More Internationalisation@ FEB

Internationalisation isn’t just exchanges

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

The trip

Questions?

www.econ.kuleuven.be/iii

Piet.Sercu@kuleuven.be