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Doing Business in Japan

Doing Business in Japan is a 10-day and 3-credit hour course. This course focuses on developing students’ expertise in business and culture in Japan. Students will immerse themselves in local business and cultural environments throughout cultural activities (e.g., tea ceremony, archery, sumo wrestling, museum visits, and farewell party), class discussion with local instructors and students, and company visits. After course completion, students will have skills and knowledge to succeed their future business in Japan.

France - Angers Summer Business Program

On this program, offered in collaboration with the Université d'Angers, students will take classes with Angers business students and learn international business skills, International Finance and International Brand Management in particular, while experiencing French culture and language. Excursions include visits to landsmarks in Angers, the Loire valley and Paris. The program starts and ends in the trains station in Angers, France.

International Business Seminar in Cuba - FULL

Students will participate in lectures at the University of Havana. These lectures will cover topics such as the history of Cuba and Cuba-US relations, the Effects of the Embargo, Sustainable Energy in Cuba, Entrepreneurship in Cuba, etc. These lectures will be linked to site visits to museums, government organizations, agricultural cooperatives, renewable energy agencies, etc. For more information and application instructions, visit OIED's Online Program Brochure.

International Business Seminar in China - FULL

The International Seminar focuses on developing an understanding of Chinese cultural differences and some important aspects of conducting business in China. Participants will visit universities, multinational, and local companies, and cultural/historical sites during spring break. Planned destinations include Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou. Open to MBA, Honors, and approved undergraduate students. All potential students must contact Dr. Charlie Chen for approval to sign up for the class.

Doing Business in Thailand - FULL

This course will focus on the complete supply chain “cradle to grave” within the context of the tourism industry. Working in coordination with Burapha University, we will explore tourism industry in Thailand. The goal is to go well beyond providing a contextual knowledge of a tourism supply chain by providing extensive opportunities for experiential learning. Before the 10-day trip, students will first study international supply chain strategies of a global hospitality brand company (e.g.

Global Supply Chain Logistics - Spain

Appalachian State University and Universidad Europea de Madrid (Valencia campus), Valencia, Spain are offering this course in the use of global technologies and small business development. The objective of this course is to develop a cross cultural skill set for improving daily communications with global counterparts in face-to-face and long-distance contexts.

International Business Seminar in France

The ASU College of Business fall study abroad trip to Paris, the City of Lights, remains one of the most popular because of the confluence of business, culture, fashion, history, art, and food. We will enjoy Fine dining restaurants and sidewalk cafés. Shop on the Champs-Elysees, the world’s most well- known avenue, 2 miles long and 300 feet wide.

Jordan Olson, an international business major in the Walker College of Business, will study corporate finance at King's College in London next fall, working toward his Master of Science.

Olson has been featured as a student profile on the college's international programs webpage.

Related: Meet Jordan Olson

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Apr 3, 2017 10:22pm

Optimism on Growth on the Basis of Thoughtful Stimulus

John Silvia served as the 59th Boyles lecturer on Friday, March 31, 2017 (3:00 p.m.)

Speaker Name: John Silvia
Speaker Title: Chief Economist
Speaker Company: Wells Fargo & Co.
Speaker Bio: Based in Charlotte, N.C., Dr. John Silvia has held his position since he joined Wachovia, a Wells Fargo predecessor, in 2002 as the company's chief economist.

Four student teams have been selected as best research project winners via faculty vote following a poster session on sustainable business research at Appalachian State University.

The top poster was "Rocky River Vineyards" by Brittani Eichelberger, Antoine Guillaume, Morgan Hargett and Harmony Tatro. Rocky River Vineyards is a family-owned and operated vineyard and winery located in Midland, North Carolina. The researchers identified four main areas that implementing changes and sustainable technologies could have a significant impact on improving operational efficiency and reduce negative environmental impact from the vineyard.

The second place poster was "hAPPy Scoops" by student researchers Olivia Reed, Courtney Sullivan, Hannah Tulloch and Oliva Whitehead. According to the poster: hAPPy Scoops is a mobile seller of homemade, sustainable ice-cream on a mission to source our ingredients locally, limit our environmental impact, and benefit the community around us. The business core values include: ingredients are organic and sustainably produced; employees are valued and treated ethically; waste is disposed of responsibly; build relationships with the community that encourage education about sustainable solutions; partner with local ventures working towards the same goals.

The third place poster was "scrAPPS" by Jake Hartman, Megan Cooksy, John Costa, and Tucker Bell. According to their poster, ScrAPPs is a non-profit, sustainably engineered waste compactor can that will transform leftover scraps of food into compressed blocks of compost for the surrounding community to use in their own gardens and yards at their homes.

The fourth place poster was "Chick-fil-A" by PJ Allan, Kelsey Ewing, Nathan Foster and Justin Griffin. According to their poster: Chick-fil-A's

sustainability efforts include: Going antibiotic free by 2019; Building new LEED certified restaurants; Combating food waste by food donations; Converting Styrofoam

cups, one of Chick-fil-A's biggest sustainability issues to benches, as well as trying to recycle these Styrofoam cups.

The poster sess ion took place Nov.28-29 in Peacock Hall.

The research topics focus on environmental and social concerns, business strategies and practices, and new opportunities to create value for all of an organization's stakeholders. The research relates to academic institutions, non-profit entities, and local and national businesses.

For more information on the students, posters, research, or to read accompanying manuscripts, please contact Walker College Sustainable Business Professors Jim Westerman, westermanjw@appstate.edu, or Robin Byerly, byerlyrt@appstate.edu.

The Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University is committed to advancing sustainable business practices that promote responsible management of economic, social, and natural resources.

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Dec 6, 2016 12:11am

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