The Best Team Selection Process

A total of 6,288 students from 171 universities in 47 countries on six continents participated in the project this semester. They worked in 1,132 global virtual teams, each team comprised of about 6 team members, each team member in a different country.

A total of 1,132 reports were submitted in the 2022-1 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 (136 people from 47 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, 63 teams received nearly perfect evaluations.

An additional Awards Committee comprised of 11 professors and 11 coaches were then formed, and they reviewed the 63 finalists’ reports.

It was impossible to objectively select the best team. Each excelled in at least one or several areas and deserved to be a winner.

Accordingly, this semester 10 teams were listed as BEST TEAMS (out of 1,132 teams that took part in the competition).

The complete list is provided below.

Members of all Finalist Teams will received Best Team certificates. All members of the finalist teams will also be invited to the upcoming 2022 X-Culture Symposium 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 download here  icon-download 

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THE BEST TEAMS OF THE 2021-2 X-CULTURE COMPETITION

EARLY TRACK

Team: 188, Client: Jackpack, Colombia
Baandile Olekantse, University of Botswana, Botswana, Professor: Tendy Matenge
Gabriela McHugh, UNC Greensboro, USA, Professor: Karen Lynden
Melissa Marie Gomes Pestana, University of Western Australia, Australia, Professor: Julie Anne Lee
Miguel Londono Betancur, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia, Professor: Daniela Acosta
Sane Davis, UNC Greensboro, USA, Professor: Karen Lynden
Luo Yuting, University of Macau, Macau, Professor: Joseph Sy-Changco

Team: 257, Client: Voyager Study Abroad, USA
Lai Chon Hin, University of Macau, Macau, Professor: Joseph Sy-Changco
Deven Chandiramani, UNC Greensboro, USA, Professor: Karen Lynden
Kayla Cummings, UNC Greensboro, USA, Professor: Karen Lynden
Laura M Pava Granados, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia, Professor: Nicolas Duran
Maria Rodriguez Garceran, University of Vaasa, Finland, Professor: Ausrine Silenskyte
Pranee Singchavala, Assumption University of Thailand, Thailand, Professor: Saifon Singhatong
Sua Nicole Penafiel Avila, Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo, Ecuador, Professor: Isidro Fierro

LATE TRACK

Team: 365, Client: G2 Capacitacion, Mexico
Camryn Hicks, Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Berks, USA, Professor: Malika Richards
Kateryna Ekzarova, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, Professor: Natalia Kochkina
Lawrence Kojo Yeboah , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Professor: Samuel Yaw Akomea
Riley Morales, University of San Diego, USA, Professor: Eileen Daspro
Simge M. Vit, Yeditepe University, Turkey, Professor: Bulent Kilic

Team: 475, Client: Salad Ventures, Singapore
Ama Adofoa Darko, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Professor: Samuel Yaw Akomea
Ahmad AlHammadi, RIT Dubai, UAE, Professor: Rizwan Tahir
Hannah C Perkins, Eckerd College, USA, Professor: Sandra Graca
Urkesh Tuerxun, Montpellier Business School, France, Professor: Alejandro Allera
Yanglin Zhang, Guangdong Technion Israel Institution of Technology, China, Professor: Canny Kankan Wang

Team: 583, Client: Radico, India
Joao Francisco Fernandes Pereira, University of Minho, Portugal, Professor: Ana Maria Santos Costa Soares
Sarah Ibrahim Kaki, Dar Al Hekma University, Saudi Arabia, Professor: Azzah Batterjee
Sophia J. Reider, Youngstown State University, USA, Professor: Omer F. Genc
Tracey Owusu Ansah , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Professor: Samuel Yaw Akomea

Team: 597, Client: Wheelstair Ltd., Poland
Alfred Bessy, Montpellier Business School, France, Professor: Alejandro Allera
Denisa-Ionela Pirvu, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland, Professor: Steven Crawford
Ekaterina K. Brykina, Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic university, Russia, Professor: Aleksandra Kobicheva
Laura Valentina Bohorquez Pulido, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia, Professor: Alejandra Pulido Lopez

Team: 697, Client: Differ.Chat, Norway
Firas Alnoor, RIT Dubai, UAE, Professor: Rizwan Tahir
Hector Filhol-Ferrier, Montpellier Business School, France, Professor: Alejandro Allera
Karli M. Wilder, Biola University, USA, Professor: Wlamir Xavier
Maame Yaa Mirekua Ansong , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Professor: Samuel Yaw Akomea
Megan R. Deissler, York College of Pennsylvania, USA, Professor: Karen L. Hansen
Veronika Chernysheva, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University, Russia, Professor: Karina Bogatyreva

Team: 703, Client: CapSource Education, USA
Anastasia A. Ivanova, Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic university, Russia, Professor: Aleksandra Kobicheva
Harrison James Vargas Sims, Johns Hopkins University, USA, Professor: Leslie L. Kendrick
Emma Peek, Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen HAN (1928 world ranking) UAS, Netherlands, Professor: Maurits Cosijn CEN-D02
Mohammed Iman, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Professor: Samuel Yaw Akomea
Emine Ceren Izgi, Bilgi University, Turkey, Professor: Serdar Karabati

Team: 771, Client: Advanced Superabrasives Inc., USA
Yann Le Mentec, Montpellier Business School, France, Professor: Alejandro Allera
Paula Andrea Garzon Carreno, Fundacion Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Colombia, Professor: Alejandro Rondon Pena
Emily Le Ngoc, De Montfort University/Economics & Marketing Department, UK, Professor: Ellie Hickman
Devin Mayo, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA, Professor: Kevin G. Brady-1
Shuang Qiu, Biola University, USA, Professor: Wlamir Xavier

Team: 812, Client: Novabrink, Brazil
Eleonore Brasigliano, Montpellier Business School, France, Professor: Alejandro Allera
Shenia Frederick, St. George’s University, Grenada, Professor: Reccia N. Charles
Mayar Elborgi, Bilgi University, Turkey, Professor: Serdar Karabati
Fahmida Ahad, Hofstra University, USA, Professor: Shawn T Thelen