Bring Your Module to Life with a Real-World Business Simulation
We license our business simulations to universities and business schools, supporting everything from undergraduate programmes to Executive MBA courses.
Our programmes provide experiential learning, equipping lecturers with engaging, hands-on tools that enhance teaching and student outcomes.
Bissim is a facilitated, team-based simulation where participants run a virtual company over several simulated years.
It gives students a safe environment to make strategic, financial, operational and sustainability decisions, then see the results, building both knowledge, and practical skills that employers value.
I loved this module, I never thought I would say that about accounting!
Aston Exec MBA student
As a Marketeer by trade, I didn’t expect to enjoy a finance-heavy module, but the business simulation completely changed that. Our team ran a fictional robotics company, making strategic, financial, and operational decisions over multiple trading periods. We could see - instantly - the impact of our choices on profit, market share, and morale. It was competitive, realistic, and surprisingly addictive. Out of all the modules so far, the learnings have been applied most to my day-to-day role, from speaking the language of finance teams to introducing new measurement tools to my organisation. The simulation was a real highlight of the MBA programme.
MBA Graduate - Warwick Business School
This was one of the best things we've done so far on the course. Really different, enjoyable, and a great way of seeing how decisions affect the accounts.
Manchester MBA student
Why Academic Institutions Choose Bissim
Proven in Higher Education
Adopted by leading business schools in the UK and internationally for over 20 years, with consistently positive student and faculty feedback.
AI / ChatGPT Proof
Focuses on applied decision-making, group interaction, and live facilitation, making it resistant to students simply outsourcing the work to AI tools.
Adaptable to Curriculum
Can be embedded into strategy, finance, leadership, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and accounting modules, aligning with diverse learning outcomes.
Engaging Format
Combines competition, collaboration, and real-world decision-making to drive high levels of participation, debate, and critical thinking.
Customisable
Easily tailored to the level of study (undergraduate, postgraduate, executive), sector focus (e.g. manufacturing, services, sustainability), or teaching context (short course, intensive week, semester-long).
Fun and Rewarding to Deliver
Facilitators enjoy running it because the sessions are interactive, energetic, and create memorable teaching moments that bring concepts to life.
Embedded Sustainability
Integrates sustainability decisions and performance measures, enabling students to see the impact of environmental and social choices on long-term business success
Employability Skills Development
Builds teamwork, problem-solving, data analysis, presentation, and decision-making skills valued by employers.
Safe but Realistic Environment
Provides a risk-free space for students to experiment with business decisions and see the consequences play out as they would in real life.
Encourages Reflection
Structures like decision reviews and debriefs link directly back to theory, ensuring that students consolidate and apply learning.
Scalable and Flexible
Works well with smaller groups and large cohorts, both online and in-person.
I applied for a Finance placement with Porsche. At the assessment centre I was informed that I needed to take an accounting test … as a result of the business simulation accounts/activities … I performed well…. I was delighted to be offered the role.
Aston 2nd Year UG student
How It Works
We provide the Bissim simulations to support experiential learning, and a range of resources including a bank of exercises, activities and assessments which are based on the simulation context.
Students work in teams to make business decisions over multiple simulated trading periods.
Faculty facilitate discussions, guide analysis, and integrate learning into course objectives.
Assessment can be built in, using both simulation performance, and reflective learning outputs.
Support for Faculty
Comprehensive teaching guides and participant materials.
Assignment templates for coursework or assessment integration.
Ongoing guidance and troubleshooting from our team, supporting both academic delivery and professional development goals.
Integration Examples
Undergraduate business courses
Introduce core concepts in strategy, finance, and operations.
MBA and Executive Education
Apply high-level thinking to complex, realistic business challenges.
Specialist modules
Adapt scenarios to focus on leadership, change management, or industry-specific issues.
The Impact
Universities and business schools choose Bissim because it:
Enhances academic learning with hands-on experience.
Improves student engagement, attendance and teamwork.
Helps graduates stand out with practical business skills and decision-making experience.
The business simulation is such a great tool to help visualise the learnings.
Aston Online MBA student
The Bissim simulation helped me a lot in preparing financial statements.
Large retail bank
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