Kelley partners with local universities and businesses for this 3-credit-hour course to help students gain literacy of best business practices to employ while solving a business problem for local entrepreneurs. This course also challenges students to consider business models other than those they may have experienced in the U.S.
How it works
Class meetings are held prior to the trip to prepare students for understanding the emerging market destination and the consulting process. Students then meet online with business clients to learn their clients' business models and understand the objectives of the consulting project. Student teams develop a consulting plan, conduct research and develop recommendations. During the last week of the class, teams travel to the destination country and work with the client to finalize the recommendations and help implement the plan.
1. Consulting
Students are connected online with entrepreneurs to work on solving a business problem during the 11-week quarter.
2. Emerging Markets
Students travel to the destination during the summer quarter for a week-long consulting experience.
3. Real-World Solutions
While in the host country, students spend each day at the business working with the clients to finalize recommendations and implement solutions.
Emerging Markets course in Chile
Kelley Evening MBA students traveled to Chile to work as consultants with several small businesses. While there, Chilean company Cine 1 created this video to showcase the experience with Evening MBA students.
Description of the video:
WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.332 [UPBEAT MUSIC] 2 00:00:02.332 --> 00:00:04.040 TINA MARIE NORONHA: I had the opportunity 3 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:07.600 to come to Chile as part of a class I'm taking in my program 4 00:00:07.600 --> 00:00:08.600 called Emerging Markets. 5 00:00:08.600 --> 00:00:10.142 FRANQLIN DONNELL GATSON: I was tasked 6 00:00:10.142 --> 00:00:12.040 with working with a company called Cine1 7 00:00:12.040 --> 00:00:15.160 and helping them improve their business processes. 8 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:17.840 TRENT ROBERT VAN EMON: I think Cine1 one has a lot of great 9 00:00:17.840 --> 00:00:21.240 people and a lot of great experience here for what 10 00:00:21.240 --> 00:00:24.400 they've built over the last 15-plus years. 11 00:00:24.400 --> 00:00:28.320 Their competencies with what they do in virtual reality, 12 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:33.620 AR, with film, design, they bring a lot of that together 13 00:00:33.620 --> 00:00:36.560 that's unique that other businesses don't really 14 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:38.240 offer that you see in the marketplace. 15 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:40.240 TINA MARIE NORONHA: Probably their biggest asset 16 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:41.800 is their people. 17 00:00:41.800 --> 00:00:43.640 They are just a very passionate group 18 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:47.000 of creative individuals who genuinely love what they do. 19 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:49.710 And most importantly, they love working with each other. 20 00:00:49.710 --> 00:00:51.960 MUKTA VIJAY KULKARNI: People who really like exploring 21 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:54.680 new ideas and very open minded. 22 00:00:54.680 --> 00:01:00.320 So I think Cine1 has some great things for them in the future. 23 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:02.920 NATHAN KEEN: The experience here in Chile has been great. 24 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:05.280 The atmosphere is amazing in the city. 25 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:09.160 It's a very diverse city with a lot of opportunity. 26 00:01:09.160 --> 00:01:11.370 MUKTA VIJAY KULKARNI: And it's such an active city. 27 00:01:11.370 --> 00:01:13.050 The people are really warm. 28 00:01:13.050 --> 00:01:16.567 So it's been an amazing experience. 29 00:01:16.567 --> 00:01:18.150 TINA MARIE NORONHA: Working with Cine1 30 00:01:18.150 --> 00:01:21.050 has kind of allowed me to think of my own career. 31 00:01:21.050 --> 00:01:22.510 And I love what I do. 32 00:01:22.510 --> 00:01:25.390 But I want to make sure that I always do something 33 00:01:25.390 --> 00:01:28.310 and try to find something where I can work with as much passion 34 00:01:28.310 --> 00:01:29.995 as the people at Cine1 do. 35 00:01:29.995 --> 00:01:31.870 NATHAN KEEN: One of the biggest things for me 36 00:01:31.870 --> 00:01:33.750 that I've been thinking about for a long time 37 00:01:33.750 --> 00:01:36.910 is the ability to do an individual business or something 38 00:01:36.910 --> 00:01:40.430 that's interesting to me, maybe as a side project or maybe 39 00:01:40.430 --> 00:01:41.830 full time. 40 00:01:41.830 --> 00:01:44.910 So Cine1 has helped to inspire me to kind of think 41 00:01:44.910 --> 00:01:46.230 about that process. 42 00:01:46.230 --> 00:01:49.070 TRENT ROBERT VAN EMON: I want to thank everyone on the team, 43 00:01:49.070 --> 00:01:51.790 everyone at Cine1, and everyone that's 44 00:01:51.790 --> 00:01:54.410 in the program to be able to bring this all together. 45 00:01:54.410 --> 00:01:56.922 It's just been an amazing experience. 46 00:01:56.922 --> 00:01:58.630 TINA MARIE NORONHA: And I especially want 47 00:01:58.630 --> 00:02:00.470 to thank all of the people at Cine1. 48 00:02:00.470 --> 00:02:03.130 So we've had not only a productive week, 49 00:02:03.130 --> 00:02:04.770 but an incredibly fun week. 50 00:02:04.770 --> 00:02:06.870 So I can't think of too many other groups that 51 00:02:06.870 --> 00:02:09.070 not only got to work on their project, 52 00:02:09.070 --> 00:02:11.950 but also got to play video games, and VR games, 53 00:02:11.950 --> 00:02:14.570 and are getting to be videotaped right now. 54 00:02:14.570 --> 00:02:17.630 So I want to just thank the whole team there and then thank 55 00:02:17.630 --> 00:02:20.140 everybody who made this possible. 56 00:02:20.140 --> 00:02:23.000
“This course has been the most memorable teaching experience of my career. From meeting entrepreneurs in a different country and learning about their amazing businesses to watching students create high-quality solutions on the projects, I'm fortunate to be part of this transformative experience.”
Kyle AndersonEvening MBA Faculty Chair and Clinical Assistant Professor of Business Economics
“It's not enough to learn accounting and finance alone. You need to learn how those individual tools are applicable to various companies. Not everything is a cookie-cutter answer, and sometimes, you have to think outside the box to implement the change you want.”
Jonathan Jones, MBA'20PlantArt Project