PREPARATION RESOURCES

Preparation Resources

To better help you prepare for the Schlesinger Global Family Enterprise Case Competition, we have provided the practice cases below as well as several resources which you may find helpful in your preparations.

View the Judging Rubric

2013-2025 Selected Cases (PDF)

Other practice cases:

Family Business Case resources:

  • Harvard Business Publishing: Several family business cases (and educator notes) are available for purchase.
  • North American Case Research Association – various family business cases available for purchase.
  • In the Journal of Family Business Strategy, a published case study on CimberSterling, a family-owned airline from Denmark, that looks at how they dealt with increasing competitive and environmental pressures is available for purchase.
  • Analyzing Family Business Cases: Tools and Techniques by Pramodita Sharma

2021 & 2024 Finals Round Cases and Presentations:

2025 Final Presentations Playlist
(select individual videos in the upper right hand corner)

Individual Undergraduate Presentations:
Culverhouse College of Business, University of Alabama – USA
Dublin City University – IRELAND
Grossman School of Business, University of Vermont – USA
Ohio University – USA
University of Applied Sciences Munich – GERMANY
University of Prince Edward Island – CANADA

Individual Graduate Presentations:
University of Adelaide Business School – AUSTRALIA
Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba – CANADA
Babes Bolyai University – ROMANIA
Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences – GERMANY
National Taiwan University – TAIWAN
Schulich School of Business, York University – CANADA