Internationalizing MBA Education

Abstract

Internationalizing the business curriculum involves imparting knowledge about the global economy and about specific aspects of international business. In addition, there must be an attitudinal change which perceives the global economy and global markets as constituting the environment within which multinationals function. Short overseas programs provide one approach to giving graduate business students, who are pressed for time, an opportunity for experiential learning in an overseas environment. Northeastern University's short overseas programs are described and analyzed, as example of the possibilities and limitations of such an approach.