2. In Junior Peak Time 2010 preliminary
rounds, students had to solve a set of
tasks, namely simple
logics, Microeconomics, Managerial Economics &
International Economics. The tasks were taken and
adjusted from the introductory exercises, solved in
SSE Riga. All the specific material and terminology
were explicitly explained in the document or the
source, where participants could read something
themselves, was given. In general, participants
liked the tasks, perceived them as interesting and
responded positively about the level of difficulty.
The number of tasks submitted was a little bit
bigger than the number for the case study.
Participants had 10 days to complete a set of tasks
and a case study.
There were even some discussions about the tasks
online, initiated by the participants themselves
(link).

3. Apart from the tasks, participants were asked to solve a case study, which consisted of three parts. The participants were asked to
make human resource management decisions in a knowledge-based company, optimize production processes, as well as make
marketing decisions regarding a brand introduction in a new market. Additional reading from one of the newest “McKinsey
Quarterly” issues were introduced so as the participants would have a guidelines for their human resource management task
decisions. The second part was made in order to check participants’ logical thinking and common sense, while the last one showed if
the participants were creative and had a business-like mindset.
The case study was made by the organizers with a help of y2 students from SSE Riga.
The final result for
preliminary round was
calculated taking 30% of
result for tasks and 70%
for the case study. The
ranking of participants is
available here.
The set of tasks and the
case study with
additional reading
material can be
downloaded from here.
ONE OF THE PRELIMINARY TASKS PRELIMINARY CASE STUDY

5. LECTURER
CO-FOUNDER OF A FAST GROWING IT
COMPANY GEOGOER LTD.
SSE RIGA GRADUATE ’05
MSC IN FINANCE AT UNIL, SWITZERLAND
’07
DURING THE GUEST LECTURE, STUDENTS
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT
DALIA’S
WAY TO SUCCESS AND ALL THE CHALLENGES
ENTREPRENEURS NEED TO FACE WHILE
DEVELOPING AND GROWING THEIR
BUSINESS

6. THE AIM OF THE INDIVIDUAL TASK WAS
TO ASSESS THE ANALYTICAL SKILLS, AS
WELL AS DATA UNDERSTANDING AND
COMMON SENSE OF THE PARTICIPANTS.
THE CASE STUDY WAS PREPARED BY
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY CIVITTA.
THE TOPIC ABOUT AERONAUTICS
CONGLOMERATE FOR THE CASE STUDY
WAS CHOSEN SO THAT IT WOULD BE
INTERESTING FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, AS
WELL AS TO PROMOTE INNOVATION.

7. LECTURER
COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT AND
TRAINER, PARTNER AT ENERGISE, LTD.
TEAM BUILDING LECTURER IN SSE RIGA
ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS JUNIOR PEAK TIME
BROUGHT TO THE WORLD OF COMPETITIONS FOR
HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS IN BALTIC STATES WAS
A TEAM WORK EXPERIENCE.
BEFORE ACTUALLY STARTING TO WORK IN
RANDOMLY ASSIGNED INTERNATIONAL
TEAMS, STUDENTS HAD AN INTERACTIVE GUEST
LECTURE LED BY ULDIS PAVULS.
MOREOVER, ACTUAL ACTIVITIES AIMED AT
BUILDING TEAMS WERE DONE. ACCORDING TO
THE JURY, THE EFFECT WAS VISIBLE ALREADY IN
THE TEAM WORK SOLUTION PRESENTATIONS.

8. THE AIM OF THE TEAM WORK TASK WAS
TO MAKE THE PARTICIPANTS EXPERIENCE
HOW IS IT TO WORK IN A TEAM AND TO
USE THE METHODS DISCUSSED IN THE
GUEST LECTURE BY ULDIS PAVULS.
AFTER THE INDIVIDUAL TASK, THE
PARTICIPANTS WERE RANDOMLY
ASSIGNED TO INTERNATIONAL TEAMS.
THEY HAD 90 MIN TO SOLVE A TASK AND
10 MIN TO PRESENT THE SOLUTION.
THE PERFORMANCE WAS EVALUATED ON
THE BASIS OF COMMON SENSE
EMPLOYED, CREATIVITY, TEAM WORK
DURING PRESENTATIONS, ENGLISH
LANGUAGE AND PRESENTATION SKILLS.
THE PARTICIPANTS APPRECIATED SUCH A
CONCEPT AS THE USUAL COMPETITIONS
AND OLYMPIADS IN THE BALTIC STATES
REQUIRE INDIVIDUAL WORK.

10. SOME HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS CAME TO
THE EVENT WITH THEIR TEACHERS OR
RELATIVES.THEY HAD A GUIDED TOUR IN
SSE RIGA PREMISES, PRESENTATION ABOUT
THE SCHOOL AND A DISCUSSION
AFTERWARDS, AS WELL AS AN EXCURSION
TO RIGA ART NOUVEAU MUSEUM.
ACCORDING TO THE TEACHERS AND
PARENTS, THEY OBSERVED AND
APPRECIATED THE CLOSENESS OF SSE RIGA
COMMUNITY AND PERSONAL ATTENTION TO
EACH PARTICIPANT.

11. Even though the competition day for the participants
was scheduled to be quite intensive, during the breaks
they had an opportunity to socialize with other high
school students and create networks with the brightest
young minds from the Baltic states.
In order to make the process of communication
easier, the participants were invited to take part in the
ice-breaking activities held outdoor. That worked as an
introduction to team building lecture that was made
afterwards, as well as helped them to relax after intense
mental work during individual task.
To make the stay in Riga as comfortable as
possible, participants had assigned compadres, who
escorted them to the SSE Riga from a bus station.
Some of the participants stayed in Riga for longer thus
they were accommodated in the modern SSE Riga
dormitories.
Compadres also took care that the participants would
reach the dormitories safely, as well as guided them in
Riga and presented the most interesting sights.

12. The winners were awarded with the scholarships in total
consisting of 1100 €: 600 € for the best performance, 300
€ for the second place, and 200 € for the third place. The
scholarships were awarded by the main sponsor Microsoft
Latvia.
The winners:
The most creative and best presenting team received 1. Ralf Ahi (EE),
2. Toomas Ginter (EE),
professional Microsoft mouses for their PCs.
3. Allan Tatter (EE)

14. JURY HOST OF THE EVENT
LĪNA DZENE
EDUCATION INDUSTRY LEAD FOR BALTICS AT
MICROSOFT
INGMĀRS PŪĶIS
VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING AND BUSINESS MAIN SPONSOR
DEVELOPMENT AT LMT
DALIA LAŠAITĖ
CO-FOUNDER OF GEOGOER LTD.
KAROLIS RŪKAS
CHAIRMAN OF SUPERVISORY BOARD AND HEAD OF CONTENT SPONSOR
CORPORATE FINANCE AT ORION SECURITIES
GINTARĖ GALVANAUSKAITĖ
AGENT OF FLEURA EXPORT SIA
EGLĖ EIDUKEVIČIUTĖ
VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT PARTNERS
SSE RIGA 2009/2010
EVITA KOVAĻA
PROGRAMMU DIREKTORE PROFESIONĀLĀS
KARJERAS INSTITŪTĀ
KRISTAPS SILIŅŠ
PRESIDENT OF STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT SSE
RIGA 2009/2010

15. COMPETITION IS ORGANIZED IN
CLOSE COOPERATION WITH
STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS IN RIGA
STRELNIEKU IELA 4A, RIGA LV 1010, LATVIA,
PHONE: +371 67015800, FAX: +371 67830249
WWW.SSERIGA.EDU.LV
Anna Skačeka Aija Novicka
ORGANIZING EVENT, PARTICIPANTS’ RELATIONS, COUNTRY
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MANAGER FOR LATVIA
PH.: +371 28455574 PH.: +371 26135365
E-MAIL: ASKACEKA@SSERIGA.EDU.LV E-MAIL: ANOVICKA@SSERIGA.EDU.LV
Sandra Jāņekalne Marius Miškinis Ieva Turlaja
MEDIA, PUBLIC RELATIONS FUNDRAISING, COUNTRY MANAGER FOR LITHUANIA PROMOTION, COUNTRY MANAGER FOR ESTONIA
PH.: +371 28344089 PH.: +371 27491730 (LV), +370 61155478 (LT) PH.: +371 26428321
E-MAIL: SJANEKALNE@SSERIGA.EDU.LV E-MAIL: MMISKINIS@SSERIGA.EDU.LV E-MAIL: ITURLAJA@SSERIGA.EDU.LV

16. Aistė Juknaitė Ginvilė Ramanauskaitė Simona Tijūnaitytė Modestas Kižauskas
Ave Habakuk – helped with promo in Estonia;
Krišjanis Mazurs – created the poster;
Ieva Pajarskaitė – helped with creating the case study, evaluated preliminary & final tasks;
Andrius Oleinikovas, Justas Šaltinis, Stasys Karbauskas - evaluated preliminary & final tasks;
Jekaterina Kolbina, Egors Trefilovs, Dita Krastina, Kristine Ingelande, Mara Aleksejeva, Liene Ozola, Vadims Korsaks, Ivan Mihhejev, Kristina
Golovkina, Kristina Malukaite – evaluated preliminary tasks;
Anna Aile, Olga Peškova, Nadzežda Zute, Rasa Girtavičiute, Tatiana Arventi, Liudvikas Galvanauskas, Martynas Stankevičius, Dmitrij
Surenans, Giedrius Jacunskas, Justas Lozinskas, Linda Vīksne, Paulius Jurgutis, Jelena Gvardina, Anda Kikute, Aiste Mazulyte – helped during
the event;
Gerard Chmyznikov, Annija Krūzīte, Nikita Jakubauskas, Domas Ivanauskas, Rihards Garancs, Kęstutis Tyla - compadres .