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The Consulting Abroad Project (CAP)

This blog is written by first-year, Global MBA candidates at the George Washington School of Business, who are participating in the program’s Consulting Abroad Program (Formally known as the international residency practicum), in various countries and fields of business around the world.

The Consulting Abroad Project (CAP) is built into the first-year curriculum of each Global MBA candidate, and includes both an academic component taught on campus in Washington DC in the Spring of the first year, and is immediately followed by a 2-week trip to the client country in mid-May, during which students work directly with their international clients in the client country.

Each project is led by a faculty member of the GW School of Business, and is built around the research expertise, industry experience, and professional network of each professor, taking into account regional and sector diversity. During the two weeks spent in-country, students work as business consultants for their partner organizations. This includes site visits to relevant institutions and organizations. At the conclusion of this two-week period students present their business plans and final recommendations to each client. Through the CAP program, each Global MBA candidate has obtained experience working on a professional consultancy project abroad by the end of their first year.

CAP Projects during 2011 took place in Brazil, Ghana, Serbia, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam encompassing the fields of international strategy, marketing for agribusiness, securities and financial markets, and clean energy. For information about the current CAP projects, please click on the tab listed at the top of the page.

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