The 5th PPM Business Case Competition “When Express Means Now”

PPM Business Case Competition (BCC) is an annual competition event organized by Research Center and Case Clearing House (RC-CCH) PPM School of Management. This is the fiftth year for the BCC that this time the theme “When Express Means Now”. The participants challenged participants to solve a case of PT. Express Transindo Utama, Tbk. (Express Taxi)

The participants consisting of bachelor degree (S1) students from all region in Indonesia presented innovative and strategic ideas that can make a company more superior than its competitors. This activity was participated by 111 teams, proving that this competition is highly attractive to relevant students. Among 111 teams registering and presenting analyses/researches on the case provided, only 12 teams became finalists and competed in the final session (debate and question & answer sessions) to be the winners, which was held on 4 December 2014 at PPM School of Management, Jalan Menteng Raya No. 9-19 Jakarta Pusat.

In the final round, the finalists were tested for their case analyses, case originality levels, and certainly connection between their cases and theories. Other aspects calculated were teamwork, team ability to provide answer or explanation to other teams or the jury (in Debate and Question-and-Answer sessions).

The result of final assessment determined the winners as follow:

1st Winner: Universitas Diponegoro

2nd Winner: Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana

3rd Winner: PPM School of Management

4th Winner: Universitas Gadjah Mada

5^th Winner: Universitas Indonesia

The winners received cash prizes, for the first winner Rp 9.000.000; the second winner Rp. 8.000.000; the third winner Rp 6.000.000, the fourth winner Rp 4.000.000, and the fifth winner Rp. 3.000.000,- no less interesting was scholarship up to 60% to continue Master of Management study at the Wijawiyata Manajemen -PPM School of Management program.