Top-Ranked U.S. Business School Offers Entrepreneurial Immersion Trip to China

(PRWEB) June 18, 2007 -- The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, ranked #1 in the latest business school ranking by Business Week, is offering an entrepreneurial immersion trip to China August 26 to September 4, 2007. (http://ChicagoGSB.edu/entrepreneurship/immersion).
   
"The trip will help facilitate meaningful business networking and help novice entrepreneurs overcome some of the major obstacles to doing business in China," said Linda Darragh, director of entrepreneurship programs at Chicago GSB. The obstacles include cultural norms, business regulations and processes, financial practices, language issues and transportation, she said.
   
The trip, offered by the school's Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship (http://ChicagoGSB.edu/entrepreneurship), will also familiarize participants with key cities in China including Dalian, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macau. Participants will learn from U.S. companies already operating in China, meet with Chinese government officials and U.S. trade directors, and network with Chinese entrepreneurs and investors.
   
The trip also includes a tour of Chinese entrepreneurial companies to learn the benefits and challenges of working with local partners in China, and a visit to a major research park to understand incubation strategies offered to Chinese entrepreneurs by local economic development organizations.
   
A signature event of the trip is a visit to the Shanghai Knowledge and Innovation Community, where high-tech entrepreneurs, educators, researchers, and venture capitalists will meet, network and work together. The facility, now under construction, is scheduled for completion in 2010. Vincent Lo, developer of the facility and one of the leading entrepreneurs in China, will speak to participants.
   
Chicago GSB has been teaching courses in Asia since 2000 when the school opened a permanent campus in Singapore for its Executive MBA Program (http://www.chicagogsb.edu/execmea/index.aspx).
   
For more information about the entrepreneurial immersion trip to China, or to register, contact Linda Darragh at 773-702-9108 or by e-mail.

The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business is one of the oldest and largest business schools in the world. The school's faculty includes many renowned scholars and its graduates include many business leaders across the U.S. and worldwide. The Chicago Approach to Management Education is distinguished by how it leverages fundamental knowledge, its rigor, and its practical application to business challenges.
   
Chicago GSB offers full-time and part-time MBA programs, a PhD program, open enrollment executive education, and custom corporate education. The school has campuses in London and Singapore in addition to two campuses in Chicago. More information about Chicago GSB can be found at http://ChicagoGSB.edu.

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