BUS 477 - Family Business Academic Global Immersion

Unit(s): 4

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Elective. Elective for International Business. Elective for Economics. The Family Businesses in Cali, Colombia course is one of the School of Management’s Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Strategy Department’s family business offerings. The class introduces students to general family business theories and extends theory-to-practice through a combination of USF on-site coursework and immersion experience with family businesses located in Cali, Colombia. Course elements include 20 USF-on-site hours of preliminary instruction and research during the spring semester, coupled with an eight day Spring Break visit to Cali, Colombia, centered on three family businesses and a rich schedule of cultural and social events. The course concludes with a four-hour session designed to allow students to demonstrate their synthesis and mastery of the theoretical and applied course elements through the presentations of family business case studies and reflections.

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