Swede Dreams, Scandinavia!

Last Day The day has finally come, alas, it is our last day in Scandinavia and the last day of our grand adventure. We cannot believe our time in Scandinavia is almost over! The past two weeks have been so extraordinary with our classmates and professors. From all the business visits to the sightseeing of […]

Diving into Denmark

Lund University On Monday June 5th, we got up early and hopped on a bus to take the group from Copenhagen, Denmark to Malmö, Sweden. The main reason why we had done this was because Monday was a holiday in Denmark and not much was going on. As a bus was chartered for us, we […]

A Dose of Culture Shock

The beginning After spending a few days of the trip doing business visits we were given the gift of a free day on Saturday, June 3rd. Thankfully, Dr Myhr and Mario knew what we were going to encounter the day before at karaoke so the free day timing was perfect. Unfortunately, the timing was not […]

Sleepless in Stockholm

SAAB On Wednesday May 31st, we left our beloved city of Skelleftea to venture to Stockholm via airplane. We were sad to leave but ready to keep exploring the country of Sweden. As we arrived in Stockholm, we quickly got on a bus to get into the city to go to our next business visit […]

Skellefteå on read

Skellefteå Day 1- The Recovery After a full day of 24 hours of traveling, we completed our first task of the trip: finding the SFT airport. We had begun our travel day at LAX at 2AM and made our way to the airport for our first flight at 6AM to NYC. We then took a […]

Blog Post 3: Sam and Ethan

Hello from Stockholm! After a busy morning of traveling from Skellefteå to Stockholm, we went to Saab in the afternoon. Saab, no longer the automotive company known to Americans, is a private defense firm headquartered in Sweden. Our meeting with Lars Tossman, a marketing savant and head of multiple marketing divisions at Saab, shed light […]

Excited for the Swede Life!

Hello! Today we are preparing for our journey abroad to Scandinavia! My name is Rutha Shah and I am currently in my second year in the Chapman MBA program. I am receiving an emphasis in Marketing and Global Business from the Arygros School of Business. I have joined the study abroad program to better educate […]

Modern Arch’

Bold architecture made its mark in Malmo While in Malmo, we had short visit to a remarkable building known as the Turning Torso. Known as the worlds first twisting skyscraper, the tower completes a 90 degree twist from bottom to top. Completed in 2005 the tower is still the tallest in Scandinavia at 190 meters […]

Move it with Maersk

The little Danish shipper that survived the storms While in Copenhagen, we visited Maersk Group, the worlds largest containership operator and associated services. Our hosts Jonas Linnebjerg, Thomas Lassen, and Frederik Dago very graciously shared some knowledge about Maersk and the company’s strategy. The parent company Maersk Group had total revenue of ~$39 billion in […]

Volvo cars where sustainability means caring and consideration

Volvo is one of the safest car brand in the market, which cares for the people and the environment we are living in. The sustainability program in Volvo is called “Omtanke”, which means caring and consideration in Swedish. Volvo wants to protect what is important to of all us. Omtanke – Sustainability program in Volvo […]