Asia
12-20 September 2007

Korea: More than 40 students arrived in Seoul to attend Seoul National University’s business school, studying the Korean economy and entrepreneurial strengths. After active debate and vigorous interest shown in class, students made their way to SK Telecom, Hanwha Corp, and LG Chemistry. Just having been visited by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, SK Telecom proudly showed students how it had been helping establish 3G standards in China and how the two countries’ telecom industries prospects appeared from a Korean perspective. The students’ visit to LG Chemistry found them meeting the Chinese-speaking manager, who gained their respect with his knowledge of Chinese policies and his candid way of addressing Korean and Chinese business practice.

Japan: At Waseda University in Tokyo, students were lectured on Japanese strategy, competition and finance, enabling students to deepen their knowledge of strategy beyond basic theory, and grasp reasons for Japanese entrepreneurial development and success: including the famous Japanese diligence at work. After class, students headed off for visits to four famous Japanese business institutions: The Tokyo Stock Exchange, Sony, All Nippon Airways and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. The Tokyo Stock Exchange shared their experience of trading Chinese company stocks and when meeting ALA executives, students were able to hotly debate China’s domestic airline breakthroughs in 2007.

Europe
17-28 September 2007

France: After three days of lectures at Cheung Kong’s European partner school, INSEAD, students who opted to take the European Residency Program had come to a fuller understanding of European Union policies and European management styles than they could have encountered from theory whilst in China. The INSEAD Fontainebleau campus gave students access to French company headquarters including oil company TOTAL, whose executives introduced the company’s corporate social responsibility experience.

Spain: A first time partner for Cheung Kong, IE in Madrid city center, lived up to its high global reputation during the Spanish part of the European Overseas Program. Excellent lectures on the Spanish Economy, Competition and the Free Market gave students clear insight into special features of European markets and business practices. In Madrid, program participants visited a factory belonging to LOEWE, a famous luxury goods manufacturer. Also, the EMBA students took part in a tour of Iberia, the Spanish national airline company and later were even shown the art collections belonging BBVA Foundation, a foreign investment bank.

USA
5-15 November

UCLA Anderson: EMBA students visited the Anderson School of Management, built on a three year old partnership with the school. The students gained valuable knowledge about global competition, entrepreneurship and how to promote innovation. Lecturers shared their latest in-depth research results with the keen group of students, demonstrating deep understanding gained from long years of consultancy. Company visits to Mattel, the Port of Los Angeles, and Westfield Century City, helped program participants come to understand the high value real estate in the area and the impact of the coast of peoples’ way of living. The visits to Silicon Valley naturally focused on issues of innovation, research and development. Students had the chance to visit leading global law firm Baker & McKenzie LLP, one of the world’s most innovative product design company IDEO, and the headquarters of Sequoia Capital, an investment company with new and exciting prospects in China.

USC Marshall: At the final destination of the 2007 EMBA Overseas Program, EMBA students attended three days of classes at Marshall School of Business (USC), studying management with some of the best lecturers in the school. Visits were arranged to Shea Property, one of the biggest privately-owned real estate companies in the USA, who made growth footprints on the construction of Golden Bridge and Hoover Dam. Nearby was the famous Allergan Company, a premier global specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company which opened the eyes of the students to the mystery of beauty maintenance.  As examples of success in Silicon Valley, Cheung Kong EMBA students visited Wells Fargo and Cisco Systems. Wells Fargo, as one of the biggest banks in the US, has long experience in the foreign exchange market and leaders made significant remarks when asked by students to comment on the RMB – USD currency exchange rate.