Global enterprise challenge
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The Global Enterprise Challenge, formerly known as the Enterprise Olympics, arose as a result of an international collaboration between Ken Baker, then Chief Executive of the Enterprise New Zealand Trust, and Gordon McVie, who was at that time with Scottish Enterprise. This challenge is a high-powered student business competition, involving Internet technology and global competitors, and in 2009 was hosted by the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow
The challenge is aimed at secondary and pre-university students from all over the world.
Participants this year came from:
- England
- Scotland
- Australia
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- Wales
- Norway
- Germany
- USA
- Singapore
- Japan
- Korea
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- Poland
England, Wales, Germany and Norway joined Scotland in Glasgow with the other ten countries competing remotely.
List of Winners:
2002 - New Zealand
2003 - New Zealand
2004 - Scotland
2005 - Germany
2006 - Wales
2007 - USA
2008 - New Zealand
2009 - Indonesia
Congratulations to Indonesia, the first Asian winners, and to Korea, winners of the Creativity Award. GEC 2010 will be hosted by Indonesia in Bali.
For a full account of GEC 2009 check out the link below:
