UNN students take first place in “Export Activities” case battle

The finals of a major inter-university tournament were held at the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This competition capped off the 5th Regional Export Week, organised by the St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation and the St. Petersburg Export Support Centre.

Teams from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Vladivostok, and Nizhny Novgorod competed for the top spot. Participants tackled a real-life business problem for the active exporting company RBI CONCEPT LLC. The expert jury and company leadership unanimously awarded the first place to the Nizhny Novgorod team's project.

Lobachevsky University was represented by fourth-year students from the Economics Institute’s “Economics, International Business and Entrepreneurship” programme at the Department of World Economy and Customs: Aldrin Akikhari, Aziz Mamedov, Yulia Melnikova, and Polina Pikalova.

The team was prepared for the competition by associate professors Evgeny Ponomarev and Yulia Prikazchikova from the Department of World Economy and Customs.

The winning team will have the chance to complete an internship or work-based training with potential future employment at the client company.