At U.Va.'s McIntire School of Commerce
INTERNATIONAL CASE COMPETITION SHOWCASES BUSINESS SKILLS 

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 4 -- Top business school
undergraduates from universities in Europe and the United States
will confront tough, real-life business challenges at the 16th
Annual McIntire International Case Competition, Feb. 19-22, which is
sponsored by the University of Virginia's McIntire School of
Commerce.
	Competing this year will be teams from Babson College,
Boston, Mass.; the University of Dresden, Germany; Howard
University, Washington, D.C.; the University of Dublin's Trinity
College, Dublin, Ireland; and the University of Texas at Austin.
	On the first day, Wednesday, Feb. 19, the teams will receive
a business case presenting a corporate profile and outlining a
problem. Over the next two days, the students will have about 15
hours to analyze the case and develop a solution -- a task that
draws on all areas of commerce, from marketing and finance to human
resources and business ethics. 
	On Saturday, Feb. 22, the teams will present their
recommendations to a panel of judges. While they prepare their
presentations, the teams' faculty advisors will join McIntire
faculty and students in an open forum to discuss current topics in
international business. Mark Suwyn, chairman and chief executive
officer of Louisiana-Pacific Corp., will be the forum's featured
speaker.
	The judges are C. Tyler Mathisen, executive editor of Money
magazine; Steven Kerr, vice president for corporate leadership
development with General Electric Co.; Bonnie Guiton Hill, the
former dean of McIntire and just-named president and chief executive
officer of Times Mirror Foundation; Derril Reeves, founder and
executive vice president for development, PhyCor, Inc., and
Elizabeth Twohy, president and general manager, Capital Concrete Inc.
	Founded in 1981, the McIntire International Case Competition
was one of the nation's first such competitions. Today, it is still
planned and run by students. The competition is supported by grants
from the General Electric Fund and GE Fanuc North America Inc., a
leading supplier of industrial controls based in Charlottesville. 
	Since its inception, the competition has served three
objectives: to demonstrate the abilities of undergraduate business
students, provide an opportunity for participants and their schools
to gain international exposure, and offer a forum for faculty from
among the world's finest undergraduate business schools to discuss
issues in international business. 
	Two of the competition's events are open to the public. They
are the faculty forum, on Friday, Feb. 21, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
in the Rotunda Dome Room, and the student presentations on Saturday,
Feb. 22, from 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and from 2 to 5 p.m. in
Monroe Hall. 
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February 3, 1997
	For more information call Kelly Thorne, McIntire student
publicity chair, at (804) 984 4481. Television reporters should call
our TV News Office at (804) 924-7550.