CLEVELAND – A team of three ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½¿ª½± MBA students from the Monte Ahuja College of Business placed third in the KeyBank/Fisher College of Business Minority MBA Case Competition this year.

Among the 18 teams that competed in the 2012 event, ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½¿ª½± placed above all other Ohio schools, including The Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati and Kent State University. ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½¿ª½± beat Penn State to finish third. The University of Washington and UCLA finished first and second respectively. This is the fourth time in eight years that ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½¿ª½± has placed in the top four.

In the competition, organizers propose a business problem, and teams are tasked to create solutions through a written thesis. Teams have 30 days to present their submissions to a panel of KeyBank executives, who act as judges.

“The strong performance of our MBA students in the KeyBank Case Competition shows their ability to analyze real-world business problems and develop effective plans to create solutions," said Robert Scherer, Ph.D., Dean of the Monte Ahuja College of Business.