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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Consumer Healthcare App

Objective:

Assess reasons for underutilization and develop new GTM strategy for equitable access to products

Program
Full-Time MBA
Project Focus
Customer Experience Enhancement
Team's Approach
  • Review 50+ academic papers, case studies, articles, internal documents
  • 15 internal employee, consumer and expert interviews
  • Create curated case study example
Results
  • Replicable playbook to drive growth
  • Needs assessment case study and clear tactics on how to duplicate
  • Recommendation for toolkit circulation
  • Impact measurement best practices and next steps
Domestic
2023

Dissolving Tablet Startup

Objective:

Create a licensing agreement roadmap and estimate related cost savings

Program
Full-Time MBA
Project Focus
Strategic Roadmapping
Team's Approach
  • Conducted a product and company analysis
  • Reviewed licensing literature Identified appropriate financial models
Results
  • Recommendations for
    • the product to attain a licensing agreement
    • the best potential licenses
    • licensing agencies to approach
  • Licensing pitch document
  • Financial models to estimate the value of a licensing agreement
Domestic
2023

E-commerce Technology Company

Objective:

Understand vendor pain points and recommend solutions

Program
Full-Time MBA
Project Focus
Supply Chain Optimization
Team's Approach
  • Interviewed 7 vendors
  • Conducted secondary research
  • Consulted Ross professor
  • Performed Gap Analysis
Results
  • Vendor paint point scorecard
  • 6 key recommendations to address main pain points
Virtual
2023

Early-stage Medical Testing Company

Objective:

Develop a strategy for launching the product overseas

Program
Full-Time MBA
Project Focus
Go-To-Market Strategy
Team's Approach
  • Assessed market through secondary research and interviews w/ various stakeholders 
  • Developed pricing models
Results
  • Example pitch deck
  • Market sizing excel model
  • Recommendations on the following
    • Pricing & market sizing
    • Partnerships
    • Regulatory & logistics strategy
    • Indication roadmap
International
2023

Healthcare Provider

Objective:

Assess operational logistics and financial implications of developing a Transitional Pain Service

Program
Full-Time MBA
Project Focus
Operations Enhancement
Team's Approach
  • Conducted 27 stakeholder interviews
  • Mapped the current experience of high-risk patients
  • Drafted and analyzed staffing models
Results
  • Projections of patient volume
  • Recommended staffing model
  • Financial model and funding considerations
  • Implementation map of new service
  • Considerations for evaluating the service
Local
2023

Irish Government Agency

Objective:

Develop a roadmap for programs that support businesses creating sustainability solutions

Program
Full-Time MBA
Project Focus
Strategic Roadmapping
Team's Approach
  • Surveyed Irish entrepreneurs
  • Benchmarked sponsor's programs against similar programs abroad
  • Interviewed key stakeholders
  • Conducted PESTE and SWOT analysis
Results
  • Recommendations for
    • Tiered program structure
    • Supporting the portfolio
    • Physical workspace
International
2023

Lifestyle Brands Company

Objective:

Identify the competitiveness of HR practices and understand employee’s perspective on upcoming expansion

Program
Full-Time MBA
Project Focus
Employee Experience Enhancement
Team's Approach
  • Researched 20 best-in class global companies’ HR practices
  • Created assessment framework Interviewed 43 employees
  • Surveyed 86% of employees
Results
  • HR Practices Maturity Model 19 high-level recommendations related to
    • Talent management
    • Talent recruitment
    • Organizational design
  • Timeline for implementation aligned with existing expansion plans
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

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

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