Ideas for Business Programs
Here are just a few examples of the type of activities we can arrange for your faculty-led tour. If you have any additional ideas, let us know. We would love to arrange some unique options for your next short-term program.
Economics & Finance
- Finance - Meet with a member of upper management in a Swiss Bank to discuss international banking practices.
- Macro-Economics - Meet with a member of Britain's Parliament to discuss key issues in British politics & the impact on the UK's economy.
- Globalization - Attend a lecture with a professor in Sao Paulo on the implications of the recent international sporting events on Brazil's economy.
- Economics - In Tokyo, visit the world's second largest stock exchange by market capitalization.
- Micro-Finance - Visit with a non-profit organization in Guatemala that gives business loans to help entrepreneurs finance their startups.
Marketing
- Sports Marketing - Visit a soccer stadium & look at how the team's events & products are promoted through various sectors.
- Non-Profit Marketing - Visit with local businesses & a local NGO for a comparative study of marketing within the non-profit & for-profit sectors.
- Retail Marketing - Meet with the Marketing team of a major retailer in London to understand their marketing & media strategies.
- Awareness Marketing - Work with local conservationists to create a campaign to promote the benefits of living in harmony with protected species in South Africa.
Management
- General Management - Meet with the management team of a tulip farm in the Netherlands to discuss their management structure & business operations.
- Hospitality/Hotel Management - In Paris, meet the general managers of a major international hotel & a boutique hotel for comparative study.
- Operations Management - Meet the owner of a coffee plantation in Tanzania to discuss factory operations, supply chain, contracts, international sales, distribution & more.
- General Management - Meet with executives in the oil & gas industry in Azerbaijan to discuss globalization challenges.
- Sustainable Tourism/Hotel Management - In Borneo, Malaysia, meet with the owner of one of National Geographic's Unique Lodges of the World to discuss the challenges of balancing customer service & profitability with conservation, green operations & protection of cultural heritage.
Other Business Activities
- Business Law - Meet with a law firm to look at legal practices within the business sector.
- Sustainability - Visit a charity to look at sustainability within the business sector.
- Entrepreneurship - Meet with a local entrepreneur &/or non-profit founder to discuss the steps to launching a successful new business.
- Non-Profit/Women in Business - Meet the female founder of an NGO who's advancing women's empowerment in Tanzania through B to B sales of Maasai handicrafts.
- International Business - Visit an international shipping company in Singapore.
- Information Systems - Visit the Dublin office of a major U.S. IT company & tour a manufacturing plant.
