Action-Based Learning Projects:
MAP & Consulting Studio
Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC
2024
Executive MBA MAP
Strategic Roadmapping
Develop a strategic product innovation roadmap for new and/or existing philanthropic products and services designed to help people, companies and nonprofits maximize the impact of giving, as well as framework for us to evaluate and prioritize projects going forward. Recommend first project to tackle; go-to-market strategy may be potential follow-up project.
Faculty Advisors
Wyandotte, MI
Wyandotte, MI
2025
Weekend MBA MAP
Go-To-Market Strategy
Develop a market entry strategy for a small-scale artificial nail polish manufacturing venture aimed at generating revenue for an R&D operation, focusing on market intelligence, technology opportunities, and go-to-market business models.
Faculty Advisors
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
2022
Online MBA
Operations Enhancements
Riot Games released League of Legends in 2009 to worldwide acclaim and multiple new games and TV series over the following years. The success has led to an increased visibility to potential attackers that will eventually leverage existing vulnerabilities. Students on the Riot Games team will define a framework for how we categorize, collaborate and assess third party organizations ranging from software vendors to game studio M&A’s.
Faculty Advisors
NYC, NY
NYC, NY
2024
Executive MBA MAP
Strategic Roadmapping
The independent restaurant industry is notoriously low on resources that allows owners and operators to be more effective business owners. Even chefs who have owned restaurants for years lack financial literacy and the business understanding they need to control and cut costs. This proves particularly challenging for an industry where average profit margins over between three and five percent on a good year.
The James Beard Foundation advocates for, and designs programs that aim to make the independent restaurant industry more equitable, sustainable, and financially viable for all. The Foundation seeks to collaborate with a team of Ross EMBAs to research and catalog innovative industry business models for ‘full-service, casual, independently owned’ restaurants.
The team would analyze the strategy, effectiveness, scalability, and potential applications of these new models, with the goal of resulting in more profitable restaurants that also follow equitable and sustainable labor, sourcing, and operating practices. The team would develop frameworks for identifying and creating new business models for this category of restaurants.
The James Beard Foundation advocates for, and designs programs that aim to make the independent restaurant industry more equitable, sustainable, and financially viable for all. The Foundation seeks to collaborate with a team of Ross EMBAs to research and catalog innovative industry business models for ‘full-service, casual, independently owned’ restaurants.
The team would analyze the strategy, effectiveness, scalability, and potential applications of these new models, with the goal of resulting in more profitable restaurants that also follow equitable and sustainable labor, sourcing, and operating practices. The team would develop frameworks for identifying and creating new business models for this category of restaurants.
Faculty Advisors