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MBA Students from Stanford and China Pair Up to Learn
January 2006
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—Fifteen MBA students from the School of Economics and Management at China's Tsinghua University are completing projects such as exploring the relations between China and Latin America or studying the landscape for a startup in China vs. the United States as part of a new international exchange program that pairs them with MBAs from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
The Chinese students arrived in the United States Jan.22 for a six-day visit that will take them into Business School classrooms and to the offices of high-tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. In March their American hosts are scheduled to visit the Beijing campus for the next phase of the program.
"This gives us a huge opportunity to get to know Chinese students and to tap into a network of one of the top business schools in China," said Adrian Li, one of the Stanford students involved in the program. "We want to spend as much time with our partners as we can," said Li, who added he hopes the project is an opportunity for a lifelong professional friendship with his partner, Renguo Yu.
The program is designed to encourage cross-cultural learning and networking between the two institutions and is under the banner of Stanford Business School's Global Management Program.
The Stanford students and their Chinese counterparts were paired one-on-one in November and spent two months working together on projects via email and internet resources. During the January stay, they will present their findings to Stanford MBAs during a series of lunchtime discussions. They also will take part in case discussions led by Business School faculty.
The Tsinghua students include citizens of the United States, Brazil, and Thailand in addition to China. Their academic backgrounds include engineering, accounting, liberal arts, economics, and physics degrees. The Stanford MBAs are citizens of nine nations including Russia, the United Kingdom, Thailand, Serbia-Montenegro, Malaysia, Belgium, France, and Belarus in addition to the United States.
Stanford MBA Ivan Jakovljevic worked on a project exploring the challenges and hurdles for logistics companies entering the Chinese market. With his Tsinghua counterpart Zhijun Yuan, who has worked in the transportation industry, the two explored the logistics industry in Europe, the United States, and China. "The benefit is you get to know another student from a different university quite well," Jakovljevic said.
In addition to giving class presentations and visiting Business School classes, the students will spend time at major U.S. corporations including Google and Apple Computer, and enjoy some time just plain socializing with their hosts, including taking a tour of the Napa Valley wine region.
