Product catalog
Every Capsim simulation and assessment, in one place.
One engine runs four business simulations. Inbox simulations put a learner in a role and let the decisions play out. Assessments turn what people did into evidence. This page is the reference: what each product is, who it fits, and where to read more.
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Business simulations
Teams run a whole company, round after round.
Each round is a year in the company's life. Teams make the calls in R&D, marketing, production, and finance, submit them, and live with the results against competing teams. All four simulations run on the same engine; they differ in how much market there is to read and where the pressure lands. The business simulations page →
| Simulation | Level | Segments | Products | Global markets | Scoring | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapsimCoreFoundational, fully cross-functional | Beginner | 2 | 1–4 | No | Stars, Success Measures, Balanced Scorecard | Strategy fundamentals |
| CapsimGlobalA domestic company goes multinational | Intermediate | 2 | 1–4 | Yes | Stars, Success Measures | International strategy |
| CapsimOpsOperations in the spotlight | Advanced | 2 | 1–4 | No | Stars, Success Measures | Operations management |
| CapstoneMost usedThe comprehensive flagship, Capsim's most-used simulation | Advanced | 5 | 5–8 | No | Stars, Success Measures, Balanced Scorecard, Triple-Bottom-Line mode | Advanced strategy & capstone |
Case modules
Nine add-in scenarios that drop a strategic threat or opportunity into a running simulation, community involvement and technology licensing among them. Also how a corporate program gets tailored to its own strategy.
See the nine modules →How a delivery runs
The arc from setup to wrap-up, class and team sizing, onsite, online, and blended formats, timing, technical requirements, and what support covers.
Read the delivery guide →Textbook bundles
Strategic management eTexts paired with the simulation in one purchase: Rothaermel and West editions, with instructor resources.
Browse the bundles →Inbox simulations
One person, one role, one inbox. Each reply is a decision.
CapsimInbox puts a learner in a job and lets the situation arrive by email and instant message. Each response is scored against the skills the simulation measures and steers what comes next. Fifteen minutes to two hours, individually, at any scale. Validated with I-O psychologists at DePaul University. The inbox simulations page →
Gateway Courses Series
Course-aligned simulations for introductory business courses: management, microeconomics, marketing, accounting, and finance. Eight simulations per course, about twenty minutes each.
Explore the series →Leadership Development Series
Capsim-built modules on business acumen, people management, time management, and ethical decision-making. Used as standalone development, and as the pre/post measure around a leadership program.
Explore the series →Community-Created Series
Simulations written by faculty for their own courses and shared with the community, from healthcare management to information systems.
Explore the series →Inbox authoring platform
A no-code authoring tool. Anyone who can write an email can write a simulation: define the skills, the characters, and the messages; set what each response scores and triggers. Designers train free and own what they write.
Explore the authoring platform →Capsim builds it
A simulation modeled on your roles, your scenarios, and your competency model, built by Capsim with your subject-matter experts. Used for recruiting, onboarding, and leadership assessment.
Explore Leadership Assessment →CapsimInbox-XM
The inbox engine as an exam: students answer board members' emails about their company's performance from an individualized report. One to two hours.
See it under Assessments →Assessments
Four instruments that turn decisions into evidence.
Three are tied to the simulation and measure what a person or team actually did. The fourth is a customizable standardized exam for programs that need one across the whole curriculum. The assessments page →
Comp-XM
Each student runs the business simulation again on their own, then answers the board's questions, which require reading competitors' results as well as their own. The deepest individual measure of business judgment.
- Function integration
- Critical thinking
- Analytical reasoning
- Leadership
- Global awareness
- Communication
- Business ethics
CapsimInbox-XM
Students prepare for a shareholder meeting, answering board members' emails about the company's performance from a report unique to them. It runs on the inbox engine, so there is no second simulation to play.
- Strategy
- Marketing
- Finance
- Accounting
- Human resources
- Operations
- Sustainability
TeamMATE
How the team that ran the simulation worked together: peer feedback on each member's contribution, and a team-level read on how the group performed.
- Confidence
- Cooperation
- Coordination
- Cohesion
- Conflict
- Preparation
- Execution
- Monitoring
- Adjustment
Modular-XM
A customizable standardized exam. Your program builds the question library around its own learning outcomes, then runs pre-tests in the courses that lead up to a checkpoint exam before graduation. Results compare across sections, programs, campuses, and years. A pre-built business-school seed library is available.
- Your learning outcomes
- Partial-credit scoring
- Remote proctoring
- CSV export
Assessment data informs a decision about a person; it does not make it.
For companies
The same products, packaged as programs.
Business schools license the simulations directly. Companies buy the program built around them. Capsim for corporate L&D →
Leadership Accelerator
A facilitated cohort program built on the business simulation: teams run a company under pressure, with observers, peer and self ratings, and pre/post inbox measures capturing the judgment behind the results. Tuned to your strategy with case modules and custom scenarios.
Explore the Accelerator →Leadership Assessment
A validated inbox simulation as the standalone, scalable instrument: candidates or high-potentials step into the role and decide; the results inform succession, promotion, and development calls at scale.
Explore the Assessment →Questions buyers ask
Frequently asked
What's the difference between a business simulation and an inbox simulation?
A business simulation is a company: teams make cross-functional decisions in rounds that each represent a year, and results compound against competing teams over a half day to a full term. An inbox simulation is a role: one person works a realistic inbox for fifteen minutes to two hours, and each reply is scored against the skills being measured. Business simulations build and reveal judgment across a whole business; inbox simulations measure it at scale, one decision at a time. They are often used together.
Which business simulation fits which course?
CapsimCore for strategy fundamentals and introductory business, including programs whose students aren't business majors. Capstone for the strategic management capstone and MBA strategy. CapsimGlobal for international strategy. CapsimOps for operations and supply chain management. Introductory and gateway courses use the inbox Gateway Courses Series rather than a business simulation.
Do the simulations run inside our LMS?
Yes. Every Capsim simulation runs in the browser with nothing to install, and integrates with Canvas, Blackboard, and the other major learning management systems: single sign-on so students launch from the course, and gradebook sync so scores flow back.
How do students get access, and how does pricing work?
Students can buy access directly, like a course text, or through the campus bookstore; a program can also cover it centrally with a site license. Corporate programs are priced per cohort. Pricing depends on the product, the volume, and the format, so the fastest way to a number is a demo.
Can we measure each student individually, not just the team?
Yes. The simulation scores the company; Comp-XM and CapsimInbox-XM score the student. Comp-XM re-runs the simulation solo with board questions (four to six hours); CapsimInbox-XM has students interpret their company's report through a board-meeting inbox (one to two hours). Both produce comparable, individual evidence for assurance of learning.
Not sure which product fits? That's what the demo is for.
Thirty minutes, tailored to your course or program. We'll match the product to the outcome you need to build or prove.