Teams:  Inivtations will be sent to the top 30 MBA programs in the world.  Invited programs will be asked to select a team of four students to represent their school.  The competition will consist of 9 competing teams.  A registration fee of $100 per team will be required to ensure the attendance of accepting teams.  All registration fees will be donated to the non-profit organization the case was developed around.

Prizes:  $15,000 in prize money.

The winning team will receive $6,000 plus a donation of $1,500 will be made to a non-profit of their choosing (as a matching donation from a corporation).

The second place team will receive $4,000 plus a donation of $1000 will be made to a non-profit of their choosing

The third place team will receive $2,000 plus a donation of $500 will be made to a non-profit of their choosing.

Timeline:  Competing teams will arrive at Georgia Tech Thursday evening (1/17/08) or Friday morning (1/18/08).  Teams will be randomly paired into cohorts of 3 teams.  The winning team from each cohort will advance to compete in the final round on Saturday afternoon (1/19/08).  The final round presentation will be based on the same non-profit organization and background information.  However, the strategy and analysis will be developed from a different perspective.