“Today, companies are doing business anywhere and everywhere and in real time...For today’s graduates, it is more important than ever that they get a global education...it is crucial for our students to gain a global perspective...employers that we talk to want the students to have that perspective.”
- "Comments from the Dean," written by William C. Hunter, Dean of the Henry B. Tippie College of Business, and published in Business at Iowa, Winter 2007-2008
As the business environment becomes increasingly global, study abroad is an excellent way to add perspective to your business education. Currently, both customers and businesses are expanding into a global and international environment, and there is much to be gained from understanding how different cultural values, political and legal systems, and economic conditions shape a country’s economy and financial decisions, affect market entry strategies and marketing mix decisions, and generate a unique business culture and organizational structure. Study abroad is one very exciting way to begin to discover new approaches to the study of business while enhancing your professional and personal skills.
From short-term, faculty-led programs to full-year enrollment at a foreign university, there are plenty of opportunities to complete prerequisites, fulfill business core requirements, earn major credit, take General Education classes, or explore electives. Other possibilities include language study or undertaking an international internship in a foreign organization. Whatever you do, you will gain insight into the ways that different cultures and legal systems impact the way business is conducted around the world.
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