Case situation
Client Description of situation Study
Name: Investity Project of new city meant to attract foreign Assess feasibility of establishing the city’s
Middle Eastern Investment investors water utility as a private, for-profit company
company Discussing how to set up and organize the city’s Advise on whether or not Investity should
future water utility, which would provide all water- invest in such a private water utility
related services
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Case competition details and
advices
Type of questions
1 Issue Tree question Advices for the case competition
Be Specific & MECE
Try to have three layers i.e., 1) big themes, 2) areas Feel free to ask any question
to explore, 3) examples for each area
2 Numeric question Develop an overall approach before diving into
Walk the assessor through each step of your details
calculation
Do not hesitate to ask to round numbers to simplify
(e.g. 93,12 => 93 Be specific and give details
3 Chart description question
Introduce the subject of the chart Take your time
Find insights/trends that are not immediately obvious
(e.g., instead of X>Y prefer X = 3Y)
Communicate effectively
4 Brainstorming question
Group and bucketize your ideas and thoughts
Try to be as organized as possible Challenge yourself