The Global Enterprise Challenge, formerly known as the Enterprise Olympics, arose as a result of an international collaboration between Ken Baker, then Chief Executive of the
Enterprise New Zealand Trust, and Gordon McVie, who was at that time with
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Enterprise is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government which encourages economic development, enterprise, innovation and investment in business. The body covers the eastern and central parts of Scotland whilst similar ...
. This challenge is a high-powered student business competition, involving
Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
technology and global competitors, and in 2009 was hosted by the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow
The challenge is aimed at secondary and pre-university students from all over the world.
Participants
Participants this year came from:
*England
*Scotland
*Australia
*New Zealand
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
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Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
*Norway
*Germany
*United States
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Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
*Japan
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Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
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Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
England, Wales, Germany and Norway joined Scotland in Glasgow with the other ten countries competing remotely.
List of winners
2002 – New Zealand
2003 – New Zealand
2004 – Scotland
2005 – Germany
2006 – Wales
2007 – United States
2008 – New Zealand
2009 – Indonesia
2010 – Australia,
Earnshaw State College
Earnshaw State College is a P-12 college in the Brisbane North Education District. Established in 2003 and located in Queensland, Australia in the suburb of Banyo in northeast Brisbane. Earnshaw has a short history as a College but a long histor ...
GEC 2010 was hosted by Indonesia in Bali.
2011- Australia, Earnshaw State College
2012 - Australia, Earnshaw State College
2015 – Wales,
Coleg Cambria
Coleg Cambria in North East Wales is one of the UK's largest colleges, with over 7000 full-time and 20,000 part-time students, and has international links covering four continents. Coleg Cambria was created following the merger of Deeside College ...
See also
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Entrepreneurial network
In business, entrepreneurial networks are social organizations offering different types of resources to start or improve entrepreneurial projects. Having adequate human resources is a key factor for entrepreneurial achievements. Combined with lea ...
References
External links
*Global Enterprise Challenge official websit
*The Global Enterprise Challenge – EuroHu
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Entrepreneurship organizations