Posts by International Business Development Program
Young Guru Academy (YGA) Partners with IBD for a Brighter Future
April 28, 2017
“IBD was the best experience I had at Haas.” One of the reasons we repeatedly hear this sentiment from our Berkeley-Haas alumni is because of the client/student project dynamic. The IBD experience goes beyond the classroom and intersects…
Whitney Hischier, Member of the “A Team” IBD Faculty Mentors
April 28, 2017
IBD Faculty Mentor Whitney Hischier spent most of her career in change management and system implementation consulting, primarily on international assignments. She is a Berkeley-Haas MBA alumna, but not an IBD alumna. While an MBA candidate,…
IBD Teams United – The 2017 Full Time MBA IBD Program “Big Reveal”
March 30, 2017
Finally, the wait is over! The Spring 2017 IBD program Team Leads, faculty, and staff don’t have to stay quiet any longer. The IBD “Big Reveal” event took place on March 2nd when each Team Lead welcomed their respective Team Members with a…
2017 Full-Time IBD Clients
March 29, 2017
If you have been following our IBD newsletter over the last few months, you may have noticed that we have shared a lot of information about the IBD course, the processes we go through to select IBD Team Leads, and how we assign Team Members to…
Frank Schultz, IBD Faculty Mentor and Instructor
February 28, 2017
The Haas “Student Always” principle resonates strongly with Faculty Mentor and Instructor, Frank Schultz. “Each time I teach it’s a learning opportunity for me” shares Frank. “I get to learn about new, exciting places, companies,…
2017 IBD Draft; Team Leads Select Their Four Team Members
February 28, 2017
A sea of resumes covered the IBD classroom tables on February 16th as Full-Time MBA Team Leads and their Faculty Mentors from four categories of IBD projects (Wild Card, Technology, Social Impact, and Retail and Consumer) met to identify and draft…
Presenting the IBD 2017 Spring MBA Team Leads!
January 26, 2017
For the second straight year, the IBD program has selected student Team Leads to spearhead work with their MBA peers on an international consulting project. In addition to providing leadership throughout the project, IBD Team Leads are…
Updates from IBD: Half way through!
May 22, 2012
Last Sunday we arrived in Kisumu (Western Kenya) for our project with SWAP, the Safe Water and Aids Program. The project is to do with evaluating a pilot that involves a free trial and rent-to-own scheme for water filters, with payment in…
Updates form IBD: The Future is Here
May 22, 2012
Working for a huge corporation is often associated with bureaucracy and stifled innovation. Resources are often directed away from R&D and innovation leading to lackluster products and services. SK Telecom is hoping to change all that. This…
Updates from IBD: So….a Spaniard, a Chinese guy, and two Americans walk into a paper mill
May 22, 2012
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before…Amidst a two-ton “parent” paper towel roll (see photo below), the International Business Development (IBD) team from Berkeley-Haas donned the requisite steel toe shoe covers, hair…