Tuck Global Consultancy in Johannesburg, South Africa

May 13, 2013

May 13, 2013 -- Guest post by Goran Todorovic, assistant director of the Tuck Global Consultancy Program -- City Year South Africa (CYSoA) is a non-profit organization that unites a diverse group of young people (ages 18-29) in a year of full-time service. Modeled on the U.S. City Year program, CYSoA participants are tutors, mentors, and role models helping children in schools and communities across Johannesburg, South Africa. The idea of...  More

What can I learn about global business in 10 days?

May 07, 2013

May 7, 2013 -- Guest post by Lisa Miller, Executive Director of the Center for Global Business and Government So, what can an MBA student learn about global business in 10 days? A heck of a lot, if the experience is structured correctly. That’s why we spend a tremendous amount of time at the Tuck Center for Global Business and Government thinking about the design of our Learning Expeditions, or LEs. The LEs are courses taught by Tuck...  More

Tuck Global Consultancy in Rwanda

May 06, 2013

May 6, 2013 -- Guest post by Heidi Eldred, TGC Program Coordinator -- Last December, six Tuck second-year students: Joyce Cadesca, Andrew Friedman, Graham Lincoln, Mimi Macauley, Emily Servinsky, Kelsey Stratton, and advisor Bill Martin went to Rwanda on a Tuck Global Consultancy (TGC) project funded by Dean Paul Danos’s office to identify sustainable methods of health care delivery. My role was to support the team with logistics,...  More

Business: Israel Learning Expedition

April 01, 2013

April 1, 2013 -- Guest post from Alexis Kheir T'14, a participant on the Israel Learning Expedition. For Alexis's first post about the trip, click here. The second half of our learning expedition was spend in Haifa and Tel Aviv, where we received great exposure to the business landscape in Israel. Starting in Haifa we visited Intel, including a tour of their facility, and the IBM Research and Development Lab. At both we were able to...  More

Country of Contrasts: South Africa Learning Expedition

March 25, 2013

March 25, 2013 -- Guest post by Ali H. Bachani T'14, a participant on the 2013 South Africa Learning Expedition. From the day we got there, South Africa was a country of contrasts, defying easy categorization and generalizations. A visibly multi-racial society, it was difficult to believe that Apartheid had ended just 20 years ago. Yet, no conversation long enough and no drive past the leafy suburbs of Johannesburg left any doubt of the...  More

Culture: Israel Learning Expedition

March 21, 2013

March 21, 2013 -- Guest post from Alexis Kheir T'14, a participant on the Israel Learning Expedition. The first half of our Learning Expedition was largely focused on the cultural aspects of the region. We spent several days in Jerusalem visiting incredible historical and religious sites, such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Damascus Gate. It's been amazing to be in a place that is so central to Christianity, Judaism, and...  More

Exports Sagging? Try Some Free Trade

January 24, 2013

The WALL STREET JOURNAL Opinion by Matthew J. Slaughter. Published January 23, 2013, on page A13 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal. The president did little to open markets during his first term. Here's hoping for the second one. When the latest U.S. trade statistics came out this month, they conveyed one sobering message: President Obama's National Export Initiative is in danger of failing. Success can still be...  More

American Companies and Global Supply Networks

December 10, 2012

U.S. economic growth and job creation increasingly hinge on the success of American companies in the global economy, reports a new economic study released on December 4, 2012, by the Business Roundtable (BRT) and the United States Council for International Business (USCIB). The report by CGBG Faculty Director Matthew Slaughter, the Signal Companies' Professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, provides details on the critical links...  More

In India for the Learning Expedition

December 04, 2012

Professor Anant Sundaram is in India now on a CGBG Learning Expedition, a half-term elective course that features in-the-field exposure to global business. The gourp is now in Channai and they will soon visit Agra and Delhi. Read about their travels (and see their pictures) on their blog.  More

Five Numbers Facing the Global Economy

November 26, 2012

Matthew J. Slaughter, the Signal Companies' Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, recently addressed Tuck alumnae who had gathered in Hanover for reunion. Slaughter offered his thoughts on five specific opportunities, represented by five statistics, that global business leaders and government officials worldwide should heed. Watch the video. Slaughter is also the faculty director of the Center for Global...  More

CGBG in the Financial Times

November 05, 2012

The Financial Times's Adam Palin writes about a trend among MBA programs: integrating the role that politics plays in global business dealings. The story mentions Tuck's new Center for Global Business and Government. Here's a link to the full story (registration is required), and an excerpt is below. “… Leading US business schools are recognising how the financial crisis has prompted government to play a more active...  More

Welcome IE Business School Students

October 16, 2012

This week, Oct. 15-19, we are pleased to welcome 15 students from the IE Business School in Madrid, Spain. They are here for a mini course with Tuck faculty titled Forces of Change in the Global Economy. This is an exchange program, so Tuck students will be hosted at IE in March. The staff at the Center for Global Business and Government worked with CGBG Faculty Director Matt Slaughter to develop the course and engage the students...  More

Prepping for the Learning Expedition to India

September 26, 2012

Guest post by Lisa Miller, Executive Director, Center for Global Business and Government. One of the most enjoyable parts of my job is working with faculty members on Learning Expeditions. Our goal is for students to learn as much as possible in about ten days overseas, and a tremendous amount of thought goes into them. The upcoming December 2012 India LE is no exception. Professor Anant Sundaram and I started by thinking about which cities...  More

Summer Internship in Nigeria

September 10, 2012

GUEST POST FROM ANDREW OLALEYE T'13. “Las Gidi” or hustling city is a common nickname for Lagos, Nigeria and through my one-month internship I soon learned how appropriate the term is.  My experience in one of the world’s most populated cities and a growing business hub was truly eye opening, shedding light into the promising business and social future of Africa. Lagos is an enormous machine that continues...  More

How Skilled Immigrants Create Jobs

June 26, 2012

The WALL STREET JOURNAL Opinion by Matthew J. Slaughter published June 20, 2012 The Employ American Workers Act has achieved three things: Lost ideas. Lost jobs. Lost taxes. President Obama thrust immigration back into the spotlight last week with his executive order halting deportations for certain young illegal immigrants. In the context of America's jobs crisis, however, this is the wrong immigration issue to focus on. Our most...  More

Two Weeks in Spain for the IE Mini Exchange

April 12, 2012

Guest post by Nishant Daruka T'13. I was fortunate to be a part of the group of Tuck students that took part in a one week mini-exchange program with the IE University Business School in Spain during our spring break in March. The main area of focus for this program was “Doing Business in Europe,” and I can’t stress enough the incredible learning experience that we had! Most of us arrived in Europe a week ahead of the...  More

Tuck in Brazil 2012, part 2

March 27, 2012

Guest post by Katherine Bante T’13. March 17: After a great week in Rio de Janeiro, the Tuck Brazil trek continued on to Sao Paulo. The difference between the cities is quite striking. What Sao Paulo lacks in natural beauty, it makes up for in a booming economy, nightlife, and traffic. Our group had the opportunity to visit a variety of firms covering financial services, private equity, manufacturing, retail, and consumer products. In...  More

Case Competition in Mexico City

March 27, 2012

Guest post by Matthew Grady T’13 Thursday, March 8, 2012. Having endured the manual replacement of an essential cabin-pressure valve on my Delta jet (and the accompanying 90-minute flight delay), I now find myself hurtling rapidly toward Mexico City some 35,000 feet above the Rio Grande. Waiting for me when I arrive will be a representative of IPADE Business School, who will transport me to my hotel in Polanco – the upscale Mexico...  More

Tuck in Brazil 2012, part 1

March 22, 2012

Guest post by Katherine Bante T'13. For many, spring break at Tuck is an opportunity to take a break from classes, and winter, to travel the world. This spring break, two groups of students joined CIB-sponsored trips to Brazil and South Africa. I decided to join the Brazil trip because I had never been to Latin America, and of all the BRIC countries, I had the least exposure to Brazil. Our group includes 14 students and Tuck Accounting...  More

Africa Highlight Week

January 30, 2012

The CIB is always excited when students join together and propose an event that is relevant and compelling. In the spring of 2011, a group of Tuck students interested in Africa made their case for some programming featuring this dynamic continent. Consider these statistics: Over the past decade, Africa’s real GDP (across nations and sectors) grew by 4.7% a year, on average — twice the pace of its growth in the 1980s and 1990s. By...  More

In the Field with the Tuck Global Consultancy

December 14, 2011

The Tuck Global Consultancy teams are now well into the overseas portion of their projects. The TGC, now in its 15th year, is an elective course called “Field Study in International Business” for which students receive credit. As the name would suggest, it’s real-world consulting experience for Tuck second-year students. The clients, located all over the world, expect and receive the same quality results and recommendations as...  More