Short-Term Programs

Work on a consulting project focused on an international start up or portfolio company's business issue. Your consulting team will travel to the client company location to commence the consulting engagement. Learn about the local culture, economy, and historical and current business trends in preparation for your in-person client meetings and to conduct in country primary research during the pre-travel academic sessions. Receive guidance from the faculty advisor, meet weekly with the client, conduct primary and secondary research, analyze the data collected, and virtually present the findings and recommendations to the client.

Prof. Dwight Gertz and Prof. Kim Sawyer

This experiential learning course leverages Babson's rich connections to Tulsa, Oklahoma to study the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, its history and its profound impact in our current moment. Students will learn about the Creek Nation of Native people who first chose the name Tulsa, meaning "Old Town"; chart the city's development into a thriving African American community in the 1920s, when it was the nation’s “Black Wall Street”; study the lingering impact of the massacre by examining North Tulsa's economic and health disparities. We will then immerse ourselves in public and private enterprises that work toward justice for Native and Black people, for incarcerated people, gender and LGBTQ+ justice, environmental and food justice. We will collaborate with an innovative North Tulsa nonprofit, distributing fresh food from regenerative farms to local residents as we build a Babson partnership for sustainability, food security, and good health. As we travel across Tulsa, we will map our own ideas about community and the role of business networks in building community resilience and justice.

Prof. Marjorie Feld

We will Immerse ourselves in Milan, the industrial and financial center of Northern Italy, to study how Italian and global multinational companies stay ahead of competition when facing changes in consumer trends, disruptive competitors, challenges in their supply channels and changes in the European Union and its regulations. We will learn from interactions with family businesses of well known luxury brands and organizational leaders of global companies how they fine-tune their business models to succeed. We will soak up the Milanese culture and  reflect on how art, history, and present realities of the Italian society and institutions shape and impact business.  

Prof. Lidija Polutnik

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Experience Denmark’s sustainable economic system that is unique and aspirational. Observe how sustainable innovations and entrepreneurial thinking were implemented with business model innovations for scaling ideas. You will interact with business leaders engaged in sustainable transformation of key economic areas involving energy, food, mobility, building, and industrial production.

Prof. Sinan Erzurumlu

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• From the futuristic tech hub of Porto Digital in Recife to the innovative new hospital in Campina Grande, students work in teams to ideate, test, and implement health innovations in northeast Brazil. 

• Visit clinics and hospitals, enjoy historical and cultural sites, and work with faculty and students from the Unifacisa, founded by the family of Dr. Diego Gadelha, MBA '22. 

• Continue your projects through the fall, concluding with a bi-continental final presentation with industry leaders. 

Prof. Wiljeana Glover