[Executive MBA International Residency Program United States, United Kingdom] -Visiting the Center of International Finance: the USA and the UK

  Business School (Dean= Sangyong Kim) Executive MBA (hereinbelow E-MBA) conducted the International Residency Program (IRP) for the 2023-Spring semester. E-MBA is a specialized master's program in business management targeting experienced managers and executives with more than 10 years of experience, aiming to nurture creative global CEOs who lead sustainable growth and innovation. IRP is a regular course of the E-MBA program where distinguished professors from foreign universities teach regular classes and participants visit local companies and learn at prestigious universities in the United States and Europe. 

  To start with, the IRP took place for about a week from June 24th to July 2nd, at Ivy League Yale University located in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. E-MBA classmates, including Professor Daeki Kim, participated in the program. This U.S. IRP offered various courses to teach a sense of global business, such as △Behavioral Economics: Beliefs, Goals, and Choices △Managing the Customer Decision Journey in the Digital Era △Economics of AI and Business Strategy △ESG Investing △World Economic Outlook △Corporate Governance and Business Strategy, among others. 

  Furthermore, the E-MBA participants had an enriching experience including the Yale University campus tour and watching a baseball game at Yankee Stadium, the home ground of the Major League team New York Yankees. They also had the opportunity to enjoy the historic Broadway musicals 'Chicago' and 'The Lion King,' immersing themselves in the local culture. 

  After that, from July 2nd to 8th, the IRP continued in Cambridge and London, United Kingdom. E-MBA participants, along with Professor Shijin Yoo, took part in this program. During the UK IRP, lectures were given by Professors Namsik Han, Andress Richter, and Yeonjun Kim at the University of Cambridge. They also had the chance to partake in activities such as the △Cambridge Bio-medical Campus tour, △Cambridge Science Park tour, △Visiting the Digital Catapult, and the Department for Business and Trade. 

  In addition, the participants enjoyed a city tour in London and watched the musical "The Phantom of the Opera," among other cultural experiences. It allowed them to achieve two goals: gaining knowledge from their courses and creating lasting memories with their E-MBA classmates at the same time.

  One of the E-MBA participants, Jeongwook Sim, shared his impressions of the IRP saying, "It was the best lecture from renowned professors, some of whom are Nobel Prize candidates and among the world's top 100 scholars. It was a week of honor and joy."