IXP 2009
Now in its third year, the Immersion Experience Program offered nine topics and destinations to students in 2009 (see complete list below), six in 2008, and three in 2007. “Faculty involved in the IXP consistently come back excited about the educational quality of the experience,” says Kurt Piemonte, IXP associate director. “With respect to students, the key component most appreciated is the opportunity to engage in field-based exercises that allow them to interact directly wtih the communities and business leaders they visit.”
Plans are still being finalized for 2010, but Piemonte verified that IXPs will be held in Latin America, China, India, the Middle East, Africa, Vietnam, New Orleans, Silicon Valley, and Boston. (IXP regions are determined in part by student interest.)
Just back from the India IXP (postponed until March due to the Mumbai terrorist attacks in November), Piemonte confirms the benefits of placing students in an unfamiliar, cross-cultural setting, with local people often the students’ only resource for grappling with the subject at hand. “It really gets into the nuts and bolts of addressing a topic in a hands-on way,” Piemonte notes.
Capacity enrollment figures and post-IXP surveys indicate that students are more than satisfied with the program. “Getting global exposure was a top priority for my time in B-School,” wrote one participant. “HBS’s investment in these programs is a truly outstanding complement to the classroom curriculum. ”
- Europe: Europe Divided? The Economic Geography of Business (David Collis)
- China: Understanding a Business Environment (Regina Abrami)
- Israel: The Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital “Miracle” (Dan Isenberg)
- Boston: Healthcare: Science, Delivery, and Regulation (Richard Hamermesh, Mark McClellan, Michael Porter)
- Boston: Healthcare: Value-Based Healthcare Delivery (Michael Porter with Elizabeth Teisberg, Darden School of Business)
- Silicon Valley: Entrepreneurial Ventures: Consumer Internet and Clean Tech (Mike Roberts, Tom Eisenmann)
- New Orleans: Service and Leadership in an Entrepreneurial Environment (Stacey Childress)
- India: Incredible India — New Opportunities and New Challenges (Shawn Cole, Aldo Musacchio)
- Mexico: Business Opportunities in Emerging Markets (Michael Chu)
