Doing Good Business in Latin America

An understanding of the economic, social, and political context of a region is an essential pre-requisite for doing business successfully in a new geographic market.

This field-based course will allow students to visit a variety of organizations and view first-hand the factors that influence business decision-making. Meetings with the founders and top management of companies will provide students living examples of the challenges of growing and running profitable enterprises in Costa Rica. Students will be encouraged to think about the implications of cultural norms in environments where models and expectations are different from those in a U.S. context.

The course also emphasizes the theme of ‘doing good business’, whereby a corporate responsibility strategy can not only positively impact society but enable companies to enhance their brand, motivate employees and build customer loyalty.

Course Dates: Please contact us if interested.

Course Instructor: The course is anchored by Mohit Mukherjee, Director of the UPEACE Centre for Executive Education and a faculty member at UPEACE. Prior to this position, he served as Education Programme Manager of the Earth Charter Initiative, an international nonprofit organization. He also spent four years in the private sector, at a top-tier international management consulting firm based in USA. He did his Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, and his Master’s at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, also taking two courses at Harvard Business School on how to start up, manage, and grow social enterprises.

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