During the 2013-14 academic year, of the total 74 teams completing an AMR project or BCO (business creation option), 20 teams (totaling 100 students) were engaged in projects that involved traveling to another country for primary research, while the projects of another five teams (totaling 25 students) were deemed to be “international” and to satisfy the international requirement of the Full-time MBA program as they each included a substantial component of international secondary research. In total, this comprised almost 35 percent of the class of 2014. During 2013-2014, the CGM supplemented research funding provided by the AMR office that allowed for 13 teams to carry out primary research for projects in Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, Ecuador, Ethiopia, India, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Mongolia, Philippines, Tanzania and Uganda. Other teams traveled to Mexico, Spain, and France.
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Albert Einstein School of Medicine - Ethiopia
Improving breast cancer care in Ethiopia - Recommending a self-sustainable business model for the Hawassa Breast Cancer Clinic
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Conservation International - Galapagos Ecuador
Developing a financial model to communicate potential investment returns within the Galapagos lobster fisher
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Conservation international- Galera, San Francisco - Ecuador
Analyzing the market and developing a value chain for artisanal fisheries to capitalize on current market conditions
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Global Wellness - Cameroon
Analyzing the impacts of industrial logging in Cameroon
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Intra Health - Kenya
Stregnthening systems and improving distribution of healthcare services in Kenya
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Mercy Corps - Uganda
Developing a sustainable retail distribution model to bring socially beneficial goods to dispersed communities in Uganda
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Out and Equal - Italy and India
Workplace Equality On A Global Scale: Developing A Strategy and Operating Model for Global Expansion
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Vittana - Phillipines
Growing the presence of microfinance driven student loans in higher education in the Phillipines
During the 2012-13 academic year, of the total 77 teams completing an AMR project or BCO (business creation option), 17 had an international research component. The CGM provided funding to seven teams to carry out primary research for projects in Uganda, Tanzania, Liberia, Peru, India and the Philippines. Other student teams traveled to China and Suriname and researched topics such as Hepatitis B awareness and sustainable water programs.
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Assessing the Feasibility of Launching a Micro-Investment Product in India.
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Analyzing the Global Health Market in Uganda.
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Analyzing the Potential of the Industrial Logging Sector and Alternative Forest Uses in Liberia.
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Agricultural Technology and Financing Assessment in Peru.
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Labor Market Analysis and Review of Student Loan Demand and Assessment Process in the Philippines.
During the 2011-2012 academic year, the center sponsored six teams who carried out research projects in China, Peru, Brazil, and the South Pacific island nations of Kiribati and Vanuatu. Two AMR teams worked with a client organization that is a network of microfinance organizations working in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, in the South Pacific. It is dedicated to eradicating poverty by empowering women in poor rural villages with the opportunity to start, grow and maintain sustainable, income generating micro-enterprises. One team prepared a market entry strategy for the organization to enter Kiribati, and another team analyzed whether the client organization should enter the microfinance market in Vanuatu or acquire an existing microfinance institution.