Chapman University MBA Travel Course
It just fees like yesterday I was being greeted by a cold and rainy Helsinki afternoon! To say this trip has been a pleasant surprise would be an understatement. Over the past 2 weeks, I had the honor of being exposed to four unique ethnic cultures. … [Continue reading]
Visiting 5 different countries was the most amazing experience for a student. Many of the places reminded us of our favorite movies and provided us with views of a architectural society we are not use to. Almost every business we visited let us know … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Northvolt mainly focus on European market and collaborate closely with strategic European industrial partners. They almost cover every aspects of batteries’ application and Northvolt is the largest batteries company in Europe. In order to achieve … [Continue reading]
We visited headquarter of Ericsson in Sweden on June 3rd. Ericsson used to be a telephone maker company and now they have dabbled in many areas such as self-driving vehicles, reality virtual word, smart city platform, 5G market, etc. Ericsson are … [Continue reading]
The Scandinavia culture is embedded around a somewhat socialist concept, as such they are named the nanny state, this can be seen as a negative characteristic, but I see it as they care about their people. Most Nordic countries have free education, … [Continue reading]
Nordea is the first stop of our trip. It is the largest financial service group in the Nordics. Nordea operates a “one bank model”, it has cross-border branching structure, which supports group-level capital, liquidity and risk management. We have a … [Continue reading]
Koriah Nichols is a first year part-time MSA student, this is her first semester in California. Previously she lived in Texas where she got her undergraduate degree in accounting at Midwestern State University. Koriah has studied abroad before last … [Continue reading]
As we head off back to the white shores of home, we have time to reflect on what we have learned and how this experience has changed us. In this closing entry of the blog, we will each give our own opinion on this and some thoughts about the future … [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 […]
