EMBA International Business Residency

The Executive MBA International Business Residency (IBR) is a four-unit international requirement for all EMBA students and is part of the core curriculum.

 

The IBR takes place between the students’ first and second years and aims to provide students with knowledge of the business environment of another country.

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The EMBA International Business Residency (IBR), managed by the EMBA office and modeled on the CGM’s global immersion courses with some nuances, is a four-unit international requirement for all Anderson EMBA students. The course, which typically takes place between students’ first and second years, aims to provide EMBA students with knowledge of the business environment of another country. Students have the option to select among three to four destinations, depending on class size.

In September 2022, around 170 EMBA students and alumni traveled to Berlin, Buenos Aires, Kigali, Melbourne and Sydney. IBRs include site visits, presentations by business executives and networking with alumni and local entrepreneurs. In Buenos Aires, students learned the challenges of conducting business in Argentina and how local business leaders and entrepreneurs take advantage of the opportunities that exist in every crisis. In Sydney, students visited the University of Sydney, where lectures by professors complemented the curriculum as students studied Australia and its expanding trade relations with Asia. In Berlin, students visited ESCP Business School and observed the city’s startup hub and how entrepreneurial activity takes place in Germany, and they examined how the formation of the Eurozone has benefited German entrepreneurs. In Kigali, students explored social entrepreneurship and social innovation, as well as sustainable economic and community development in application to Rwanda.