Why the U.S. Automaker Bailout is a VERY bad idea…

December 10, 2008

The US plan for bailing out the US automakers is a horrible idea.  This is yet another case of seemingly well-intentioned legislation, designed to dupe the American public into thinking that the lawmakers “care” about the US economy and  is a weak attempt at underlining the idea that the “Big Three” are too big to [...]

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Darden Beijing Trip: Day 7 – Making our Way Home.

October 19, 2008

Day 7, last day! Follow along as I close out my trip and head home from Beijing China!

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Darden Beijing Trip: Day 6 – Chinese Economics and Shopping in Crazy town

October 16, 2008

Day #6 of our Beijing adventure learning about Chinese marketing, economics and consumer electronic market first hand!

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Darden Beijing Trip: Day 4 & 5 – The Great Wall of China!

October 16, 2008

Click HERE For the Flickr Photo-stream of Days 4&5 Getting to the Great Wall of China It’s hard to believe we’ve been here for almost a week.  The schedule has been fast paced to put it mildly.  On Tuesday afternoon we took off for the Great Wall.  It was a bumpy and sometimes precarious ride [...]

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Darden Beijing Trip: Day 3 – Lecture, Chinese Juice Factory and Italian in China!

October 13, 2008

Click here for Day #3 Flickr Photstream Day #3 It’s day #3 and I’m considering a lifetime ban on Chinese food.  It’s actually not that bad, I think others are having much more difficulty than I am.  Positioning myself as a vegetarian has saved me more than once.  If you’re a picky meat eater, you’re [...]

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Darden Beijing Trip: Day 2 – Class, Forbidden City, Exotic Food

October 12, 2008

Day #2 in Beijing. We visit a food court, Tienanmen Square and The Forbidden City

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Darden Beijing Trip: Day 1 Arrival

October 11, 2008

Day one in Beijing! Follow our trip to from the airport to Beijing and our first meal in country!

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Darden Beijing Trip: Day 0 (Travel Day)

October 10, 2008

Today is a travel day to Beijing. Follow the adventure of the Darden EMBA class of ’09!

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Darden Beijing Trip: Day -1

October 9, 2008

It’s Thursday and I’m blasting off to China tomorrow. I haven’t traveled overseas since the mid-90′s so this is going to be interesting. Reports are trickling in from classmates already in country. Fiddler reports being hustled by a Chinese cabbie for taxi fare twice the reported going rate. That sucks. I’m not planning on taking [...]

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Darden Beijing Trip: Day -2

October 8, 2008

Two days out and I’m already getting emails from classmates that are either getting ready to head to China or are in the process. Sixteen months ago when we started this program, China was just a far-off concept. Intuitively you knew the departure date for China would show up, but like an out-of-town guest, you [...]

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