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Global Residencies

Experience four world regions

You will travel to these four dynamic world regions and immerse yourself in major issues shaping the region:

USA: Global Perspectives and the US Business Environment
Europe: Supply Chains and Sustainability
Latin America: Global Finance and Cultural Marketing
Asia: Adapting to a Dynamic Global Environment

Each global residency lasts seven or eight days. During the residencies, you will meet your new global team members, who will work with you to complete core course projects when you return to your partner school.

You will discuss the challenges and opportunities of global business with corporate and government leaders in that region. You’ll stay on the move – visiting local and multinational business sites and enjoying cultural and social events. You’ll find videos, sample itineraries and a photo gallery for each of these residencies on the home page.

Experience challenges in developed and emerging markets

A growing global economy depends on developed countries creating new industries while emerging economies maintain and improve industries of the present and past. You’ll participate in this process as you meet face-to-face with government and industry leaders in developed countries, such as the US and the Netherlands, as well as emerging economies like Turkey, Brazil, China and India. We update residencies annually, so residency locations and activities may change from year to year.

Gain an insider’s perspective

Each OneMBA partner school hosts the residency held in its world region. The faculty, students, and staff of the host school provide insider perspectives on business and political issues. They also provide access to people and places that would normally be closed to outsiders.

Click to learn more about OneMBA global residencies:

USA: Global Perspectives and the US Business Environment

In September, you will travel to Washington, D.C., where you will meet OneMBA participants, faculty and staff from around the world. Together, you will examine the evolution of the world economy, including the role of the United States in the global business environment. As the host school, UNC-CH invites senior executives from multinational companies and renowned authors to lead the OneMBA class in discussing topics such as leadership, ethics, and cultural differences. You will also participate in teambuilding exercises with your first global team and begin your first global project.

Europe: Supply Chains and Sustainability

In February, RSM hosts this residency that focuses on the challenges of supply chains and sustainability. In the Netherlands, you will discuss sustainability initiatives with senior executives representing European companies and talk with guest speakers about the future of Europe. You will also learn about the supply chain challenges of the Port of Rotterdam. For the second half of the residency, you will travel to an emerging European country, such as Turkey or Poland. There you will meet with local business leaders to exchange views about their country’s transformation and the challenges businesses face as they enter the global economy.

Latin America: Global Finance and Cultural Marketing

You experience business in Mexico and Brazil in November. EGADE will be your host in Monterrey, Mexico as you explore regional challenges related to marketing, business ethics, and development. In São Paulo, FGV invites business leaders to discuss the Brazilian business climate and financial markets. In both countries, you will visit successful multinational and local companies and meet with their senior executives.

Asia: Adapting to a Dynamic Global Environment

In May, you will travel to Asia where CUHK will be your host as you examine complex issues related risk and uncertainty during political and economic transformation. You will study two rapidly changing business environments; most recently, the OneMBA class visited India and China. In Delhi, they experienced the challenges facing the country as it modernizes. In Shanghai, the class explored the city and the impact of explosive growth on its businesses and people.