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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear AIBEcers:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the 25th November AIBEc will be holding its 8th
annual MBA case competition at 3pm at Park Place. The case will be Citigroup's
Expansion Strategies in Russia. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Interested students are asked to form teams of 3-5
students who will present their analysis and recommendations based on the case.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ALL AIBEc students are encouraged to paricipateeven
if you are just beginning your studies at AIBEc. Past experience shows that
participation in AIBEc/AM Cham case competitions significantly increase the
ability of students to apply business ideas to practical ssituations. The
Citigroup case was chosen so that students can have a very interesting and
practical experience about the Banking industry in Russia that will be most
valuable for all the participants in this competion.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>AIBEc has a tradition of inviting judges to its
competitions who have been involved in the case. Earlier this year students
presented the Rus/Sual case and we had a top executive from Sual as a judge in
the past we have had top executives from Yukos, and Hermitage as judges. These
kind of judges make our competitions most interesting and enhance the learning
experience for AIBEc students.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the Nov. case Chris Barret a partner from
PWC who is head of PWC's Financial Services area has already agreed to be a
judge. Chris is one of the leading bankng specialists in Russia and has written
many articles on banking that will be made available to AIBEc students. We will
invite some other leading banking specialists to judge this case.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Citigroup case is available to all students by
sending an email to Anya <A
href="mailto:info.aibec@co.ru">info.aibec@co.ru</A> You can also register
your teams with Anya.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yours truly,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Art Franczek</FONT></DIV>
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