{"id":15417,"date":"2012-02-01T21:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T21:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=15417"},"modified":"2017-06-27T15:00:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T19:00:23","slug":"fiu-forms-emba-consortium-with-russian-italian-and-brazilian-business-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2012\/02\/fiu-forms-emba-consortium-with-russian-italian-and-brazilian-business-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU forms EMBA Consortium with Russian, Italian and Brazilian business schools."},"content":{"rendered":"

Jose R. de la Torre, professor and dean emeritus at the Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida International University (FIU), designed an innovative solution to a study abroad problem and graduate students worldwide are benefiting from his brainstorm.<\/p>\n

Like some other universities, FIU\u2019s Executive MBA<\/a>, one of 14 graduate programs in the College of Business Administration, has an international study option open to students and program alumni.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut arranging the travel and study was time-consuming for us and sometimes the results weren\u2019t exactly what we wanted,\u201d de la Torre said.<\/p>\n

His idea? To have a set of international universities provide a week of high-quality education to EMBA participants from each other\u2019s programs on an annual basis, in sort of a barter arrangement. The EMBA Consortium for Global Business Innovation<\/a> was born.<\/p>\n

\"EMBA
EMBA Consortium students at FIU Downtown on Brickell in Miami<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis has immensely smoothed out the details of study abroad and allowed member universities to focus on providing an outstanding curriculum for visiting students,\u201d said de la Torre, serving as executive director of the consortium.<\/p>\n

Along with FIU, the current EMBA Consortium members are:<\/p>\n

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  • Alma Graduate School, University of Bologna, Italy<\/li>\n
  • COPPEAD Graduate School of Business, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/li>\n
  • The Moscow International Higher Business School, Moscow, Russia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Business schools in China and London are expected to join this year, with others to follow.<\/p>\n

    First EMBA Consortium travel succeeds.<\/em><\/p>\n

    For October 2011 travel, 78 EMBA students and alumni from the four Consortium members selected which university to attend for their International Week experience.<\/p>\n

    \"EMBA
    EMBA Consortium participants in Rio de Janeiro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Bruce Wolf chose Russia for the opportunity to visit a country not easily accessible.<\/p>\n

    \"EMBA
    EMBA Consortium in Moscow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    \u201cWe were immersed in the Moscow business world with visits to top companies such as Wimm-Bill-Dann, IFD Kapital, URALSIB Bank and Shtokman Development AG,\u201d he said. \u201cAt the Council of Federation (the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Senate), we met with Deputy Chairman Alexander Torshin.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Studying in Italy allowed Michelle Casale to expand her international business acumen.<\/p>\n

    \"EMBA
    EMBA students at the Alma Graduate School in Bologna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    \u201cIt was very educational especially with respect to the current euro zone crisis,\u201d she said. \u201cThe Alma Graduate School did an exceptional job providing learning opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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