The Best Team Selection Process

A total of 6,100 students from 135 universities in 32 countries by the country of study and 140 countries by the country of origin on six continents participated in the project this semester. They worked in 1,121 global virtual teams, each team comprised of about 6 team members, each team member in a different country.

A total of 1,118 reports were submitted in the 2024-2 round of the X-Culture competition.

The reports were sent out for evaluation to a large group of International Business experts, mainly International Business professors and coaches from around the world (140 people from 36 countries). Each report was independently evaluated by 3 to 7 experts along multiple dimensions, such as report creativity, clarity, the viability of the ideas, style, as well as evaluation of each report section. The experts also provided qualitative feedback.

Based on the expert evaluations, 98 teams received nearly perfect evaluations.

Next, a group of X-Culture coaches evaluated one more time the 98 reports, selecting one best for each client company.

Accordingly, from the pool of 98 finalists this semester, 14 teams were selected as BEST TEAMS.

The complete list is provided below.

Members of all Finalist Teams will receive Best Team certificates. All members of the finalist teams will also be invited to the upcoming X-Culture Symposia and X-Culture Coaching Program.

We are also working on interviewing the members of the finalist teams to produce an educational film based on their tips and insights into how to write a winning international business report.

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The finalist reports can be downloaded here  icon-download 

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THE BEST TEAMS OF THE 2024-2 X-CULTURE COMPETITION

ET: Early track (2024-2a)

LT: late track (2024-2b)

 

AR Books

Team LT-395: Anh L.T. Nguyễn, Foreign Trade University, Professor: Hanh Tran, Vietnam
Team LT-395: Diana Alvarez, TWU, Professor: Mahesh S. Raisinghani, USA
Team LT-395: Ryan Wolf, North Dakota State Univesity, Professor: Dan Hsu, USA
Team LT-395: Vernie Ankit Thorpe, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Professor: Venkataraman S, India

 

Cocci Grifoni

Tie:

Team LT-526: Ondrej Berta, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Professor: Venkataraman S, India
Team LT-526: AnnaKay Beall, Northeastern State University, Professor: Kevin Litz, USA
Team LT-526: Teagan Price, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Professor: Karen Lynden, USA
Team LT-526: Yen M. Do, Foreign Trade University, Professor: Hanh Tran, Vietnam
Team LT-526: Adewole Esther Boluwatife, University of Ilorin, Professor: Olushola Omolekan, Nigeria

and

Team LT-746: Ashul Gupta , Sharda University, Professor: Sweta Dixit, India
Team LT-746: Benjamin Nguyen, CSU Long Beach, Professor: Nataliya Acc-Nikmehr, USA
Team LT-746: Chi L. Dang, Foreign Trade University, Professor: Hanh Tran, Vietnam
Team LT-746: Mathew Brodsky, Hofstra University, Professor: Keun S Lee, USA
Team LT-746: Naya Chikh Ali, Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai, Professor: Ozcan Saritas, UAE
Team LT-746: Omer Hamour, Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai, Professor: Ozcan Saritas, United Arab Emirates

 

Linguado

Team LT-22: Bilguissa Barry, Northeastern University, Professor: Paula Caligiuri, USA
Team LT-22: Cameryn Shelby, TWU, Professor: Mahesh S. Raisinghani, USA
Team LT-22: Gaurav Singhai, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Professor: Salman Ali, India
Team LT-22: Jenyfar Yasmin, Laurentian University, Professor: Rana Haq, Canada
Team LT-22: Ngina Malenge, The Technical University of Kenya, Professor: Joan Lilian Ogendo (Masters), Kenya

 

MOS Food

Team ET-355: Kye Yamauchi, The University of Western Australia, Professor: Julie Anne Lee, Australia
Team ET-355: Sara Duque Hoyos, Universidad EAFIT, Professor: Sara Marin, Colombia
Team ET-355: Tylar J. Konrad, Northwest Missouri State University, Professor: Kyungjoong Kim, USA
Team ET-355: Yaa Kyeiwaa Boadu, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Professor: Samuel Yaw Akomea, Ghana

My Better Batch

Team LT-443: Jeffrey Hinojosa, University of Redlands, Professor: Faisal Harahap, USA
Team LT-443: Leeann Harsha, Youngstown State University, Professor: Omer F. Genc, USA
Team LT-443: Thuy T. Nguyen, Foreign Trade University, Professor: Hanh Tran, Vietnam
Team LT-443: Vashishth Devang, NMIMS University, Professor: Papiya De, India

 

Radico

Team LT-43: Anna Guseva, University of Galway, Professor: Denis O Hora, Ireland
Team LT-43: Brett Goldberg, Northeastern University, Professor: Paula Caligiuri, USA
Team LT-43: Jessica L. Allen, University of Central Oklahoma, Professor: Saheli Nath, USA
Team LT-43: Samira Hajialikhamseh, University of Messina – Department of Economics, Professor: Elvira Tiziana La Rocca, Italy
Team LT-43: Saravanan K, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Professor: Salman Ali, India

 

Skiilify

Team LT-30: Allen Yohnk, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, Professor: Longzhu Dong, USA
Team LT-30: Chandrakant Padhee, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Professor: Salman Ali, India
Team LT-30: Faizudeen O. Tajudeen, Laurentian University, Professor: Rana Haq, Canada
Team LT-30: Mburu Kibathi, United States International University-Africa (USIU-AFRICA)., Professor: Juliana Namada, Kenya
Team LT-30: Sindhura Bollu, Northeastern University, Professor: Paula Caligiuri, USA

 

Vivavoce

Team LT-437: Ethan Stewart, Henderson State University, Professor: Edward Akoto, USA
Team LT-437: James Delisio, Youngstown State University, Professor: Omer F. Genc, USA
Team LT-437: Khurana Kartik, NMIMS University, Professor: Papiya De, India
Team LT-437: Thang P. Trinh, Foreign Trade University, Professor: Hanh Tran, Vietnam

 

X-Culture

Team LT-401: Anh P. Nguyen, Foreign Trade University, Professor: Hanh Tran, Vietnam
Team LT-401: Grace Wanjira, The Technical University of Kenya, Professor: Joan Lilian Ogendo, Kenya
Team LT-401: Moiz N. Qureshi, University of Washington Bothell, Professor: David S. Shaw, USA
Team LT-401: Molly Beckette, TWU, Professor: Mahesh S. Raisinghani, USA
Team LT-401: Rishav Raj, MDI Murshidabad, Professor: Vineet Gupta, India

 

YKK

Team ET-68: Emilio Sierra Turbay, Universidad EAFIT, Professor: Edward Andres Tamayo Duque , Colombia
Team ET-68: Frank Odame Adofo, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Professor: Sam Akomea, Ghana
Team ET-68: Giovanni Martinez, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Professor: Benjamin Kempton, USA
Team ET-68: Jamiah Evans, UNCG, Professor: Thad Lewallen, USA
Team ET-68: Mia Jacobs, The University of Western Australia, Professor: Julie Anne Lee, Australia