A University of Hawaii Shidler College of Business team of four undergraduate students took second place in the ninth annual CUIBE (Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education) International Business Case Competition held recently at Northeastern University in Boston. The Shidler team placed second in a field of 16 teams from leading undergraduate international business programs from across the nation.

Team members Eryn Yuasa, Dakota Kubacak, Edwin Wong and Kelly Zheng took first place in their preliminary round against the University of San Diego, Marist College and Temple University before finishing second overall to first-place winner Washington University of St. Louis.

Teams were given a case study to analyze within 24 hours before the competition began. This year’s challenge was to provide recommendations to the vice president of social responsibility of Hilton Hotel Worldwide on the growing epidemic of human trafficking.