Fairfield/Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
July 15 – July 21, 2007
Come and join in an intensive and thoughtful dialogue with our distinguished faculty and MBA students from different continents to discuss critical contemporary issues facing multi-national companies and their managers in today’s fast-changing and complex global environment.
This sixth annual one-week graduate institute will offer you unique opportunities to interact with and learn from faculty and fellow MBA students from North America, Europe and Asia. You will experience interpersonal and cross-cultural explorations of current issues in global management through intensive class discussions, site visits to leading multinational companies, and social events. Topics covered in the institute include:
Cross-cultural negotiation
- Key skills required to handle business negotiations in an international context
Cross-cultural integration strategies in global alliances
Global economy and financial institutions
International knowledge management and strategic alliances
Global entrepreneurship
The changing global economy and its implications for entrepreneurial ventures, including issues related to political, economic and legal environments, modes of entry, and managing alternatives
Corporate social responsibility and ethical standards in the global environment
- The disconnect between US and other nations' notions of corporate social responsibility and stated rules of expected ethical behavior by employees.
- Strategic marketing and globalization
- Current market developments and “hot topics” in marketing, especially those related to technological developments and globalization