| The Best-Strategy Invitational (BSI) is a global competition among high-performing BSG companies from around the world. Hosted and administered by the BSG author team, the BSI is held over a two-week period each May, August, and December. Any student-team finishing in 1st place in the BSG simulation exercise conducted at their school, college, or university will receive an invitation to participate in the BSI. All proceeds from the $US 5.00 registration fee paid by each participant are donated to The United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF (www.unicef.org). |
August 2009 BSI
A total of 540 teams from around the world were invited to compete in the August 2009 BSI, and 163 teams accepted the invitation. They were separated into 14 different simulation industries, each competing for a BSI Grand Championship:
| Industry 1 Scoreboard (end of Year 20) Click here for the latest FIR | ||||||||
| Company | School (Instructor) |
I.E.
Score 1 |
B.I.E.
Score 2 |
Overall
Score 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FoxtrotFoxtrot
Team Members: Jeremy Hamilton |
The University of Auckland (Daniel Tisch) | 119 | 94 | 107 | ||||
| KISMETKISMET
Team Members: Sonya Geisbacher |
Humber College (Janice Charko) | 117 | 90 | 104 | ||||
| D
CompanyD Company Team Members: Joseph Kang |
McKendree University (William Bonsall) | 114 | 85 | 100 | ||||
| LanderLander
Team Members: Travis Lane |
Xavier University (Daewoo Park) | 111 | 75 | 93 | ||||
| A UTCCA
UTCC Team Members: Jureerat Kallayawuttipong |
University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (Dr. Akachai Apisukkul) | 111 | 71 | 91 | ||||
| BraVuraBraVura
Team Members: Regina Gutierrez |
American Graduate School of Business (Daniel Fyfer) | 107 | 68 | 88 | ||||
| Iota
DifferenceIota Difference Team
Members: Mansoor Merchant Nichole Parnell |
Roosevelt University (Dennis Tucker) | 105 | 62 | 84 | ||||
| Industry 2 Scoreboard (end of Year 20) Click here for the latest FIR | ||||||||
| Company | School (Instructor) |
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Score 1 |
B.I.E.
Score 2 |
Overall
Score 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H
CompanyH Company Team Members: Alvaro Garcia Yaguez Juan Núñez Mañas |
University of Valladolid (Natalia And Victor Martin) | 117 | 95 | 106 | ||||
| DeusDeus
Team Members: Ricardo Cornejo Martha Fernandez Edeline Musalem Claudon |
ITESM - Campus Queretaro (Ricardo Romero) | 105 | 84 | 95 | ||||
| Blue
RibbonBlue Ribbon Team Members: Yeol-hoon Choi |
Georgia State University (Vladislav Maksimov) | 106 | 79 | 93 | ||||
| A
CompanyA Company Team Members: William Bankhead Jaclyn Bivins |
Nova Southeastern University (Frances Amatucci) | 54 | 38 | 46 | ||||
| Gehandicapten
ShoesGehandicapten Shoes Team Members: Esli Hermsen |
Tilburg University (Eric Dooms) | 50 | 32 | 41 | ||||
| Ideal
FootwearIdeal Footwear Team Members: Danny Comstock Brian MacDonald |
DeSales University (Robert Nickels) | 37 | 25 | 31 | ||||
| Industry 3 Scoreboard (end of Year 20) Click here for the latest FIR | ||||||||
| Company | School (Instructor) |
I.E.
Score 1 |
B.I.E.
Score 2 |
Overall
Score 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B
CompanyB Company Team Members: Karen Dombrauskas Mike Dorsch Leander Smith |
Elmhurst College (Mark Kelly Cunningham) | 119 | 99 | 109 | ||||
| I
CompanyI Company Team Members: Jayanta Bhattacharya Ayesha Chawla Kuntal Shrenik Lalwani Fiona Tam |
University of Technology - Sydney (Antoine Hermens) | 120 | 96 | 108 | ||||
| Electric
BoogalooElectric Boogaloo Team
Members: Andrew Cote Joseph Kohn |
Northern Illinois University (Bart Sharp) | 115 | 77 | 96 | ||||
| K
CompanyK Company Team Members: Worawan Likitchariyanon |
University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (Dr. Thasana Boonkwan) | 106 | 78 | 92 | ||||
| AspireAspire
Team Members: Anthony Birch Susan Tachie-Menson Chima Wami |
Aberdeen Business School ( Burge/Mason/Rae/Turner) | 96 | 53 | 75 | ||||
| L
CompanyL Company Team Members: Dennis Dierolf |
Ohio Christian University (Beverly Wilson) | 71 | 41 | 56 | ||||
| Great Shoe
CompanyGreat Shoe Company Team
Members: Bowen Greil |
Walden University (John L Craddock) | 50 | 37 | 44 | ||||
| Foot
TrendsFoot Trends Team Members: Gary Uecker |
Humphreys College (Kevin Van Dewark) | 50 | 28 | 39 | ||||
| Industry 5 Scoreboard (end of Year 20) Click here for the latest FIR | ||||||||
| Company | School (Instructor) |
I.E.
Score 1 |
B.I.E.
Score 2 |
Overall
Score 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-Motion
Corp.I-Motion Corp. Team Members: Roman Shcherbakov Maxim Solovov |
Kingston University ( Bukhshtaber/Butler/Gander) | 118 | 99 | 109 | ||||
| LimpingLeG Shoe
CoLimpingLeG Shoe Co Team Members: Mike Hodd |
Nova Southeastern University (Tom Griffin) | 118 | 98 | 108 | ||||
| ARIAARIA
Team Members: Saeid Rahjou |
University of Greenwich (William Hearne) | 110 | 78 | 94 | ||||
| K
CompanyK Company Team Members: Mike Overkott |
Sheridan College (Brian Lyons) | 108 | 72 | 90 | ||||
| F-
BOiNKF- BOiNK Team Members: Christian Amezcua Roberto Lerma Felipe Murillo |
ITESM - Campus Guadalajara (Charles Chartier) | 97 | 64 | 81 | ||||
| G Kinetics
IncG Kinetics Inc Team Members: Olatokunbo Adereti Ketre Nance |
American Intercontinental University (Kolawole Sonaike) | 95 | 62 | 79 | ||||
| C
SteelersC Steelers Team Members: Joe Rockey |
Duquesne University (Vanessa Ratten) | 27 | 20 | 24 | ||||
| Best Foot
ForwardBest Foot Forward Team Members: Gordon Kendall |
Franklin Pierce University (Martin Green) | 21 | 17 | 19 | ||||
| Eazy
CompanyEazy Company Team Members: James Young |
University of South Florida (E. Kevin Renshler) | 16 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| Industry 6 Scoreboard (end of Year 20) Click here for the latest FIR | ||||||||
| Company | School (Instructor) |
I.E.
Score 1 |
B.I.E.
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Score 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goei
SchoenGoei Schoen Team Members: Martijn Suijkerbuijk |
Tilburg University (Eric Dooms) | 117 | 95 | 106 | ||||
| CHALLENGERCHALLENGER
Team Members: Virendrakumar Pal Neha Sharma |
International School of Management Excellence ( Garg/Mohan/Tagat) | 117 | 92 | 105 | ||||
| Kool
runningsKool runnings Team Members: James Dowling Jeff Pasquariello |
The Evergreen State College ( Landram/Van Schyndel) | 115 | 82 | 99 | ||||
| AzureAzure
Team Members: Tom Natale |
Geneva College (Manny Yunggar) | 105 | 61 | 83 | ||||
| Lazar
IndustriesLazar Industries Team
Members: Yuri Lazar |
Humber College (Janice Charko) | 103 | 59 | 81 | ||||
| In-Step
FootwareIn-Step Footware Team Members: Michael Zimmerman |
Western New England College (Bruce Clemens) | 98 | 56 | 77 | ||||
| Hot-to-TrotHot-to-Trot
Team Members: Maria Popa Patrick Stockstill |
University of New Orleans (Steven Smith) | 91 | 52 | 72 | ||||
| DYour
StyleDYour Style Team Members: Lorena Galvis |
Universidad San Buenaventura (Dario Antonio Vela Ortiz) | 80 | 48 | 64 | ||||
| Joel and
FelixJoel and Felix Team Members: Felix Lisardi Joel Santamaria |
Pensacola Christian College (James Wasser) | 49 | 35 | 42 | ||||
| Industry 7 Scoreboard (end of Year 20) Click here for the latest FIR | ||||||||
| Company | School (Instructor) |
I.E.
Score 1 |
B.I.E.
Score 2 |
Overall
Score 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achelous
AthleticsAchelous Athletics Team
Members: Matthew Swajkowski |
Benedictine University (Peter Papantos) | 115 | 97 | 106 | ||||
| L
CompanyL Company Team Members: Erik Harmsen |
Georgia State University (Burak Konduk) | 110 | 85 | 98 | ||||
| Hardline
ShoesHardline Shoes Team Members: Heather Peckham Doug Santurri |
South University (Tony Sturniolo) | 107 | 78 | 93 | ||||
| Daring Shoes
UWODaring Shoes UWO Team Members: Stephen Bayer |
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh (Mark Manske) | 95 | 67 | 81 | ||||
| EnigmaEnigma
Team Members: Clayton Johnson Spencer Powell |
Principia College (Linda Bohaker) | 96 | 65 | 81 | ||||
| G MenG
Men Team Members: Brian Stoffel |
Mount Mercy College (Roy Pettibone) | 59 | 34 | 47 | ||||
| K
CompanyK Company Team Members: Nattapong Jaroenchoksataporn |
Xavier University (Daewoo Park) | 38 | 25 | 32 | ||||
| J
CompanyJ Company Team Members: Elizabeth Olivares Fabian Axabal Perez P. |
ITESM - Campus Estado de México (José Luis Ramos Martínez) | 19 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| I
CompanyI Company Team Members: Daniela Trejo |
Universidad Iberoamericana (Ramon Orozco) | 17 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| Industry 8 Scoreboard (end of Year 20) Click here for the latest FIR | ||||||||
| Company | School (Instructor) |
I.E.
Score 1 |
B.I.E.
Score 2 |
Overall
Score 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt4itHunt4it
Team Members: Chooi Chee Wah Tow Wai Lim Sally Tan |
Aberdeen Business School ( Burge/Mason/Rae/Turner) | 112 | 88 | 100 | ||||
| J
CompanyJ Company Team Members: Valdivia Durand Elsa Yolanda Caderon Ballester Manuel Antonio Sanchez Pinto Pedro Pablo |
Universidad de Lima - Programa MBA (Maria Del Pilar Palacios Matos) | 112 | 81 | 97 | ||||
| Easy Step
FootwearEasy Step Footwear Team
Members: Bradley Flositz |
Nova Southeastern University (Richard Pasternak) | 107 | 74 | 91 | ||||
| IllusionsIllusions
Team Members: Adam Champagne |
Nicholls State University (Ken Chadwick) | 102 | 66 | 84 | ||||
| DifferentiatorDifferentiator
Team Members: Sean Guill |
Arizona State University (Kathy Anders) | 102 | 66 | 84 | ||||
| B
CompanyB Company Team Members: Alison Martin James Teuber |
Elmhurst College (Rifat Sivisoglu) | 96 | 61 | 79 | ||||
| FORILLAFORILLA
Team Members: Sam Abrams Joshua Graff Timothy Huynh |
USAC - Torino, Italy (Jeff Bailey) | 91 | 64 | 78 | ||||
| AthosAthos
Team Members: John Jones |
Keller Graduate School of Management (Earl Sedlik) | 94 | 60 | 77 | ||||
| LgreeniesLgreenies
Team Members: Carlos Alberto Cavazos Torres |
Facultad de Contaduria y Administracion (Lee Fong) | 79 | 54 | 67 | ||||
| GlobalocityFootwearGlobalocityFootwear
Team Members: Gareth Cuthbertson Todd Menard Raquel Mexia Holly Russell Jin Young Ryu |
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona (Ed von Leffern) | 38 | 27 | 33 | ||||
| Industry 9 Scoreboard (end of Year 20) Click here for the latest FIR | ||||||||
| Company | School (Instructor) |
I.E.
Score 1 |
B.I.E.
Score 2 |
Overall
Score 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentry
Inc.Gentry Inc. Team Members: Timothy Smith |
Boise State University (Newell Gough) | 112 | 95 | 104 | ||||
| E-DrazenE-Drazen
Team Members: Janet Gierman Teresita McCoo Jennifer Raday |
Governors State University (Jun Zhao) | 112 | 87 | 100 | ||||
| Chevalier
Chevalier Team Members: Nitin Navaratna Vasantha Kumar S |
International School of Management Excellence ( Garg/Mohan/Tagat) | 111 | 85 | 98 | ||||
| Just Win
ItJust Win It Team Members: Mao Tseng |
University of California - Riverside ( Lee/Moshiri) | 108 | 81 | 95 | ||||
| I shoeI
shoe Team Members: Mark Schutz |
Purdue University - Calumet (Arifin Angriawan) | 106 | 80 | 93 | ||||
| LAZELAZE
Team Members: Smita Bijlani Manpreet Kaur Gyanendra Verma Chetan Vijaya Kumar |
International School of Management Excellence ( Garg/Mohan/Tagat) | 51 | 37 | 44 | ||||
| Hell On
HeelsHell On Heels Team Members: Alicia Adkins Dawn Carlson |
University of New Haven ( Davis/Williams) | 36 | 29 | 33 | ||||
| DURUDURU
Team Members: Tolga Ozel |
EM Lyon (Pancho Nunes) | 32 | 24 | 28 | ||||
| Industry 10 Scoreboard (end of Year 20) Click here for the latest FIR | ||||||||
| Company | School (Instructor) |
I.E.
Score 1 |
B.I.E.
Score 2 |
Overall
Score 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Place is
Easy!First Place is Easy! Team
Members: Will Prevost David Stephens |
Georgia State University (Andreea Kiss) | 118 | 93 | 106 | ||||
| Illinois
KixxIllinois Kixx Team Members: Teresa L Gardner |
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (Joe Stachnik) | 116 | 73 | 95 | ||||
| H
CompanyH Company Team Members: Aren Arakelyan |
North Carolina Central University (Javad Kargar) | 104 | 56 | 80 | ||||
| D
CompanyD Company Team Members: David Ugas |
California State University - Bakersfield (David Olson) | 97 | 54 | 76 | ||||
| K...good game
every1K...good game every1 Team
Members: Colby Arkfeld |
Paul Smith's College (Brendan Gnall) | 89 | 59 | 74 | ||||
| B
CompanyB Company Team Members: Iribar Sanchez |
ITESM - Campus Estado de México (José Luis Ramos Martínez) | 92 | 46 | 69 | ||||
| A
CompanyA Company Team Members: Javier Veneros |
Universidad Privada Boliviana (Gonzalo Guzman) | 70 | 44 | 57 | ||||
| Jorges
Zapatos!Jorges Zapatos! Team Members: Blake Barton |
University of North Carolina - Wilmington (Howard Rasheed) | 17 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| Industry 11 Scoreboard (end of Year 20) Click here for the latest FIR | ||||||||
| Company | School (Instructor) |
I.E.
Score 1 |
B.I.E.
Score 2 |
Overall
Score 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter
CorporationJupiter Corporation Team
Members: Greg Lill Sergiy Tkachenko |
Roosevelt University (Dennis Tucker) | 115 | 93 | 104 | ||||
| H
HuffnStuffH HuffnStuff Team Members: Terry Morris |
University of North Texas (Louis Ponthieu) | 115 | 82 | 99 | ||||
| C CashC
Cash Team Members: Ryan Clawges Selina Fulford Kathy Murphy |
Nova Southeastern University (Regina Greenwood) | 114 | 76 | 95 | ||||
| B Skywalker
Inc.B Skywalker Inc. Team Members: Burkly Bickraj |
Hartwick College (Scott Dalrymple) | 103 | 64 | 84 | ||||
| E-Shoe-RanceE-Shoe-Rance
Team Members: Jimmy Meyer |
North Park University (Robert Hirsch) | 81 | 55 | 68 | ||||
| AmigoAmigo
Team Members: Frankie Lau |
City University of Hong Kong (Eddie Yu) | 85 | 48 | 67 | ||||
| G
CamoterosG Camoteros Team Members: Lorna Martínez |
Universidad Iberoamericana - Puebla (Esteban Olivera Tapia) | 60 | 40 | 50 | ||||
| Industry 12 Scoreboard (end of Year 20) Click here for the latest FIR | ||||||||
| Company | School (Instructor) |
I.E.
Score 1 |
B.I.E.
Score 2 |
Overall
Score 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-Athletic
Velocity-K-Athletic Velocity- Team
Members: Johann Dinoso Chancellor Massey Bonny Pike |
Charleston Southern University (Sharon Johnson) | 117 | 92 | 105 | ||||
| Ergoneering
OpulenceErgoneering Opulence Team
Members: Dave Francesangelo |
Chulalongkorn University (Jean Pierre Dumas) | 115 | 93 | 104 | ||||
| B
ETOILEB ETOILE Team Members: Jose Carlos Aguilar Flores |
Universidad Autonoma de Mexico (Joaquín Orduña Trujillo) | 112 | 76 | 94 | ||||
| Justa
ShoeJusta Shoe Team Members: Gregory Dumas |
The University of Alabama (Joyce Meyer) | 111 | 72 | 92 | ||||
| I
CompanyI Company Team Members: Aranzazu Garcia Alonso |
University of Valladolid (Natalia And Victor Martin) | 111 | 69 | 90 | ||||
| Foot
FetishFoot Fetish Team Members: Peter Motsch |
Montclair State University (Ram Subramanian) | 107 | 66 | 87 | ||||
| H
CompanyH Company Team Members: Carl Chappell |
SUNY - Oswego (Sarfraz Mian) | 31 | 23 | 27 | ||||
| Industry 13 Scoreboard (end of Year 20) Click here for the latest FIR | ||||||||
| Company | School (Instructor) |
I.E.
Score 1 |
B.I.E.
Score 2 |
Overall
Score 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Baseler and
Co.C. Baseler and Co. Team Members: Cliff Baseler |
University of Central Oklahoma (Dan Mertens) | 116 | 97 | 107 | ||||
| ENG
FootwareENG Footware Team Members: Niraj Patel |
Georgia State University (Marta Szabo White) | 110 | 88 | 99 | ||||
| Adiposity
ShoesAdiposity Shoes Team Members: Fernando Rodriguez |
University of Texas at Dallas (Marilyn Kaplan) | 109 | 84 | 97 | ||||
| B Profit Team
B Profit Team Team Members: Arturo Maldonado |
ITESM - Campus Guadalajara (Jorge Gomez) | 105 | 74 | 90 | ||||
| K
CompanyK Company Team Members: Venkata Akula |
Xavier University (Daewoo Park) | 91 | 62 | 77 | ||||
| G
CompanyG Company Team Members: Jason Chen Barry Crawford Curtis Scott |
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management ( Brletich/Edson) | 68 | 43 | 56 | ||||
| F. Advent
ShoesF. Advent Shoes Team Members: Pulkit Bhatnagar |
Keller Graduate School of Management (Joan Roberts) | 64 | 43 | 54 | ||||
| J IDEOL
COMPANYJ IDEOL COMPANY Team Members: Ekarach Amornso |
University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (Dr. Akachai Apisukkul) | 55 | 41 | 48 | ||||
| Diabolic
ShoesDiabolic Shoes Team Members: Joe Machado |
College of Mount Saint Vincent (Edward Meyer) | 51 | 41 | 46 | ||||
| I
G.O.A.T.I G.O.A.T. Team Members: Adrian Daniels |
Oral Roberts University (Marshal Wright) | 53 | 35 | 44 | ||||
| Industry 14 Scoreboard (end of Year 20) Click here for the latest FIR | ||||||||
| Company | School (Instructor) |
I.E.
Score 1 |
B.I.E.
Score 2 |
Overall
Score 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-Lite
FootwearK-Lite Footwear Team Members: Hendra Gunawan Luciana Innawati Fantoni Sebastianus Kandi Santy Wijaya |
University of Technology - Sydney (Antoine Hermens) | 119 | 100 | 110 | ||||
| Aries Sports
Inc.Aries Sports Inc. Team Members: Gary Freeman Robert Morehouse |
University of New Haven (Donald Williams) | 112 | 78 | 95 | ||||
| Get a Grip
FootgearGet a Grip Footgear Team
Members: Kusha Allen Nikoui |
San Francisco State University (Michael Meeks) | 103 | 68 | 86 | ||||
| J
CompanyJ Company Team Members: Lucy Clarke |
The University of Auckland (Daniel Tisch) | 98 | 61 | 80 | ||||
| BeelineBeeline
Team Members: Paul Kun |
British Columbia Institute of Technology (Matthew Haussmann) | 74 | 45 | 60 | ||||
| DoppelgangerDoppelganger
Team Members: Joel Mooers |
Marshall Goldsmith School of Management (Henry Petersen) | 71 | 42 | 57 | ||||
| Confuse the
enemyConfuse the enemy Team Members: Martin Barrington Michael Bellenger Sarosh Valluru Krishna |
Kingston University (Jonathan Gander) | 33 | 19 | 26 | ||||
1 Overall (game-to-date) Investor Expectation
score.
2 Overall (game-to-date) Best-In-Industry score.
3 Combined Investor Expectation and Best-In-Industry
scores based on 50%-50% weighting

