Online Scholarly Conferences Articles, Essays, and Reports Global Field Projects A field project offers a sponsoring company the opportunity to have an important business issue or opportunity analyzed by a team of KU graduate students working under the guidance of faculty from the appropriate graduate and professional school. Under the supervision of one or more KU faculty, the team defines the problem or business opportunity, develops a research proposal, gathers relevant data, and prepares recommendations. At the end of their study, the team will make an oral presentation to the client and submit a comprehensive written report to the company.
Clients are companies or other organizations based in the United States or abroad.
The issue they wish to have researched should have some international dimension and may or may not require foreign travel. Often a global field project will involve researching the potential foreign potential partners abroad, making recommendations as to best entry strategy, or analyzing alternative forms of financing a foreign venture. A GFP provides a client organization with a thorough analysis of a business problem and a set of recommendations for their consideration. The deliverables are very close to what one might expect from a consultant's report. At the same time, KU students benefit from the opportunity to apply what they are learning to a genuine business problem.