About — Polit Case Competition

Our Mission

Polit Case Competition wishes to engage more economics students in case-solving and bridge the gap between economic theory and real business challenges. Through our annual case competitions; PCC RISE and PCC IMPACT, as well as workshops held in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group, we seek to offer students inspiring experiences and an opportunity to develop their case-solving skills.

Our Vision

Our vision is to pave the way in economic case competitions, motivating economics students of all semesters to solve cases. This will be achieved by hosting events that link students with real-world business challenges, bridging the gap between economic theory and practice. We aim to create anticipated annual events that empower economics students from Danish universities and a platform to connect future employees and employers.

The History of Polit Case Competition

Polit Case Competition was established in 2014 by economics students at the University of Copenhagen; Christoffer Weissert, Albert Nygård and Frederik Wagner. At this time, there were no case competitions addressing the interests and focus of economics students interested in case solving - at least none that students organized. Furthermore, during their studies, questions often arose on what it implies to work within the economics field – whether in public administration or in the private sector. Their aim was, therefore to create an event where students could get a hands-on experience on how to put economic theory to practice. From the very beginning, Polit Case Competition, therefore, had the purpose to bridge that gap between students and business and expose students to some of the interesting challenges companies face.

Since the first competition was launched Polit Case Competition has grown, and the number of events has changed. Originally hosting only a single case competition, Polit Case Competition now hosts two annual case competitions, PCC RISE and PCC IMPACT, as well as several workshops held in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group. The original idea behind Polit Case Competition, however, remains intact. We strive to bridge the gap between economic theory and real-life business challenges by engaging students of economics in case-solving and creating cases based on real-life business, organizational or political problems. Through our events, we challenge students to apply their knowledge in a practical and case-based manner whilst solving problems rooted in economic theory and empirics. Furthermore, our events offer a great opportunity for networking with various companies, including leading Danish organizations and a top international consulting firm. To excel in the cases, the participating teams must apply economic theory and tools as well as excellent presentational skills.

Polit Case Competition operates from the economics department of the University of Copenhagen and has done so since 2014, engaging the most talented students in case solving.

Polit Case Competition 2023 - Spring

Polit Case Competition 2023 had TV2 Danmark as Case Partner and Boston Consulting Group as Knowledge partner for the RISE, case held in March. The grand final was held in the beautiful premises of Klub in the center of Copenhagen.

Polit Case Competition 2022 - Autumn

Polit Case Competition 2022 had Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) as Case Partner and Boston Consulting Group as Knowledge partner for the IMPACT case held in October. As a new thing this year, the Case Partner was launched prior to the case-weekend and further the Case Partner (CIP) also constituted Venue Partner for the case-solving day. The grand final was held in the beautiful premises of Børsen.

Polit Case Competition 2022 - Spring

Polit Case Competition 2022 had Jeudan as Case Partner and Boston Consulting Group as Knowledge partner for the RISE case held in March. This year the RISE case partner was announced prior to the event. The case partner (Jeudan) was also the venue partner for the finals, while the case solving was completed at home.

Polit Case Competition 2021

Polit Case Competition 2021 had Bristol-Myers Squibb as Case Partner, Boston Consulting Group as Knowledge partner and Nykredit as Venue Partner. The grand final was held in the beautiful premises of Kosmopol.

Polit Case Competition 2020 - Autumn

Polit Case Competition 2020 had the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority as Pre-Case partner, Copenhagen Airports as The Case Experience Partner, Boston Consulting Group as Knowledge partner and Ørsted as Venue partner. As a new concept, the workshops were not only held in Copenhagen but also in Aarhus. While the Pre-Case and Aarhus workshop was successfully held, the rest of the events were disrupted by the global covid-19 pandemic, putting the Case Experience on hold and cancelling the Copenhagen workshop. In the fall of 2020, the Case Experience was held as a fully online format with participants solving the case from home. The Pre-case focused on mergers and monopoly, whereas The Digital Case Experience focused on the effects of a tax on aviation.

Polit Case Competition 2020 - Spring

Polit Case Competition 2020 had the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority as Pre-Case partner, Copenhagen Airports as The Case Experience Partner, Boston Consulting Group as Knowledge partner and Ørsted as Venue partner. As a new concept, the workshops were not only held in Copenhagen but also in Aarhus. While the Pre-Case and Aarhus workshop was successfully held, the rest of the events were disrupted by the global covid-19 pandemic, putting the Case Experience on hold and cancelling the Copenhagen workshop. In the Autumn of 2020, the Case Experience was held as a fully online format with participants solving the case from home. The Pre-case focused on mergers and monopoly, whereas The Digital Case Experience focused on the effects of a tax on aviation.

Polit Case Competition 2019

Following the success of the reformation of Polit Case Competition, the Pre-case 2019 was held in collaboration with the Danish Ministry of Finance, the case-solving workshop was held Boston Consulting Group as Knowledge Partner, and The Case Experience was held in collaboration with Ørsted. As something new, Polit Case Competition introduced a Venue Partner and held The Case Experience at the venues of The Confederation of Danish Industry (DI). The Pre-Case focused on the usage of public investments to avert recessions and The Case Experience focused on Ørsted’s entry into the US Solar PV Market.

Polit Case Competition 2018

In 2018, Polit Case Competition went through large changes in the organisation. Having previously hosted a single event, Polit Case Competition now hosted the Pre-Case with The Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) as a partner, a workshop in case-solving with McKinsey & Co. as Knowledge Partner and The Case Experience with Haldor Topsøe as a partner. Moreover, whilst the cases in the previous years’ was written by partners, Polit Case Competition from now on wrote their own cases. The Pre-Case focused on SMEs and productivity, whilst The Case Experience focused on Haldor Topsøe’s business opportunities in Africa.

Polit Case Competition 2017

The third Polit Case Competition was sponsored by McKinsey & Co., The Ministry of Taxation, Nykredit, Maersk and Djøf. The case was written by McKinsey & Co. and focused on the Danish Pension Market. Building on previous years’ successes, the case competition gained a lot of attention.

Polit Case Competition 2016

Following up on the previous year’s success, the case in 2016 was written by Copenhagen Economics and focused on cartel effects in Swedish forestry. The event was held on campus and was sponsored by Copenhagen Economics, The Danish Ministry of Taxation, DONG Energy (Now Ørsted), Nykredit and DJØF.

Polit Case Competition 2015

Polit Case Competition 2015 marked the first event of the organisation. The case was written by Copenhagen Economics and focused on the tourism and aviation industry in Greenland. The event was held on campus. Founders in the middle, from left to right, Christoffer Weissert, Frederik Wagner and Albert Nygård.