{"id":156,"date":"2012-08-10T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/2012\/08\/10\/asian-field-seminar-spring-2012\/"},"modified":"2012-08-10T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T18:15:00","slug":"asian-field-seminar-spring-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/2012\/08\/10\/asian-field-seminar-spring-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Field Seminar, Spring 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>Post By:<br \/><i>Sheri Cheng<\/i><br \/><i>PEMBA, 2012<\/i><i>&nbsp; <\/i><\/p>\n<p>From May 27<sup>th<\/sup> to June 8<sup>th<\/sup>, a group of 21 MBA students along with Professor Jay Kim of the Operations and Technology Management department and Dave Veira of the Graduate Program Office traveled through Asia for the Asia Field Seminar.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>The trip included PEMBA students from both the Charles River campus and the North Campus, and a few full-time students who were completing this trip as the last course of their MBA program.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In our exploration of Beijing, Shanghai, and Seoul, Professor Kim encouraged us to look at areas of opportunity in Asia in the current globalization movement.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Professor Kim also led by example in the importance of networking and maintaining strong alumni connections worldwide.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-k0z3PFR0dOQ\/UCU_xkDnJtI\/AAAAAAAABBo\/FCxei2vlBfQ\/s1600\/Blog1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-k0z3PFR0dOQ\/UCU_xkDnJtI\/AAAAAAAABBo\/FCxei2vlBfQ\/s320\/Blog1.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span>Caroline Keely enjoys the tabletop touchscreen computer in the Lenovo showroom<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-qvMqUZefTr0\/UCU_zJqv7aI\/AAAAAAAABB4\/A5-qYm3KcaM\/s1600\/Blog2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-qvMqUZefTr0\/UCU_zJqv7aI\/AAAAAAAABB4\/A5-qYm3KcaM\/s320\/Blog2.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">The group, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ll6PaSQka68\/UCU_ziTUtGI\/AAAAAAAABCE\/qgxcxKNWHxY\/s1600\/Blog3.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"182\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ll6PaSQka68\/UCU_ziTUtGI\/AAAAAAAABCE\/qgxcxKNWHxY\/s320\/Blog3.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">(L to R) Evan DiLeo, Jonathan Caldwell, Ken Hoge, Caroline Keely, and Gaurav Tanna take smoothie break with Professor Kim in the Forbidden City in Beijing<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-EqfkYiS-l1Y\/UCU_0W3qncI\/AAAAAAAABCM\/4MQKyTcb_UQ\/s1600\/Blog4.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"258\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-EqfkYiS-l1Y\/UCU_0W3qncI\/AAAAAAAABCM\/4MQKyTcb_UQ\/s320\/Blog4.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Maggie Liu and Caroline Keely with Professor Kim at the Great Wall in Badaling China<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vbu1lehtFhY\/UCU_0wAJQzI\/AAAAAAAABCQ\/muiiGk4QYNY\/s1600\/Blog5.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vbu1lehtFhY\/UCU_0wAJQzI\/AAAAAAAABCQ\/muiiGk4QYNY\/s320\/Blog5.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Mark Duthe rides a Segway at Olympic Stadium in Beijing, China<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-LB6WqARmssU\/UCU_1Jo31UI\/AAAAAAAABCY\/ZKkis9LSSCw\/s1600\/Blog6.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-LB6WqARmssU\/UCU_1Jo31UI\/AAAAAAAABCY\/ZKkis9LSSCw\/s320\/Blog6.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Gaurav Tanna pours baijiu for Mr. Harry Sung, president of the AC division of LG China as a ritual of respect<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ngprYhgfQp8\/UCU_1uvAdcI\/AAAAAAAABCk\/_GfftiHA90U\/s1600\/Blog7.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ngprYhgfQp8\/UCU_1uvAdcI\/AAAAAAAABCk\/_GfftiHA90U\/s320\/Blog7.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) campus, Shanghai, China<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6VioVWxL-BQ\/UCVMdL14OQI\/AAAAAAAABDc\/j4Db9GCDy8k\/s1600\/Blog12.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6VioVWxL-BQ\/UCVMdL14OQI\/AAAAAAAABDc\/j4Db9GCDy8k\/s320\/Blog12.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">The group at the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ), a planned urban area outside of Seoul<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-yGH5iPgJS_E\/UCU_y_nJLCI\/AAAAAAAABB0\/LRO09Prew-Q\/s1600\/Blog11.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-yGH5iPgJS_E\/UCU_y_nJLCI\/AAAAAAAABB0\/LRO09Prew-Q\/s320\/Blog11.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">The group at GM Korea<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-XD3Qyu5xNM4\/UCU_yeQ0N-I\/AAAAAAAABBw\/fWbyfqk7BIM\/s1600\/Blog10.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-XD3Qyu5xNM4\/UCU_yeQ0N-I\/AAAAAAAABBw\/fWbyfqk7BIM\/s320\/Blog10.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">With the Korean BU MBA Alumni Association, whose motto is always, &#8220;One BU!&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-XgRmjjYhr9Q\/T5hMPOpbfdI\/AAAAAAAAA4A\/WKL0CVovGq0\/s1600\/Yale+Education+Conference+Sheri+Headshot.jpg\" style=\"clear: left;float: left;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-XgRmjjYhr9Q\/T5hMPOpbfdI\/AAAAAAAAA4A\/WKL0CVovGq0\/s200\/Yale+Education+Conference+Sheri+Headshot.jpg\" width=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Sheri  Cheng is a former science teacher and tech director at an urban charter  school in Boston with a penchant for 7th grade humor.  An MBA student  concentrating in Entrepreneurship and Leadership &amp; Organizational Transformation, Sheri expects to finish her coursework in  December 2012.  Follow her on Twitter @sheriann13. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" height=\"16\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" style=\"border: 0\" width=\"125\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post By:Sheri ChengPEMBA, 2012&nbsp; From May 27th to June 8th, a group of 21 MBA students along with Professor Jay Kim of the Operations and Technology Management department and Dave Veira of the Graduate Program Office traveled through Asia for the Asia Field Seminar.&nbsp; The trip included PEMBA students from both the Charles River campus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11742,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50,69],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11742"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}