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This graduate course and international business tour is organized and led by the Cal Poly Orfalea College of Business. Each year 30 plus Orfalea graduate students make a substantial capital investment in their education and professional careers by participating in this course and experience.

Participants travel to the People’s Republic of China and/or India (or both) to study these emerging markets.  In the future we may visit other countries as the “puck” of business continues to move and be in play.

The course and tour include mandatory pre-departure and on-the-road meetings, readings, case studies and discussions. Participants study American and Asian and/or Indian business practices while visiting large cities in China and/or India. Professor Chris Carr normally leads the tour.

Sample Itinerary (for illustrative purposes only, and focusing only on China):

• Day 1: Depart from Los Angeles or San Francisco for Shenzhen/Guangzhou
• Day 2: Arrive Shenzhen/Guangzhou; local orientation and Welcome to China reception
• Day 3-4: Tour traditional shoe, textile and electronics factories, multinational firms, and possibly government offices and port facilities
• Day 4: Depart to Shanghai
• Day 5-7: Tour additional factories, multinational firms; also visit small family firms/businesses and possibly government offices
• Day 7 : Depart to Beijing
• Day 8-10: Visit the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Beijing hutongs, technology firms, and government agencies; meet local MBA students to discuss visit and experiences
• Day 11: Shopping; Farewell China Dinner
• Day 12: Debriefing session; depart Beijing

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