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The Thunderbird Emerging Markets Laboratory places student consulting teams with client projects all over the world. |
Thunderbird Emerging Markets Laboratory
Spearheaded by Thunderbird professor Dr. Michael Finney, the Thunderbird Emerging Markets Laboratory (TEM Lab) is a capstone honors course offering students an opportunity to apply the full range of professional skills they have acquired during their studies. Teams of student consultants spend five to six weeks in the field working directly with a client organization in an emerging market. TEM Lab serves all sectors: governmental, for-profit, and nonprofit.
Current ProjectThunderbird consulting teams are currently in the field! Please read about their work below and on the TEM Lab project blogs. 
Lincoln Center, Tirana, AlbaniaOperating since 1997, Abraham Lincoln Foundation of Albania has grown to become the leading provider of language (primarily ESL) and computer skills training in Albania’s capital city, Tirana. Beginning with a seed grant of $86,000, it has grown to include three Lincoln Centers, a staff of nearly 100, and annual revenue exceeding $1,000,000. The organization is now at a crossroads. The Thunderbird Consulting Team is assisting the Abraham Lincoln Foundation to develop a geographic and educational offerings expansion plan for the Lincoln Center while advising the organization on a potential conversion into a for-profit, multi-national, educational services company. |
Past Projects
Mibanco, Lima, Peru 2 - May 2010
The second TEM Lab team conducted a feasibility study of how Thunderbird MBA students can most effectively deliver a business consulting/mentoring/coaching program to women micro-entrepreneurs in Peru.
Yasaka Saigon Nhatrang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam - May 2010
The Yasaka team will be developing a tourism marketing strategy for the paradisiacal province of Khanh Hoa. Khanh Hoa will open their airport to international flights in 2011 and five and six star resorts are shooting up like weeds.
Mibanco, Lima, Peru - March 2010
Mibanco is the largest micro-finance institution (MFI) in Peru and has pioneered a successful training program that it has applied in Peru for several years. Peru is one of only two countries in the world where women are more likely to start a business than men.
Sharp Ideas, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam - February 2010
Sharp Ideas is a Vietnamese marketing services company in Ho Chi Minh City. Its work combines world-class marketing skills and services with invaluable local knowledge and connections to the Vietnamese market.
K-Biz Consulting, Nha Trang, Vietnam - January 2010
K-Biz is the first consultancy of its kind in Vietnam’s Khanh Hoa province to offer marketing, strategy, legal and general business advice to the rapidly growing small to medium-sized business community in Nha Trang.
RD Tech, Kigali, Rwanda - January 2010
Rwanda Dimension Technology (RD Tech), a refurbished computer retailer in Rwanda with partner operations in Burundi and Congo, purchases refurbished desktops from vendors in the US, ships them to Rwanda, and sells them to schools, businesses, individuals, and government customers.