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Global Study Trips
MBA Sustainability students and faculty travel abroad to investigate business and sustainability practices first-hand. The summer trip is part of a required Global Economics course that is co-delivered with partnering universities abroad; the spring trip is optional.
In recent years, destination choices were Asia, South America and Europe, and the itineraries featured the following educational highlights:
Germany and the Netherlands or Belgium (Spring 2011, 2010 & 2009)
- Corporate visits to Bayer, Volkswagen and RWE Energy in Germany and Heineken in Amsterdam
- Interface with faculty and students at the University of Cologne, Germany, and Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Belgium
- Field investigation of the Port of Rotterdam Climate Initiative and Naaldwijk Flower Auction
- Visit to the European Union Parliament in Brussels
India (Summers 2011, 2010 & 2009)
- Joint projects with MBA students from Saintgits Institute of Management including a series of field studies with microenterprises
- Corporate visits to Tata Group, Ernst & Young Consulting, Synthite Industries and CNG
- Cultural and educational visits to the Taj Mahal and Ghandi Memorial
- Sustainable living experience on a houseboat
Scandinavia & Iceland (Summer 2011)
- Live case study at Alcoa Fjardaál in Reydarfjordur, a greenfield aluminum smelter and one of the biggest development and economic projects in Iceland's history
- Investigating industrial symbiosis network, Kalundborg eco-industrial park, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Interface with faculty and students at the Lund School of Economics and Management, Sweden
- Baltic Climate Seminar at University of Jyväskylä School of Business and Economics, Finland
China (Summer 2010 & Japan (Summers 2010 & 2009)
- Team field work with Chinese graduate students at Beijing Jiaotong University and experiential learning activities with Rikkyo University in Japan
- Corporate visits to Lenovo, Joy Manufacturing and Reed Smith in China and Toshiba, Panasonic, Mazda and Price Waterhouse in Japan
- Cultural visits to the Shanghai World Expo 2010, Great Wall and Forbidden City in China
- Visits to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, Nagano and northern farm lands in Japan
Ecuador
- Field work on a micro-financed project making thatched roofs from recycled materials for ecotourism industry in the rainforest
- Interface with local business owners and government officials
- Work on business planning for harvesting and trading coffee and cacao
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development. Sector specific projects include: cement, mobility, tires, chemicals, water, energy efficiency in buildings and forestry.
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Highlighted Faculty
Nagaraj "Naga" Sivasubramaniam, Ph.D.
Systems Thinking
Nagaraj "Naga" Sivasubramaniam teaches and conducts research on leadership and strategic management, and the organizational impacts of individual and team leadership, advanced information technologies and innovations.
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- Spring 2012 – Germany & Belgium
Summer 2012 – Brazil or Scandinavia & Iceland
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Updates from Zach in Brazil
May 16, 2012 - Greetings from the Amazon Jungle. We are currently staying in an eco-park outside Manaus, Brazil enjoying the sights and sounds of the jungle. Before discussing the Amazon, I’d like to catch you up on some of our educational experiences. On Wednesday, we had the opportunity to tour the factory and offices of Natura, one of [...]
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Sustainable Stockholm
May 16, 2012 - Yesterday our class spent another day with our Stockholm host, Shawn Westcott. Shawn took us to tour more of the city’s landscape and sustainable aspects. We began at Central Station which we had been using the past few days to get around the city. What our cohort didn’t know was that the energy of the [...]
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