Indonesia Challenge on Economics Ideas
Gajah Mada University 2018
The Indonesian Challenge on Economic Ideas is an annual event organized by the Economic Study and Discussion Forum, Faculty of Economics and Business, Gajah Mada University. This event was held to bring together economics and business students as well as an opportunity to convey ideas and solutions offered related to current economic issues.
This year's Indonesian Challenge on Economic Ideas has a big theme, namely "Reviving Hope: Fostering Economic Resilience in the Post Crisis Era" . This theme was raised in accordance with the momentum of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 which was proclaimed to be a new tool in industry where the majority of activities in industry can be digitalized by increasing business efficiency and effectiveness so that thinking is needed to respond to challenges and opportunities so as not to return to a crisis period.
This agenda has three stages, namely starting with the preliminary round which is selected from various universities in Indonesia and determining the top 10 who qualify for the final round or presentation stage and then determining the 5 best teams to compete for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
The teams that made it to the final round were Gajah Mada University, Siliwangi University, Universitas Airlangga , Trunojoyo Madura University, University of Indonesia, Sebelas Maret University and Semarang State University. The final result of the competition was that first place was occupied by Gajah Mada University, second place by the University of Indonesia and third place by the University of Indonesia.
