Washington, D.C. Study Tour
July 31 to Aug. 5, 2011
Market, Career and Investment Opportunity
The fourth annual Washington, D.C. Study Tour examines economic events and trends that affect both China and the USA. Participants are interested in these movements of strategic commodities, industries and markets, because the trends suggest the possibility of new or additional jobs, business and investment opportunities. We are looking at wants, and needs in both countries.
For our MBAs, alums, and associates, we hope the Study Tour will help participants understand trends and markets. During this year’s Study Tour, we might be addressing specific energy and food sectors, but the discussion and analysis can be readily duplicated in other times and in other markets and industries. It is a continuation of learning how to learn and eventually succeed.
As a core part of our annual study visit, we will have lecture and discussion with staff of the International Monetary Fund, and a business opportunities talk from Neil George, Jr. During the five days, we will meet with groups of experts. The topics are limited to
Coal and Electricity
Forests: Environment and Product
Agriculture and Food Trade
Coal and Electricity
Both the U.S. and China depend heavily on coal for electrical energy. According the U.S. Department of Energy, 71% of electricity generated in China comes from coal, while in the U.S. coal contributes 45% electrical generation. It is a huge reliance on coal, and the two countries, China and the USA, rank number one and two compared to all other countries in the world. Read more . . .
Forests: Environment and Product
We know we have a problem with coal. Burning coal, like burning other fossil fuels, throws off pollutants and gases. In going to Washington, we’ll examine one of the methods for removing carbon dioxide (C02)from the atmosphere. Of course, there are many concepts available on carbon sequestration. The concept we will be looking at is -- simply planting trees and other green plants to take in C02 and exhale 02. Read more . . .
Agriculture and Food Trade
Mainland China citizens are buying as never before, but in this paper we will only discuss food use and consumption. A country of 3.2 billion is not monolithic in taste and consumption, but multifaceted, layered, regional and a wide range of ability-to-pay. But for this discussion we might think of China in terms of three economic layers: wants, demands and consumption. The least able to pay have wants including rice, oils, soy beans, and vegetables. Another layer of potential buyers are middle class. Read more . . .
About the Webster University China MBA Program
The Program prepares members with skill sets (finance, accounting and economics), discipline methods (marketing, operations and organizational behavior), cases, research and team analysis and discussions. The Program allows students for almost 20 months to improve English language, the link language for much of global business. The Study Tour adds to that language improvement.
