By: Ja’Nel Edens, MBA Candidate 2018 Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Do you know about Shanghai’s Free Trade Zone? It’s the first free-trade zone in mainland China. The zone introduces several economic improvements and reforms...
By: Brett Depenbrock, MBA Candidate 2018 Wednesday January 10 our group of 16 MBAs embarked on an adventurous 4-hour bus ride through gorgeous southern Indian countryside to visit the town of Mysore. Mysore is home...
By: Brett Depenbrock, MBA Candidate 2018 The international component of the India program transitioned from chilly and smoggy New Delhi to the sunshine and coconut trees of Bangalore in Karnataka on January 7. The benevolent...
By: Brett Depenbrock, MBA Candidate 2018 Business visits in the Indian capital began on January 4 with a session at the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Here students took part in a fruitful discussion of the...
By: Brett Depenbrock, MBA Candidate 2018 January 3 marked the arrival of many Smith MBAs in New Delhi at Indira Gandhi International Airport. The long journey for program participants involved various connections in international cities...
By: William Woska, MBA Candidate 2018 On the final day in Singapore, students headed to Lumenlab, an innovation center under the umbrella of MetLife Inc. The subsidiary seeks to develop new business opportunities in...
By: William Woska, MBA Candidate 2018 On their final day in Japan, students enrolled in the Doing Business in Japan and Singapore global business course participated in both business and leisure activities. To start...
By: William Woska, MBA Candidate 2018 Students in the Doing Business in Japan and Singapore program arrived in Tokyo, Japan refreshed after a seven hour flight from Singapore provided students the opportunity to rest,...
By: Ja’Nel Edens, MBA Candidate 2018 Leo Burnett From Leo Burnett’s view, creativity has the power to change people’s behavior. Smith students took a deep dive into understanding local consumer behavior with a meeting...
By: Ja’Nel Edens, MBA Candidate 2018 The Great Wall of China couldn’t be more breathtaking. The wall extends beyond 13,000 miles and was built as early as the 7th century. Originally constructed as borders...