International Business Development: Applying Managerial Skills to Social, Environmental, and Health Care Problems

• October 29, 2008: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Location: 540 Cory Hall, UC Berkeley Campus

Sebastian Teunissen [Executive Director, Clausen Center for International Business and Policy, UC Berkeley]

Part of the CITRIS Research Exchange at UC Berkeley. As always, these talks are free, open to the public and broadcast live online at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast, and questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at RE-Fall2008. Sponsored by Infineon Technologies.

 

Abstract:
Technological advances are helping to create new solutions for some of the gravest problems facing developing countries. Whether the objective is to improve living conditions, eradicate disease or fight poverty, technologies have shown gratifying results. The individual s involved are incredibly talented and dedicated engineers, scientists, doctors or educators. But, rarely, are they equally prepared to be managers of the organizations whose creation their innovations so frequently spark.  All too often, the challenges of managing the organizations themselves diminish the effectiveness of the underlying solution. Our program has helped many such managers by developing business plans, marketing strategies or related projects that help to guide the organization towards its goals in a more efficient and cost effective manner. This presentation will describe a number of these projects, the challenges they faced and suggested solutions.


Biography:
Sebastian Teunissen is Adjunct Professor at the Haas School of Business and Executive Director of the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy. He manages the International Business Development (IBD) Program and the Seminars in International Business Program at Haas. IBD sends teams of consultants to work on projects, for clients, throughout the world. Teams have worked in more than 67 countries to date.

 

 

Prior to joining Haas, Sebastian managed a company in Japan, served in the Finance Department of the Government of Papua New Guinea and taught in the business schools of Wake Forest and Duke Universities.

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