Student team analyzes options to grow revenue and membership
Full-Time MBA Nahid Taj shares how she led a 10-week team project for MarketingOps, developing strategies to grow memberships, revenue, and certifications for the early-stage venture connecting marketing operations pros.
Shaping product development strategies through research and consumer insights
MBA student Julissa de Gonzalez led a team to gauge consumer attitudes toward alternative proteins, helping Yeti Foods shape product development for its mushroom-based meat alternatives.
MBA students craft a digital growth strategy
Full-Time MBA Min Zhu and her teammates used their skills in an Integrated Management Project (IMP) to develop a digital growth strategy for SFMOMA, enhancing online retail through data-driven insights and a four-pillar approach.
“Leveraging student expertise for societal good”
Doing well by doing good is part of our mantra. Student teams often partner with mission-driven non-profits to expand their impact. Sacramento MBA Tom Garberson blogs about helping Hui sustainably reach more families with its wellbeing programs.
UC Davis MBA teams consult on market research for new products
The UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health at its annual Partner Summit today announced an expanded collaboration with Denmark-based BioInnovation Institute (BII) to accelerate commercialization of discoveries in protein nutrition.
Recommending cybersecurity technologies and sustainable smart city solutions
Recent Full-Time MBA grad Yash Asthana shares the challenges and satisfaction of leading a UC Davis team project to develop cybersecurity and smart city solutions for corporate client BlackBerry.
How we teamed up with the NBA’s Sacramento Kings on international expansion
With international expansion a lucrative frontier for fan growth and revenue for NBA teams, the Sacramento Kings' partnership with my UC Davis MBA student team for a winning strategy was nothing short of a slam dunk.
Presenting to clients in a city brimming with cultural diversity, warmth and innovation
MBA students Mary Wen and Faye Wu share their journey to Berlin where their teams presented recommendations to consulting clients and visited top companies in the historic German capital.
“Make the world a better place for the next generation”
Double Aggie Peter Barrick MBA 16, CEO of snack food startup Rivalz, is focused on reversing the global pandemic of malnutrition, insulin resistance, diabetes, and obesity propagated by Big Snack companies over the past 50 years.
Identifying solutions for international peer-to-peer cash remittance
Jeffery Criddell MBA 23 shares how his team explored opportunities for a large coin-counting service looking to expand into new business lines as part of a 10-week IMPACT project.
Helping the top 5 research university thrive in a post-pandemic world
Mika Shang MBA 23 shares how she and her IMPACT project teammates distilled UC Davis' values into strict criteria within a framework to effectively determine which business project ideas will generate substantial revenue or savings in the short term and strengthen the university for decades to come.
10-day orientation introduces our collaborative culture, UC Davis MBA experience
Our incoming Full-Time MBA 2023 cohort began their UC Davis journey with a 10-day, in-person onboarding experience in Davis and beyond.
Will cryptocurrencies enable eco-friendly economic empowerment?
MBA student Christine Dillman shares the challenge posed by Square: Create a financial model for Bitcoin mining that takes into account important environmental goals.
Recognizing her extracurricular activities, leadership and potential, Full-Time MBA student Samantha Brill has been named among Poets&Quants 100 Best & Brightest MBAs: Class of 2021.
Bringing ‘creative and bold’ ideas to break into U.S. market
Full-Time MBA students team up virtually with students from the University of Talca to help Hugo Casanova Winery in Chile break into the U.S. market.
Recent MBA alumnus Yuan Cheng shares how he's working with UC Davis researchers to create high-end dog treats out of Mysis shrimp to help solve a growing clarity problem at Lake Tahoe.
UC Davis' Tahoe Environmental Research Center is working to remove an invasive crustacean to keep Lake Tahoe blue thanks to efforts from a MBA-student led team and recent alum Yuan Cheng.
Team travels to Zurich to present to executives on electric car charging tech
MBA students blog about traveling to Switzerland to present their consulting project findings to ABB Group, one of the world's largest engineering firms.
Partnering with tech giant on virtual consulting project
Adapting on the fly to an all-virtual MBA consulting project brought new challenges for a team working with client Intel.
Our team's 10-week project to turn tiny invasive shrimp into a business
Tiny invasive shrimp are clouding Lake Tahoe's blue waters. UC Davis researchers called on MBAs to turn an environmental problem into a business opportunity—dog treats!