BTS Crowns 2009 Global Tournament Champions

Teams from Nokia, VIPnet and Syngenta
Take Top Honors

CANNES, France and HELSINKI, Finland; May 05, 2010 – BTS, the world leader in customized business simulations and other discovery learning solutions, announced the winners of the 2009 BTS Global Tournament. The top three winning teams excelled over hundreds of competitors in a number of simulations to run the most successful multinational company, striving for their share of a virtual market and shareholder value. Top winners Nokia Finland, second place winners VIPnet Croatia, and third place winners Syngenta Switzerland were honoured in an Awards Ceremony hosted by the BTS Tournaments BTS Tournaments division of BTS on April 24 2010.

The basic idea in Tournament participation is for people to enhance their business acumen and financial understanding. There were some 600 teams competing globally last year and at the end, there were as many as 12 nationalities represented at the BTS Awards in Cannes on the French Riviera.

"I have to admit, this year's Awards were one of the best ever. The location and arrangements were luxurious, yes, but at the end of the day - it is all about the people. Even with a certain volcano erupting, nothing can stand in the way of great people having a fabulous time. Just goes to show, the top three teams earned their place!", said Petteri Salokangas – responsible for arrangements from the BTS Tournaments team.

Winning Team of the 2009 Global Business Tournament - Nokia, Finland:

Second place was achieved by a Croatian network operator, VIPnet:

Third place winners are from Syngenta in Switzerland:

Once again - a big round of applause to congratulate on their genuine success.

The next BTS Global Tournament commences in September 2010. More information about BTS Tournaments is available on www.btstournaments.com.

About BTS
BTS is the global leader in accelerating strategy alignment and execution, innovating how organizations learn, change and improve. We partner with our clients to build commitment and capability to accelerate strategy execution and improve business results. The unique BTS process offers fast strategic alignment and rapid capability building through:
• Business Simulations and experiential solutions

– the most effective way to help organizations understand, align and execute.

• In-depth customization to what is relevant and actionable on the job.

• A results-focused approach that comprehensively and efficiently secures and measures business impact. BTS adds value to its clients through three practice areas: Strategic Alignment & Business Acumen, Leadership & Management, and Sales Force Transformation.

BTS has more than 300 professionals serving over 400 clients, including 44 of the US Fortune 100 companies and more than 25 of the Global Fortune 100 largest corporations in the world. BTS serves its clients from offices in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Scottsdale, Stamford, Bangkok, Beijing, Bilbao, Brussels, Helsinki, Johannesburg, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Mexico City, Oslo, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney and Tokyo. For more information please visit www.bts.com.

BTS World Final 2009 - Announcing the Results!

The winners of the BTS Global Semi-finals proceeded to the BTS World Final. All directly involved will agree: this year's Final was extremely exciting!

The Final was held on 5 November 2009, with the best teams from the 2009 Tournament competing for highest shareholder value. All the simulated companies performed at their peak, closing their fourth financial year with stunningly close results. This was the closest it has ever been with 4th and 5th place missing out on their spot in the top three by less than 1% difference!

We at BTS Tournaments are proud to announce the Ranking of the BTS World Final 2009:

1. NOKIA / Finland - Team Uision
2. VIPNET / Croatia - Team Red Devils
3. SYNGENTA / Switzerland - Team Aspire
4. ENDESA / Spain - Team APTC
5. SEB KORT / Norway - Team PLASTIXXX
6. NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS / Finland - Team Pohjatyö
7. ANDRITZ / Finland - Team Eagles

From the almost 600 teams participating in the 2009 BTS Business Tournament, these amazing seven teams reached the World Final. So once again, a big round of applause to ALL competing Teams. They held under pressure to prove their business acumen. But unfortunately only the three best teams receive the honours of being invited to the famous BTS Awards. They will traditionally be held in Cannes on the French Riviera, in the Spring.

Thank you everyone involved for another great BTS Tournament Year!

- BTS Tournaments Team

VIPnet qualifies to the BTS World Semi-Final, again!

Sitting from left to right: Jadranka Ranogajec, Iva Vodopija (team leader), Ratko Marolin, Silvana Madunić and in front: Aleksandra Gostimir


For a second year in a row, VIPnet enrolled two outperforming teams (Aragorn and Nika) to the BTS Global Business Tournament organised by BTS Interactive. They formed management teams of given virtual global companies and competed against seven other teams representing different real-life firms. The goal was to make strategic decisions to create the highest shareholder value. Aragorn stormed to the winning position of the division and Nika followed in excellent second place. Consequently, Aragorn proceeds to the World Semi-Final, which will be held in September 2008. It is worthwhile mentioning that VIPnet was also represented in the Semi-Final of 2007.


Experience – We had a chance to see all the aspects of the market, and we realised how important the group work is - you listen to the others, give your ideas, analyse results, sometimes bringing wrong ideas but overall it gives a good global picture of business. Most of all it was very dynamic and interesting, and in the end victorious.

Benefits – First of all, building the team spirit. Every one of us gave their best; someone was good at analysis, others in forecasting, someone would see the key detail and others the big picture. Second thing we got to practice was strategic thinking and finding out the key inputs for our „action plan“. And thirdly, perhaps the most interesting for Aragorn team, we had the opportunity to make decisions from top management perspective. As we mostly handle operative tasks in our work place, this was something new and very interesting.


Next steps – The competition goes on next fall. Our team will participate in semi-finals and hope for the best. Until then life and business goes on. Some of the skills we practiced or maybe just discovered in ourselves, we will continue to use and benefit from.