Celebrating 40 Years of Experiential Learning

From Uncertainty to Insight: Designing Student Learning Journeys

For 40 years, Interpretive Simulations has helped instructors bridge the gap between theory and practice.
Transform your classroom with realistic business simulations that engage your students and teach real-world skills.
We pride ourselves on our excellent customer service and ease of integration into any classroom.
Dedicated customer support team assisting a client in navigating our realistic business simulations, reflecting our high customer satisfaction rate of 98%.

Join Interpretive Simulations at IACBE 2026

We look forward to connecting with the IACBE community in person! Stop by our booth to meet our team, see our latest simulation updates, and join us for our featured session.
Featured Session Information

  • From Uncertainty to Insight: Designing Student Learning Journeys
  • 10:30 AM on Thursday, April 9th, at Alpine East
  • In our session, we will explore how meaningful learning emerges through decision making, reflection, and iteration. Using real examples from Interpretive simulations, we will examine how students move from uncertainty to clarity as they experience the consequences of their decisions and connect outcomes back to core business concepts. We will discuss what an effective learning journey looks like, how it fits naturally within existing courses, and how simulations can support deeper learning and measurable student outcomes.

Why IACBE Professors Choose Interpretive Simulations:

  • Measurable Student Outcomes: Our simulations provide assessable artifacts—including quizzes, assignments, and performance scorecards—to help demonstrate student competency for accreditation.
  • Realistic Decision-Making: Students manage real-world business scenarios, applying course concepts in marketing, management, strategy, HR, and entrepreneurship.
  • Career Readiness: Students build critical thinking, teamwork, and financial literacy skills, better preparing them for today’s workplace.
  • Outstanding Support: Every instructor is paired with a dedicated Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) to help you set up your course and provide full support for you and your students.
  • Seamless Integration: Our simulations are flexible and designed to fit naturally within in-person, hybrid, or online courses with full LMS integration.

What’s New for 2026: 
Announcing: The Interpretive Guide. This is an AI-powered learning assistant designed to support instructors and students who are using Interpretive simulations. The Guide draws exclusively from Interpretive’s official materials to help explain reports, clarify concepts, and encourage reflection, without telling students what decisions to make. When questions go beyond its scope, it directs users back to the Interpretive team, keeping humans at the center of the learning experience.
BizCafe v5 Update featuring new Sustainability Initiatives and more! Coming this Fall, BizCafe will have new sustainability decisions, enhanced performance metrics, and an improved dashboard that gives students clearer insight into how their choices impact the business. New economic scenarios, greater operational flexibility, and more realistic cost and pricing dynamics make the experience even more engaging and relevant for today’s business students.

Join the community of IACBE member institutions that have integrated Interpretive Simulations into their programs. Trusted by schools of all types to bring real-world experience into their classroom with our business simulations!

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EXPERIENCE EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT WITH OUR BUSINESS SIMULATIONS!

At Interpretive, our commitment extends beyond providing realistic business simulations. We prioritize comprehensive support for our customers, ensuring a seamless teaching experience. Our fully administered services enable you to focus on instruction while we manage the logistics of your simulation event.
Choose our business simulations and be paired with a dedicated customer relationship manager (CRM) ready to assist in integrating our simulations into your class, and to answer any questions you may have. Our experienced customer support specialists promptly respond to all technical simulation inquiries from students within 24 hours. With our committed support team, you can confidently implement our business simulations, enhancing your classroom learning environment.
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FAQs

How much does it cost?

Our prices range from $29.95 through $49.95 USD per user for academic use. Our simulations are affordable and effective!

Is it customizable?

Each of our business simulations comes with a variety of scenarios & simulation settings instructors can choose from.

How long does it take to set up a simulation?

The setup process is quick and easy within the same business day! Our support team will let you know the information we need from you about your course and will get everything set up on your site promptly.

How do I assess my students’ performance?

We provide several tools that help you assess students’ understanding of business concepts, including quizzes, assignments, and a weighted scorecard of simulation performance measures.

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Key Features of Our Business Simulations

Tour Videos

Guided tours of the simulation for faculty and students.

Assignments

All assignments are now easily assigned, accessed, and graded.

LMS Integration

Connect Interpretive Simulations directly to your LMS.

Decision Rationale

Students can justify their decision choices each period.

Chat

Teammates can communicate with each other directly.