Chapman University MBA Travel Course
Hej! I'm Lauren, and this travel course will be my last class for my MBA! I studied ecology and economics at Mills College, a small women's college in the Bay Area, and am particularly looking forward to learning more about Swedish sustainability and … [Continue reading]
Hi everyone, Nina and Shiva here! We are both currently graduate students at Chapman University in the Master of Business Administration program. We are so excited to be a part of the business in Scandinavia program traveling to Sweden and visiting … [Continue reading]
I'm Johnny, and I'm fortunate enough to have the opportunity to pursue an MBA at Chapman University, the esteemed institution I proudly received my undergraduate from. As part of the MBA program, I'll be traveling to Sweden in a couple of days with … [Continue reading]
Introductions About Ben! Hi my name is Ben Weber I am an aspiring MBA Candidate. I came to Chapman primarily by chance, in my undergrad I applied to a handful of schools and forgot my portal password to all of those schools except for … [Continue reading]
"Adventure is out there" - Up Meet Briana Hello! My name is Briana Sara, and I’m currently an MBA student at Chapman University. I also work in higher education and particularly in the health care field. I enjoy traveling and learning … [Continue reading]
That’s a wrap! Never did we think that we could learn as much as we did in these last two weeks. We knew that traveling to four different countries and visiting 15 companies would be keeping us busy, but we were able to immerse ourselves into each … [Continue reading]
We visited the very impressive company Maersk in Copenhagen. There, we had the privilege of listening to Jonas Linnebjerg, head of Marketing Management Consulting, Frederik Dage, consultant in Management Consulting, and Thomas Lassen about Strategy … [Continue reading]
We met with Christer Heiderman to discuss Marketing and Sales at Saab Kockums. They are a company that invests heavily in aeronautics, surveillance and robotics, amongst other things. Their company has 7,000-8,000 employees in total. With so many … [Continue reading]
Scandinavia had so much to offer and so much to learn from. Nowhere was this more obvious than the unique cultural perspective imparted on the companies that grow directly from Scandinavian soil. Every business we visited, from naval defense … [Continue reading]
Ericsson For being a business with over 95,000 employees worldwide, we learned that Ericsson Telecommunications Company puts much care into their company culture and the rightful treatment of their employees. Their office in Sweden has … [Continue reading]
During this week of our trip, we visited two of Sweden’s powerhouses, Volvo and IKEA. We started at Volvo Cars’ headquarters, known as the “Eagle’s Nest,” for a session on innovation and supply chain transformation, followed by a tour of the factory floor. Walking into a building with that kind of nickname, you expect a […]
Saab Technologies I didn’t expect a company visit to be one of the most memorable parts of this trip, but our stop at Saab Technologies in Stockholm ended up sticking with me more than I thought it would. Saab isn’t a company most Americans think about day-to-day, but in Sweden it’s almost a household name. […]
The Volvo Example: Volvo is known worldwide for Swedish safety and engineering. However, when selling outside of Scandinavia, they have to customize heavily. In the US, they build larger SUVs with bigger cup holders and stronger hybrid engines to fit long American road trips. In other global markets with poor roads or heavy traffic, they have […]
