Hej! We’ve just finished up our last business visits at Volvo Cars and Volvo Group, and gained some excellent new insights into Swedish business culture. We both had an absolute blast on this trip and learned a lot, and it’s tragic how fast it went by. Regardless, this was one for the books. At Volvo […]

Hello! It’s Carrie here with another take on business in Scandinavia vs America. While most of our business visits in Copenhagen were brief, the one that stands out as a shining example of the differences between running a business in America and Scandinavia is Skandinavisk, a candle company which strives to give consumers a taste […]

On Friday, we had the pleasure of touring two intriguing tech companies, Einride and Ericsson. Einride is attempting to revolutionize the trucking industry through digitalization and autonomous driving. Their entirely driverless trucks (without even a cab) would be a world-first as they seek global deployment of these systems. Personally, I found Einride to be more […]

Hi! Carrie here, ready to recap our first couple of days in Stockholm, which was packed with a lot of really interesting visits to companies of all sizes. Sticking with the theme of comparing and contrasting Swedish and American businesses, I noticed that Stockholm-based businesses do a better job of emulating the qualities they admire […]

Hej! We’ve just finished up our (technically) second full day in Skelleftea and what a trip it’s been already! Unfortunately, Carrie and I both missed the tours of Northvolt and North Kingdom. Carrie had to retrieve her bag from the airport and I missed my flight and had the pleasure of spending a night in […]

Hi! I’m Carrie and I’m currently in the last year of my MBA program at Chapman with an emphasis in Global Business! During my undergrad career, I attended Loyola Marymount University and earned my Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and have a certification in Business Analytics from Pepperdine. I currently have six years of experience working […]