The community Integration Days are a new form of presential sessions designed to give the students of the Global Community MBA programme the opportunity to understand the challenges that companies and individuals face when doing business in different corners of the world, and share them with IE’s alumni working and living in those cities. The agenda of this activity will take us to Los Angeles, London, Munich, Mumbai or Shangai, to name on ly part of the 15 different cities that we will cover. This activity is also a great opportunityn to meet and strengthen professional networks with local alumni and faculty in that
city or geographic area..
Last 31 May-1 June, at the meeting rooms of the Radisson SAS Slavyanskaya, Hotel & Business Center in the city of Moscow, we gathered in a learning and networking activity forming a group of up to 15 students, faculty and distinguished guests speakers for this unique event.
These activities offer a unique blend of social networking, round-table discussion and debate on the issues most prevalent to business leaders in the region. The Integration Days bring together alumni and business experts with the idea of tempering attendee’s international vision and understanding with a regional perspective.
The activities are structured around the following workshops and keynote talks:
DAY 1- DOING BUSINESS LOCALLY: UNDERSTANDING KEY REGIONA MARKETS
• Knowledge, culture and economy: how local communities shape business and deal–making.
• The role of the legal and political environment in the business world: understanding regional development and its impact in world competition and entrepreneurship.
DAY 2 - ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPETITION: FROM GLOBAL TO LOCAL
• Key industries in the region: understanding their role in the development of business clusters and knowledgeintensive industries.
• RRegional answers to global challenges: adapting global organizations to regional needs: experience from key global players.
In the next issues of IDEAS we shall report the activities at the following Local Integration Days at Miami (5-6 June), Munich (6-7 September), and Madrid (11-13 September).
If you are interested in participating in the networking activities or the supporting roles during these sessions, please send me an e-mail to globalcommunities@ ie.edu.
