{"id":29976,"date":"2022-06-29T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T06:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/?p=29976"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:41:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T09:41:43","slug":"combining-a-competition-and-fun-our-case-challenge-in-rotterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/combining-a-competition-and-fun-our-case-challenge-in-rotterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"Combining a competition and fun: our case challenge in Rotterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) STAR Case Competition<\/a> welcomed 16 top-level business teams of four students to develop innovative solutions for companies\u2019 real-time problems. The event, hosted and organised by RSM students, brought together more than 60 students from all over the world. At this year\u2019s 8th<\/sup> edition of the RSM STAR Case competition, the teams were challenged to solve two real-life business cases. The motto of this year\u2019s event was \u201cBreaking new ground\u201d, which referred to challenging the current ways of doing business and thinking of new ideas to get companies fit for the future, taking into account the post-pandemic reality. The seven-day programme included not only the case-solving but also networking opportunities, dinners, social events, as well as interesting speaker events and company presentations of the case partners. Throughout the week, we got to know the Rotterdam School of Management and the Netherlands better.<\/p>\n

Experiencing various facets of the Netherlands<\/h2>\n

As soon as we arrived, we were told: \u201cRotterdam doesn\u2019t come second to Amsterdam, but it stands by itself\u201d. Most of our team had not been to Rotterdam before, so we did not know what to expect from the city at first. During our week at the RSM STAR Case Competition, we could immerse into the various facets of Rotterdam in-between case studies and discover how vibrant the city is. Through group activities with Rotterdam Partners, a travel agency, we visited a co-working space, a floating farm and the art depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. Accompanied by our buddy, we discovered the food scene in Rotterdam, visited the food halls and had an amazing last dinner with all the competition participants. Another highlight of the week was the day trip to the Ikea headquarters in Delft and our visit to Amsterdam, where we visited the Rijksmuseum and had free time to discover the city. As much as we enjoyed our free time and getting to know the Netherlands, we also enjoyed solving two challenging cases.<\/p>\n\n\t\t