Hello, or as we say in Swedish, Hej! My name is Duke Doyle, and this marks the completion of my academic journey, my final class, or what I like to call my victory lap, before officially graduating with my MBA from Chapman University. I am thrilled about this trip, as it will be my first […]

Reporting live from LAX Let’s Goooooo! Hey guys, we would like to introduce ourselves.  Our names are Evan and Bradley, both MBA graduate students who are finishing up our curriculum in Scandinavia.  We have little experience traveling abroad and are excited to be introduced to a whole new world.  For this blog, we will be […]

Our quest to discover the future potential of the Nordic nations As we reach the dawn of our trip, our group thought it would be nice to go over our goals for this two week excursion. First off, as the Valhalla Visionaries we will be focusing on what the future looks like for Sweden in […]

Understanding work-life balance in Scandinavia by learning about different holidays that Swedes celebrate throughout the year. While we have not yet flown into Gothenburg, during our second class, we got a chance to be immersed into Swedish culture through Professor Myhr’s materials. Since our blog’s focus is on work-life balance, we thought it would be […]

After the school trip had ended, we continued to travel through Scandinavia. We went to Oslo and took a day trip to Bergan to see Troldhaugen, the home of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. Afterward, we made out way to Billund, Denmark, where the LEGO company started, and ended the trip in London. During our trip […]

Our last stop on the trip was to Gothenburg! It was another beautiful city that I enjoyed walking around and wish we had more time to explore. Visiting Volvo Cars and Volvo Group was a long, tiring day but interesting. I didn’t expect to provide ideas to Volvo Group (just like I didn’t expect to […]

For our last stop in this journey, we took the train to Gothenburg, where we visited Volvo Cars and Volvo Group. They are officially two separate companies that share the Volvo brand name. We began with Volvo Cars. Historically, Volvo Cars have been guided by safety and distinctive Swedish design. They created the three-point safety […]

Mallory’s Thoughts When we arrived in Copenhagen, it seemed like everyone had the same thought: it’s not Stockholm. It’s not that the hotel or city were terrible, it’s just hard not compare to the nicer hotels and the lovely city of Stockholm. Maybe it was a mix of being a bit burnt out and not […]

Mallory’s Thoughts Our last visits in Stockholm were to Einride and Ericsson. Rein at Einride had us do a little case study, which I did not expect to do but it was nice that they wanted to hear what opportunities and challenges we thought Einride has. We all pretty much had the same concerns about […]