Internet Delivery Our first foray into Internet delivery was in the spring of 1996 when we recruited an undergraduate team from the Brno Technical University in the Czech Republic to compete with four American teams at the University of Tennessee. It was a rough beginning, but a successful one. Each semester thereafter, we learned from our mistakes and the proclivities of the student competitors and incrementally worked to smooth out the rough spots of working long distance over the Internet. As a result of our Global Internet Competitions, we have developed a number of educational partners throughout the world. Recently, we collaborated with John Nicholls and Florida International University to create an International Business Scenario.
Participants also face exchange rate and tariff issues throughout the exercise.
Our goal is to allow students to work from any location where there is a PC with an Internet connection. The software, operating manual, and decision data are stored on an Internet accessible file server and can be downloaded to a new site at any time. Participants can now collaborate with team members located across town, across the country or around the world. Its mission is to serve corporate customers who have a need to change their culture to one which is driven by bottom line profitability, customer satisfaction and the removal of functional silos. You Marketplace is certainly one of the best training simulations in the world.