Making a Lasting Impact for All Involved

There isn’t just one type of project or organization that works well for action-based learning. Regardless of industry, function, or geography, these partnerships are impactful for all involved — students, sponsors, and learning partners. Search and explore the examples on this page to view the many different ways we can collaborate with your organization.
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Microalgae Producer

Objective:

Determine an appropriate overseas market for entry with a select product

Program
Weekend MBA
Project Focus
Go-To-Market Strategy
Team's Approach
  • Literature review of 23 research papers and articles
  • Current state assessment of sponsor
  • Porter’s 5 Forces and STEEPLE Analysis
Results
  • Assessment of the global market for the select product
  • Identification of target countries and markets
  • Market entry recommendations and opportunities
  • Actionable next steps
International
2023

Mobility Consumer Goods Startup

Objective:

Recommend a target customer and create a US market strategy for a new prototype

Program
Full-Time MBA
Project Focus
Go-To-Market Strategy
Team's Approach
  • Interviewed 12 experts in relevant fields
  • Collected and analyzed potential guest survey responses
  • Researched potential market segments
Results
  • Recommendation and supporting research for target market segment
  • Two-phased US market entry approach mapped over three years
  • Recommended key messages and pricing
  • Metrics for measuring success corresponding to phased approach
International
2023

Natural & Organic Food Company

Objective:

Define the scope of a new impact-investment fund that supports ESG goals

Program
Weekend MBA
Project Focus
Market Analysis and Assessment
Team's Approach
  • Interviewed leadership, suppliers, similar impact investment funds, and other mission-aligned entities
  • Conducted secondary research on the ESG fund landscape
Results
  • Diagram of the fund landscape
  • Recommendations on
    • Partnerships for set-up, fundraising, and administration
    • Resource provisions
  • Example 3-5 year roll out plan
Domestic
2023

Organic Seed Farm

Objective:

Analyze Google and Shopify data to improving advertising and marketing strategies for growth

Program
Master of Business Analytics
Project Focus
Market Analysis and Assessment
Team's Approach
  • Conduct market analysis and trends
  • Design and execute primary research survey of customers
  • Overlay survey data with existing company data to outline recommendations
Results
  • Prioritized marketing recommendation list to improve growth
  • Pricing worksheet and lost customer dashboard to support recommendations
Local
2023

Personal Care Consumer Goods Startup

Objective:

Develop a strategic go-to-market plan for entering the U.S. direct-to-consumer market.

Program
Master of Management
Project Focus
Brand Positioning and Communication
Team's Approach
  • Conducted SWOT, Brand Pyramid, and Market trends analysis
  • Decided on market segmentation and appropriate position for sponsor
Results
  • Marketing recommendations for three different product lines
  • Recommendations for strategic brand management on social media
Virtual
2023

Personal Hygiene Consumer Goods Manufacturer

Objective:

Analyze and improve fulfillment processes and service level on online retail site.

Program
Master of Supply Chain Management
Project Focus
Supply Chain Optimization
Team's Approach
  • Analyzed sponsor-provided data to estimate lost sales
  • Built real-time dashboard showing inventory in fulfillment center
Results
  • Lost sales estimation process
  • Fulfillment dashboard for monitoring historical performance and trends real-time
  • Recommendations for dashboard use and maintaining data accuracy
Domestic
2023

Pet Consumer Packaged Goods Company

Objective:

Create a plan for reducing the handling of heavy items in fulfillment centers

Program
Master of Supply Chain Management
Project Focus
Supply Chain Optimization
Team's Approach
  • Identified key pain points in warehouse operations
  • Secondary research on potential technological solutions
Results
  • Five-year roadmap to improve ergonomic warehouse conditions
  • Recommendations for new technology
  • Financial breakdown of investment and payback
Domestic
2023

Professional Organization for Accountants

Objective:

Identify and analyze barriers to entry in the competitive market of climate change toolkits for the sponsor's client

Program
Full-Time MBA
Project Focus
Market Analysis and Assessment
Team's Approach
  • Conducted market analysis
  • Redirecting sponsor's product design to better fill market gaps
  • Ideation and prototyping of an alternative product
Results
  • Prototype of an original product designed with the same values as the initial product idea 
  • Recommendations for the promotion of the original product
  • Details of engineering and logistics to manufacture the original product
International
2023

Public Transport Operator

Objective:

Identify and recommend opportunities to leverage analytics in safety risk management

Program
Master of Business Analytics
Project Focus
Operations Enhancement
Team's Approach
  • Conduct company interviews
  • Identify ideal platform for solutions
  • Develop an automated system for data collection, integration and reporting
Results
  • Fully functioning cloud-based hazard report system within Microsoft Business Suite 
  • Hazard report form, log and dashboard
  • User Manual available for employee training
Domestic
2023

Real Estate Investment Company

Objective:

Evaluate the efficacy of the Customer Loyalty Score in predicting lease renewal

Program
Full-Time MBA
Project Focus
Customer Experience Enhancement
Team's Approach
  • Researched methods of measuring customer satisfaction
  • Prepared and analyzed sponsor-provided data
Results
  • Key findings from data analysis
  • Recommendations for alternative metrics as lease renewal predictors
  • Next steps
  • Considerations for further statistical analyses
Domestic
2023