The Business Simulation Blog

Heat, humidity and thousands of management professors from all over the world; this welcomed the attendees of the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Orlando, FL. This year's theme was 'Capitalism in Question' and the sessions covered a variety of exciting papers centered around the subject. Cesim Business Simulations was represented at two locations this year: the main exhibit hall at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel and outside Ballroom J at the Coronado Springs Resort. 

In an effort to serve your needs better, dear reader, we are now embarking on a mission to find out what would you like us to write more about in this blog? Be it applications of business simulations in the classroom, the how-to's of running simulation based courses or feature descriptions; let your imagination run wild and let us know in the comments what would YOU love to read about here. 

Already for the 14^th time, students of Stockholm School of Economics in Riga organized an international business student competition called Peak Time. After an intense four-day final event, the winners were revealed: the first place was taken by team Glober, coming from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Second and third places belong to Sikhara from the National University of Singapore and One Hit Wonders from the National University of Singapore as well. Overall, there were 20 teams with participants coming from 17 different countries.

Zillertaler Tourismusschulen ist die erste Tourismusschule Österreichs die mit einer Cesim Simulationssoftware für Hotelbetriebe arbeitet. Herr Professor Mag. Bruno Haller hat unser Planspiel dieses Jahr in zwei Klassen benutzt. In diesem Artikel spricht er über Planspiele als Lehrmethode und seine bisherige Erfahrungen mit OnService.

Thousands of students playing business simulations have been asking a seemingly simple question from you, their teacher, and peers alike: how do I win the business strategy game? What are some surefire ways to beat the simulation? What are the best strategies?