Congratulations To Capstone Class

Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration

The following letter was received for Professor Josetta McLaughlin's capstone class MGMT 380, Business Policy and Strategy, in which students simulate businesses and business decisions:

Dear Professor Mclaughlin:

Congratulations are in order for students in your class who earned a Global Top 100 ranking for their company's BSG-Online performance during the week of 6-Oct-08 through 12-Oct-08.

Industry 9

The co-managers of A Plus Shoes (Company A) earned a Global Top 100 ranking on the following performance criteria:

• Return on Average Equity - Their ROE of 29.4% tied for the 75th best ROE performance of the week, worldwide!

The co-managers of Finest Footwear (Company F) earned a Global Top 100 ranking on the following performance criteria:

• Return on Average Equity - Their ROE of 31.3% tied for the 53rd best ROE performance of the week, worldwide!

You should be quite proud of your students for such an excellent performance — a performance that reflects quite well on you and the caliber of instruction that students are receiving in your course. View the Global Top 100 lists for the week of 6-Oct-08 through 12-Oct-08.

Each Monday we compile lists of the prior week's best-performing companies worldwide based on each of four measures: Overall Score (current year), Earnings Per Share, Return On Average Equity, and Stock Price.

Congratulations once again to you and your students and thank you for using BSG-Online in your class. As always, please call or e-mail if you have any questions or any suggestions for improving the simulation.

Best regards from the BSG-Online author team,

Art Thompson
Greg Stappenbeck
Mark Reidenbach