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Emerging Markets Student Profile: Brian Abelseth

April 5, 2018 Janet Lord Leave a Comment

Name: Brian Abelseth

Program/major: Corporate Residency MBA (corporate residency at Deloitte Consulting)

Career aspirations: After graduation, my goal is to continue pursuing a career in management consulting with a focus on information technology strategy and architecture. After gaining experience in the Canadian market, my hope is to transition to work in a global context. My personal career interest is in how organizations bridge the communication and collaboration gap between technical IT and non-technical business units.

Why were you interested in taking this course, Doing Business in Emerging Markets?

I was interested because of how relevant emerging markets are for the Canadian economy and overall continued globalization. I’m also interested because of the potential that emerging markets have for my own career growth. High-population-growth markets such as India and Africa are really exciting, in my opinion.

What do you expect to learn from your visit to Chile and Argentina?

I’m excited to apply what I’ve learned in the course to the real world of an emerging market. I’m also interested to learn how much of the course theory aligns with real life practice, and to test my assumptions about working in an emerging market such as Argentina or Chile.

How do you think this experience will impact your future career?

I think it will have a really positive impact on my career. The course uses experiential learning to teach a blend of economics, global markets and strategy to build a really deep understanding of international business in emerging markets. I think this knowledge and the way it is taught will give me a lot more context in understanding the positives and negatives of working in an emerging market. I also feel that experiencing different cultures has a really positive impact on an individual’s personal and professional development.

Emerging Markets Student Profile: Olivia Koetke

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Name: Olivia Koetke

Program/major: Bachelor of Management (Management and Globalization)

Career aspirations: I am interested in a career in consulting that would allow me to work in a fast-paced, international environment.

Why were you interested in taking this course, Doing Business in Emerging Markets?

World travel has been a lifelong passion of mine, so I was extremely interested when I first heard about this course. I transferred into Management after spending two years studying Costume Design, so a full-term study abroad was never a viable option for me because it would delay my graduation even further. This course gave me the opportunity to gain international experience without prolonging my undergraduate studies. As I learned more about the program, I was drawn to the experiential learning aspect. The course provides a unique opportunity for students from the BMgmt, BComm and CRMBA programs to work with real companies. Everyone brings a different perspective to the table and it makes for a really interesting and dynamic learning environment.

What do you expect to learn from your visit to Chile and Argentina?

I hope to gain an understanding of the local business cultures of Santiago and Buenos Aires. I look forward to learning from local experts during our corporate visits, and I hope to verify some of the hypotheses we have made during our research. There are limitations to researching emerging markets, which have become more apparent in working on the first stages of our project in Canada. I hope that during our visit we can pick up on the cultural nuances that can only be experienced by visiting these countries.

How do you think this experience will impact your future career?

This experience has already impacted my future career. Before this course, I was uncertain as to which career path I should pursue after graduation. I have enjoyed this course so much that it has really focused my career aspirations toward something international. This program is a unique and enriching learning experience, and I believe that potential employers will see the value of that.

Emerging Markets Student Profile: Katherine Pease

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Name: Katherine Pease

Program/major: Bachelor of Commerce (Entrepreneurship)

Career aspirations: I hope to continue my education and pursue a post-graduate degree in the future. My career aspirations include working with not-for-profit organizations and exploring sustainable agriculture.

Why were you interested in taking this course, Doing Business in Emerging Markets?

I was interested in taking the course for many reasons. To begin with, I want to understand how Canadian businesses navigate the changing global landscape. I want to gain a better understanding of the economic and cultural factors that shape Chile and Argentina. As well, the opportunity to work with local Atlantic companies is an exciting chance to apply course material to the real world.

What do you expect to learn from your visit to Chile and Argentina?

I expect to have a better understanding of cultural differences and similarities. I also expect to be able to identify the unique factors that differentiate the way business in done in those regions.

How do you think this experience will impact your future career?

It will impact my future career in many ways. Due to the invested market research and opportunity to visit the markets in person, I believe I will have a deeper appreciation for the Latin American markets, and may be an asset to a future employer. This experience has also inspired me to continue to look for learning opportunities abroad.

Emerging Markets Student Profile: Zhen Xiong

March 20, 2018 Janet Lord Leave a Comment

Name: Zhen Xiong

Program/major: Bachelor of Management (Entrepreneurship and Innovation)

Career aspirations: I would like to become a well-rounded business leader like my father. I strive to be a person with abundant knowledge about today’s globalized world, a person with an open mind to becoming more inclusive and educated about other cultures, and to be knowledgeable in my academic area so that one day I can utilize it to achieve my dream.

Why were you interested in taking this course, Doing Business in Emerging Markets?

I was interested in taking this course because I consider the opportunity to work with a real-life company on an international marketing project to be extremely valuable. I will benefit from working with and learning from my peers, professor and the managers of the company. I will have the chance to work on a project and the opportunity to visit Argentina and Chile to learn about the international business environment first-hand. This visit will enable me to communicate with the local business leaders and to learn international business context from the locals’ perspective.

What do you expect to learn from your visit to Chile and Argentina?

I hope that through my visit to Chile and Argentina, I can enlarge my perspective and refine my understanding of international business by learning from the local business leaders about their operations, what international business has brought to them and how they see global business opportunities and development in the next few years. As well, I will visit a continent that I have not been to yet. I cannot wait to see how culture varies among different areas and countries. Coming from China, I already experienced cultural difference in Canada; it excites me to find out how much I will learn about the local culture in South America.

How do you think this experience will impact your future career?

This experience will certainly further my interest in international business. It is a great chance for me to see how international business takes place in real life. It will also educate me on different cultures and perspectives. This visit will also encourage me to further study international business.

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