Industry connections
Every great business decision starts with informed leadership. That’s why our outstanding faculty and students engage with industry partners to create the knowledge that fuels their business — receiving financial and human resources in return.
Advancing business together
Everyone benefits from collaboration across industry and academia: Our partner organizations gain improved understandings, faculty inquiry is expanded and the student experience is enhanced.
Collaborative research
Our industry partners regularly sponsor faculty research projects, receiving specialized products and reports.
Experiential learning
Partner organizations propose projects to our smart, savvy students — like specialized consulting or community-engaged applied research — gaining faculty-mentored solutions to real business problems while students gain valuable experience and connections.
Fostering talent
By recruiting through the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, employers gain access to the brightest young professionals emerging into the job market. We also offer professional and executive-level education for experienced businesspeople who want to sharpen their skills.
Collective contribution
Our partners’ gifts, grants and data sharing benefits our Centers & Institutes, student-faculty research projects, service-based work through Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Teams (SMART) and much more, helping us to change industry and society, one project at a time.
Bridging industry and academia
Firm-sponsored challenges
Students go head-to-head in industry-specific challenges, designing solutions across tech, healthcare, hospitality and more. Examples include the Pepper Challenge, where SoftBank challenged students to come up with a hospitality use for a humanoid robot named Pepper, and the Boeing Innovation Challenge, where student teams participated in a hackathon centered on disruptive mobility, passenger comfort and operational efficiency.
Partner visits
On-campus partner visits bring industry experts directly into the classroom, allowing both students and business leaders to gain valuable insight and connections. Recent visits include Johnson & Johnson, Credit Suisse, Ernst & Young, Pfizer, Boeing, Google, the NHL, Salesforce, CipherHealth and AirBnB.
MBA career immersions
Through semester-long consulting projects, networking treks, hackathons and industry-partnered workshops, our MBA students gain a nuanced understanding of their chosen industry. All six immersions are backed by a dedicated advisory council of industry leaders.
Work with us
Leverage our expertise to find innovative business solutions. Interested organizations are encouraged to learn more about sponsoring research, proposing student challenges, hosting a networking trek or pursuing executive education.