For the first time, women business students won both of the Capsim Fall Challenge competitions, in tournaments made more difficult both by upheaval in the education environment and added complexity in their simulation scenario.
Sisi Ren, of York University in Toronto, Canada, won the Capstone Fall 2020 Challenge; and Cynthia Orton, from Brigham Young University, Idaho, won the Foundation Fall 2020 Challenge.
Eric Smith, Director of Client Relationship Services at Capsim, recognized the achievement of all twelve teams who made the Challenge finals this weekend.
“To qualify, they each competed against hundreds of other students from around the globe, running their own simulated business well enough to achieve a top score on the balanced scorecard,” Eric said.
“What makes their accomplishment even more impressive is they did it during a global pandemic while acclimating themselves to a virtual learning environment. Plus, for the first time, Capsim included a recession in the qualifying rounds. This challenge proved our finalists were more than capable of leading their companies through an economic downturn. That experience is tailor-made for the professional world they will graduate into.”