more internationalisation @ feb internationalisation isn’t just exchanges
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Ekonomika trips
• New Yorko dates: February 3-10, 2014o companies, NYU, UN, Nasdaq —
but also a musical or a basketball game (both optional)
o cost: approx 1050 Euros
• Moscowo dates: April 8-13, 2014o Companies, HSE, FIT, BE
Embassy, but of course also the Kremlin etc
o cost: approx 600 Euros
New FEB Initiative: China lectures by Dr S. Grand
Lectures provide Grand’s (disconcerting) insider’s view on business in China
Public opening lecture on Monday Dec 2, noon, Zeger Van Hee, followed by four ‘closed’ lectures 18:00-20:00 on Dec 2, 3, 4, and 5, HOG 00.85
You earn a KU certificate if you attend all
Need to register!! (35 seats only). Info and
registration on www.econ.kuleuven.be/iii
USA Immersion Initiative (Chicago/StLouis)
• 11-day field trip @ Chicago, St Louis (Easter break), prepared by
• 13 seminar sessions @ Leuven (Feb 10 till March 24);
Papers and presentations on following topics
o General US issues: econ/pol history; current issues; trade policies
o EU/US areas of conflict: GMO pro and con, Boeing v Airbus before WTO; climate change
o Selected sectors/industries, related to the companies that we hope to visit in April (Kraft, Monsanto, ADM or Cargill, etc)
Presentations commented on by experts (consultants, Embassy, EU, etc). Adversarial sessions. Active participation.
• Earns you 6 ECTS (‘capita selecta 2e sem’, on your ISP)
The trip• Chicago:
o Futures marketso many companies, o U of Chicago, De Paul U
• Decatur IL: ADM (Agr commodities)
• Weekend at U Illinois, Urbana-Champaign:o One or two brief talks by UI academicso Meet with students UI’s BUS & ACESo optional sports match (tbc)o Time off
• St Louis, MO: AB Inbev (?), Monsanto, Nestlé USA
Questions?
www.econ.kuleuven.be/iii