First Stop, Goteborg, Sweden!

Hello! Hallå! Tere! Hei, From Kyla & Victoria! As we make our journey to Stockholm we wanted to take the time to reflect on Goteborg and our company visits: Day 1: Our first stop was the Lindholmen Science Park, which was located close the the center of Gothenburg. A science park is a place that puts […]

Landing in wonderful city “Gothenburg”

While we are writing this blog, we are currently on the super fast  SJ train heading to Stockholm, the public transport in Sweden is really good, more than half of the people in Gothenburg city using busses, trams and ferry! rather than their personal car. For tourists, we can use the application called Vasttrafik To-Go […]

And so it Begins!

Greetings from Gothenburg, Sweden! After an exhausting 20+ hour travel day, we are finally in the EU, and we are excited to start our adventures abroad. One thing we have immediately noticed from our short stay in Gothenburg is the impact that Democratic Socialism has on transportation.  Visiting the headquarters at Volvo and the non-profit […]

Tourism in Gothenburg

Hello everyone! Your broads abroad just visited Gothenburg, Sweden.  We wanted to discuss tourism in Scandinavia through our travels. We stayed at the First G Hotel located within the central station of Gothenburg. Some things we particularly liked about the First Hotel G, were the traditional Swedish snacks that were set up in the lobby. […]

Gothenburg: The “Americanization” of Scandinavia Part 1

“Americanization” refers to the adaptation of American culture outside of the United States. In Gothenburg, at least noticeably often enough, this is readily apparent. Our first few days on this excursion found us in the sunny California weather… in Sweden. Initially, of course, there is a sense of extreme difference between the cultures to which […]

Super Excited!!!

Hi, everyone! This is John & Adam and we’re super excited for this trip. We are hoping to learn a lot from this trip, especially the cultural differences in the business environment for the United States compared to Sweden, Finland, and Estonia. The list of companies that we are going to be visiting looks great […]

Taking off!!

Hello Xin Chào Sawasdee, Team 16-6 is here, we are more than ready for the Business Trip in Scandinavia Swiss: Hei!, my name is Swiss Pranootnaraparn, ignore my super duper long last name, you can call me “Swiss :)”. I’m 28 year old MBA student from Thailand!. I just finished my 1st year Full-Time MBA […]

Pre-departure Cast

Welcome to Lexy and Kevin’s Blog! We are excited to be touring all of Scandinavia with you and exploring various marketing strategies between the different countries. As Chapman MBA students this gives us an amazing opportunity to tour and speak with international business leaders. Being in a foreign business environment will help us develop a […]

This is how we think about Scandinavia before going

Scandinavia is always the dream place since I was young. My father once took business trip to there and brought back a lot of beautiful pictures. There has blue ocean There has green park There has nice view There has cool sculpture There has clean street There have solders in different heights…… I am so […]

Off We Go…

My name is Ashkan Payami (you can call me Ash), and I am a 2nd year Full-Time MBA Student at Chapman University.  I got my undergraduate degree in Biology at UC Santa Barbara.  When I graduated, I started working at Sam’s Club as an Operations Manager for 3 years and it was during this time […]