June 17, 2016 16:54

Authors from IBS Hyderabad win big at European case study awards

Case study takes a look at Brazilian company JBS S.A.

The case study JBS S.A.: A Latin American Success Story written by Syeda Maseeha Qumer and Debapratim Purkayastha of the ICFAI Business School won the EFMD Award in the ‘Latin American Business Cases' category at the EFMD Case Writing Awards.

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The case tracks the growth of São Paulo-based JBS S.A. from a small butcher shop in Brazil to a global leader in animal protein processing. Highlighting the competitive advantages developed by JBS in the animal protein industry, it also takes a look at the challenges faced by the company in 2015.

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EFMD, which is an international network for management development based in Brussels, has been organising its annual case writing competition for the last thirty years, with a wide range of categories that focus both on specific issues as well as specific regions of the world.