The Best Team Selection Process

A total of 6,189 students from 140 universities in 43 countries on six continents participated in the project this semester. They worked in 1,289 global virtual teams, each team comprised of about 6 team members, each team member in a different country.

A total of 1,289 reports were submitted in the 2022-2 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 (164 people from 43 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, 31 teams received nearly perfect evaluations.

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 13 teams were listed as BEST TEAMS (out of 1,032 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 2023 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 2022-2 X-CULTURE COMPETITION

EARLY TRACK

Team: 38, Client: Novabrink
Abraham E. Puello, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia, Professor: Edward Andres Tamayo Duque
Daisy Banda, UNCG, USA, Professor: Vas Taras
Dankwah Benjamin Asante, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Professor: Samuel Yaw Akomea
Paula Naomi Ortiz Yepez, UEES, Ecuador, Professor: Isidro Fierro
Regine Bellicia Zhang, University of Western Australia, Australia, Professor: Oliver Rahn

Team: 39, Client: Truffle Hill
Carlos J. Orozco, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia, Professor: Edward Andres Tamayo Duque
David Keku, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Professor: Samuel Yaw Akomea
Dilan Mendez Osorio, UNCG, USA, Professor: Vas Taras
Plaza Pluas Zianet Yasbeth, UEES, Ecuador, Professor: Isidro Fierro
Ruby Lord Goldsworthy, University of Western Australia, Australia, Professor: Oliver Rahn

Team: 204, Client: Cellux
David Garcia Bedoya, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia, Professor: Sara Marin
Gifty Nyamekye Manteaw, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Professor: Samuel Yaw Akomea
Renan R. Marfil, Espm, Brazil, Professor: Ilan Avrichir
Wilson Li, UNCG, USA, Professor: Vas Taras
Young Seo Kim, University of Western Australia, Australia, Professor: Oliver Rahn

LATE TRACK

Team: 5, Client: FSI
Alicia Kallgren, X-Culture Academy Track, Sweden, Professor: Rafael Tamashiro (X-Culture Academy Admin)
Emilie Veit , X-Culture Academy Track, Germany, Professor: Rafael Tamashiro (X-Culture Academy Admin)
Maria Julia Felix Freitas, X-Culture Academy Track, USA, Professor: Rafael Tamashiro (X-Culture Academy Admin)
Mariia Morozova, X-Culture Academy Track, Ukraine, Professor: Rafael Tamashiro (X-Culture Academy Admin)
Mayank Mayank, X-Culture Academy Track, India, Professor: Rafael Tamashiro (X-Culture Academy Admin)
Sarah Della Nina de Andrade , X-Culture Academy Track, Brazil, Professor: Rafael Tamashiro (X-Culture Academy Admin)

Team: 39, Client: Del Engineering
Brenda Ostyn, ESTICE International Management School – Lille, France, France, Professor: Pascal Pley
Jonathan Gomes, Institute of Business Administration., Pakistan, Professor: Ashar Saleem
Lukas Weber, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland, Professor: Lynn Leng Khim Lim
Ronald Hernandez, Farmingdale State College, USA, Professor: Maria Randazzo-Davis
Sayan Ganguly, T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India, India, Professor: Harini K N

Team: 47, Client: Referi
Andrea Rizzi, Universita  degli Studi di Brescia, Italy, Professor: Anna Codini
Baptiste Malavaud, ESTICE International Management School – Lille, France, France, Professor: Pascal Pley
Hadia Munir, Institute of Business Administration., Pakistan, Professor: Ashar Saleem
Marissa Gomez, Texas Woman’s University, USA, Professor: Mahesh S. Raisinghani

Team: 55, Client: MetaCollective
Frank Werner, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Professor: Simona Gentile-Ludecke
Iraj Ilyas, Institute of Business Administration., Pakistan, Professor: Ashar Saleem
Rachel Diaz, Texas Woman’s University, USA, Professor: Mahesh S. Raisinghani
Shreyoshi Das Gupta, T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India, India, Professor: Harini K N

Team: 403, Client: Garne
Andreas A. Skondras, Deree-The American College of Greece, Greece, Professor: Antonis Klidas
Madelyn Nelson, Missouri Western State University, USA, Professor: Pramit Banerjee
Nguyen Ngoc Linh, Vietnam – Japan Institute for Human Resources Development, Foreign Trade University, Vietnam, Professor: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Thi Hien
Shilpika Sunil Shetty, T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India, India, Professor: Harini K N
Sloan Paige Townsend, Texas A&M, USA, Professor: Daria Panina

Team: 50, Client: Advanced Superabrasives Inc.
Brooke E. Payton, Texas A&M, USA, Professor: Daria Panina
Jenna Snyder, Missouri Western State University, USA, Professor: Pramit Banerjee
Lynn Janssen, Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen HAN / HAN University of Applied Sciences. , Netherlands, Professor: Maurits Cosijn CEA-D01
Nguyen Thi My Ha, Vietnam – Japan Institute for Human Resources Development, Foreign Trade University, Vietnam, Professor: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Thi Hien
Soumya Sankar Modak, T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India, India, Professor: Harini K N

Team: 513, Client: SkiBig3
Cole Kruk, University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire, USA, Professor: Longzhu Dong
Gunisity Venkat Shashidhar, T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India, India, Professor: Harini K N
Ioanna Kylakou, Deree-The American College of Greece, Greece, Professor: Antonis Klidas
Juan A. Najera, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia, Professor: Juan Martin Gil
Sean Henderson, Hofstra University, USA, Professor: Jieqiong Ma

Team: 584, Client: Wheelstair
Amanda Grace Perry, Texas A&M, USA, Professor: Daria Panina
Hardev Laungia, Jio Institute, India, Professor: Nilay Yajnik
Lan Anh Nguyen, University of Goettingen, Germany, Professor: Ni Liu
Maria F. Amaya, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia, Professor: Juan Martin Gil
Sukanda Dejmaneethornchai, Mahidol University International College, Thailand, Professor: Saifon Singhatong
Jordan Miller, Youngstown State University, USA, Professor: Peter Reday

Team: 602, Client: ZenHire
Jack Peter Robinson, Saint Anselm College, USA, Professor: Dina Frutos-Bencze
Phillip Lafave, Northeastern State University, USA, Professor: Kevin Litz
Sena Doruk, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey, Professor: Serdar Karabati
Simran Diwedi, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India, Professor: Ramya Tarakad Venkateswaran
Skirpan Madeline, Youngstown State University, USA, Professor: Peter Reday

Team: 700, Client: MetaCollective
Gabriel Arandia, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada, Professor: Igor Paramonov
Anu Flekova, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India, Professor: Ramya Tarakad Venkateswaran
Dylan M. Smith, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA, Professor: Benjamin Blake
Hasan Tahir, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada, Professor: Igor Paramonov
Mario Heidenbauer, Van Hall Larenstein, Netherlands, Professor: Robert Warmenhoven
Taylor Reed, Texas Woman’s University, USA, Professor: Mahesh S. Raisinghani