GBPSolve Real Problems

and Experience Real

Success in Another

Country

Student teams providing strategic advice – leading to compelling and actionable plans…

Develop and applycross-cultural communicationforeign language and virtual teaming skills

while working on real projects for real companies

• U.S. or foreign company• GBP Kick-off Weekend in Washington, DC (March 12-14)• Team members are MBAs from GBP Consortium Schools• Weekly virtual meetings mid-March to end of April • Travel to target country (May 14 – 29)• Interaction is often in a language other than English• Students pay $2750 course fee (minus CIBER fellowship), plus

transportation to target country

Student teams and faculty drawn from:Columbia, Duke, George Washington, Purdue, San Diego State, Temple, Kansas,

Maryland, U Conn, U of Hawaii, U of Wisconsin, UNC & Pittsburgh

Brazil projects: led by U Kansas CIBER Poland projects: led by Maryland CIBER

China projects: led by UNC CIBER Japan projects: led by Temple CIBER

New in 2010 Russia projects: led by DUKE CIBER

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Timeline:

•Students apply online until November 15, 2009

•Team and project assignments issued by the first part of December

• commitment and deposit due by December 15th.

•Language learning January – April• initial assessment in early January

•Kick-off weekend in Washington, DC March 12-14 , 2010• language evaluation

• team building

• project scoping

Timeline - continued:

•Virtual teamwork, through the rest of March and April•Project Leaders meet weekly with Advisors & team

•Team meets with client at least every 3 weeks

•Final language evaluation done

•Team travel to destination country May 14 – May 29, 2010•Hub City Weekend (China, Japan, Poland & Russia: May14-16; Brazil: May 15-17)

•In-Country Project Work May 17th/18th through May 29th

•Presentation to client May 29th

•Final hard copy report due by end of June

Kick-off weekend March 12 -1 4 in Washington DC

Meet team members, faculty advisors and company representatives

Team travel to destination countries last two weeks in May

Past projects included•A NC lumber manufacturer needing customers in China

•A global leader in biometric authentication software wanting help to improve its overall business in Brazil

•A city in Japan exploring ways to promote their old town as a tourist destination

•A Polish-American company in Krakow wanting to expand their presence in Eastern and Western Europe

“The GBP offered me a truly international consulting experience; it was

the best fit from among the programs at Kenan-Flagler to prepare

me for any future global opportunity.” – Greg Baker, KFBS MBA 2009

Applying, Matching, and Committing

November 15, 2009: Application deadline

Early December: Selection notifications & team assignments

By December 15th: Student commitment ($500 deposit due)

By January 15th: Program Fee Balance due

2009 Smith School GBP Participants

Cat Corso catherine.corso@rhsmith.umd.edu

Brian Davis brian.davis@rhsmith.umd.edu

Jeff Hong chia-chieh.hong@rhsmith.umd.edu

Jason Rusten jasonrusten@gmail.com

Puja Samria puja.samria@rhsmith.umd.edu

Neil Vora neil.vora@rhsmith.umd.edu

For more information, visit:

http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/ki/ciber/GBP/ Or contact Karen Watts, Smith School CIBER Assistant Director at:

kwatts@rhsmith.umd.edu

To apply, go to:

http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/Programs/BusinessProjectsStudents/index.cfm?e=gbp

GBP: Go for it!