EMBA visits Seattle

The College of Business Executive Master of Business Administration (Chinese) (EMBA (Chinese) programme has organised a three-day study trip in Seattle, US from 24th-26th July. Led by Prof Wenyu Dou, Associate Dean (Graduate Programmes) and Director of EMBA (Chinese) programme, and two student leaders Weifeng Xu (2015 Fall cohort) and Yudian Chen (2014 Fall cohort), a group of 15 learning partners from different cohorts participated in the expedition.
The expedition aimed to understand how Chinese businesses operate in the United States by visiting well-known companies and attending seminars conducted by faculty from the University of Washington Bothell (UW Bothell).

Prof Surya Pathak, Associate Professor of Operations Management, and Prof Ying Li, Assistant Professor of Finance, both from the School of Business, UW Bothell, shared case studies on how American SMEs prepare for doing businesses in China, and vice versa. Mr Yi Ping Chan, Principal of Chanden, Inc. and Dean’s Advisory Board Member of the UW Bothell Business School, discussed the strategies for Chinese corporates to invest in the States. 

The group also visited Boeing, Microsoft and different governmental organisations in the city. They had some fruitful exchange sessions with Mr Brad Owen, Lieutenant Governor of Washington, Mr Andrew Vuong, Vice President of Business Development, Economic Development Council of Seattle & King County, and Dr Mark Wen, President of the Washington State China Chamber of Commerce.

The study tour finished with a gala dinner with the UW Bothell Business School, Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce and local Chinese entrepreneurs. The College expressed its gratitude to the UW Bothell Business School, for their hospitality.   

About the EMBA (Chinese) programme
The EMBA (Chinese) builds upon the College's 18-year experience of delivering the EMBA in English. It adopts innovative teaching methodologies and integrates new elements into its curriculum with key focuses on Global outlook, Fresh ways of looking at issues and problems, and approaches infused with Inspiration.

For more information, please visit EMBA website.