What are the benefits of a partnership between European and American universities?
The WU-Wien and the University of Minnesota believe that our partnership results in a blend of the best of an American and European MBA that allows students to explore many issues connected to globalization. For the program to be truly global, it should be taught in English, as is the Vienna EMBA. But the partnership allows the program to be sensitive to the local market and address any concerns at the local level. The partnership helps to find the proper globalization-localization balance for the program. Do you plan to develop the same type of collaboration with other schools in the future? Actually, we already have established similar partnerships. The Carlson collaborates with the Warsaw School of Economics in offering an Executive MBA Program in Warsaw, Poland. This partnership has been in place for about 10 years. More recently, we established a partnership with Lingnan (University) College of Sun-Yat-Sen University in Guanzhou, China, where we collaborate in delivering an Execut
