In early 2000, Dean Richard Schmalensee of MIT’s Sloan School of Management needed to make a decision that would shape the future of the school for decades to come. Sloan desperately needed a new building with great classrooms, faculty offices, study rooms for students, and dining. Schmalensee neede...

In the early 2010s, First Solar, a leading photovoltaic (PV) solar manufacturer, faced a series of challenges: expanding production by subsidized Chinese PV manufacturers; declining purchase subsidies in important European markets; and, declining prices for silicon, the key input raw material for it...

Chris Peterson was assigned to lead a newly formed regional consulting team at DSS Consulting. She carefully selected the team members, built a cohesive group, and led the team in developing a new consulting service. Both Peterson and her team were satisfied with their accomplishments and ability to...

In 2008, China-based Yunnan Lucky Air, a low-cost, domestic airline modeled after Southwest Airlines in the United States, was searching for new competitive advantages in China’s increasingly competitive yet heavily regulated airline industry. Ecommerce was being looked to as one growth strategy.

Fishbanks es una simulación basada en Internet para varios jugadores, en la que los participantes representan el papel de pescadores que buscan maximizar su patrimonio neto a medida que compiten contra otros jugadores y enfrentan las variaciones de la población de peces y su captura. Los participant...

Energia Mundial (World Energy) é um jogo de simulação de papéis em grupo em que os participantes testam um conjunto de políticas e estratégias que poderiam vir a tratar da mudança climática. Em um ambiente formado por grupos grandes, os participantes atuam no papel de líderes comerciais, da sociedad...

Energía Mundial es una simulación grupal de representación donde los participantes ponen a prueba una combinación de políticas y estrategias que puedan abordar el tema del cambio climático. En un entorno grupal grande, los participantes juegan el papel de empresarios, asociaciones civiles y líderes ...

The Climate Action Simulation is a group role playing simulation where participants test out a mix of policies and strategies that could address climate change. In a large group setting, participants play business, civil society, and government leaders representing different sectors that have conven...

The World Climate Simulation is a group role playing simulation of the international climate change negotiations. This exercise provides participants the chance to explore the risks of climate change and the challenges of negotiating international agreements to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions....

In this live web-based simulation, participants play the role of senior management at a video game hardware platform producer, such as Sony, Nintendo, or Microsoft. Built around a companion case study describing the launch of Sony’s PlayStation 3, the simulation explores the dynamics of competition ...