Showing posts with label MBA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MBA. Show all posts

Friday, July 13, 2007

Mamma Mia!!! Pizzaria!!!

So Andy has been attending the "Fully Employed MBA" program at UCLA for the past couple of years. As a part of the program, they have to do an international project wherein a foreign company approaches a group of students and asks them to do research on if/how that company can break into another country's market (usually the USA). Well, we found out a couple weeks ago that Andy's group will be working with a company in Italy. The company has developed a mass-transit communication system. For example, the subways in Italy have an electronic communication system such that passengers can be notified of delays or security threats etc. Andy's group will be conducting research on if/how this company should enter the US market.

Of course, Andy has opted to be the team leader and, as such, he will be required to go to Italy for a week to conduct research and meet with various employees of the firm. The company is in Torino and because of my willingness to sacrifice my time and to support my husband, I will be going to Italy as well. So the plan is that we will need to be in Torino from September 17th to the 21st and we will then stay for another week or so to go to Rome and Tuscany and a few other places. I am totally excited because this will be my first trip to Europe. Heaven knows I've been all over Asia, but this will be really interesting to go to Italy. I've always thought that, given a choice, Italy would be my first pick in traveling to a European country. Even though Andy's group was initially contemplating companies based in Australia, New Zealand and Finland (all good options), I'm glad it worked out this way.

If you've ever been to Italy, let me know what we should do and see and if you have any traveling tips. We don't have a lot of time to plan our trip, so your advice will be much appreciated.