA Student, Case Western University
I know that I speak for my team in saying that we all had such a great evening. It was a wonderful event, and it made all the hard work worth it!
-Marni Kruppa, MBA Student, NYU Stern
Regardless of whether our team moved forward, it was a wonderful experience for us all. Thanks again for all of your hard work and for your wonderful organization of the event!
-Karen Mittendorf, Associate Director of Graduate Student Services, and Student Advisor Graduate Business Programs, Baylor University
“The Tuck students loved the case and the opportunity to wrestle with the complexity of balancing environmental issues, costs, and organizational culture.”
-Patricia Palmiotto, Director, Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
This was definitely a good experience for us, and of course a wonderful opportunity for our finalist team.
- Hanna-Leena Pesonen, Vice Dean, Professor in Corporate Environmental Management, University of Jyväskylä - School of Business and Economics
Though we would have wished a different result, we feel really very happy because our students participated and felt enthusiastic about this initiative. We guess it was really inspiring for them and we hope to see more opportunities like this in the near future. Our special thanks for you and your colleagues because you were of great support during the whole process.
-Irene Torres, Associate Director of Internationalization, IESA (Venezuela)