IU Kelley School of Business GLOBASE Peru

Paprika and Piscos

2011-03-23T20:44:00.002-05:00

Reflecting back on or time in Peru, it is difficult for Team Dirose to have envisioned a better project or better people to work with. Diego and Miguel's invention, multiple robotic arms for paprika pepper picking, could potentially revolutionize the way peppers are harvested throughout the world. We are fortunate to have had the opportunity to offer guidance for this project through

A pleasurable stench of "hands on" education

2011-03-10T18:10:00.007-05:00

Unique to the GLOBASE experience is "hands on" learning about your client's product and operations. Pictured above is one team's experience at a fish processing site. Their client, Gervasi, purchases seafood from fisherman at the dock, outsources the processing of it at the site, and sells final product throughout Peru. The team must identify a "go to market" plan for Gervasi's entry into the U.S

From Production to the Pier: Monday March 7, 2011

2011-03-09T12:29:00.002-05:00

From the buckled highway roads going out of downtown Lima, Jose explained to us some of the unique sights demonstrating Peru’s economic takeoff. Pueblos jovenes, literally “young towns” where rural Peruvians immigrated to be closer to the city and employment, popped up from the dusty hills. On the left, hundreds of trees dotted the arid landscape as part of an environmental program to slow

Checking in on 2010's Recommendations

2011-03-08T11:59:00.006-05:00

One of the downsides of MBA projects is that one rarely gets to see the outcome of a recommendation. For example, I've had the opportunity to compete in many case competitions, where the "recommendations" are merely academic exercises and will never come to fruition. I've also had internships in which I made strategic recommendations that would be implemented so far down the road it was hard to

Touring the lab and selling to Mexico's former health minister

2011-03-08T10:56:00.004-05:00

The intersection of GLOBASE and personal transformation promised by the MBA journey is receptivity to what the experience brings you. In graduate management education, we faculty link high productivity to meticulous deciphering, forecasting, planning, and implementation – in other words, we teach managers to control their environment.Innovation and creativity, though, occur when a manager allows

Off to the office this Monday - in Lima, Peru

2011-03-07T11:48:00.005-05:00

The GLOBASE Peru teams got down to business at 9am this morning (or a little later than scheduled - to match business norms in Latin America) with a welcome breakfast at the hotel with the clients this morning. Teams have personally worked with the clients since January when they visited Bloomington to kickoff the projects. After breakfast, teams headed off "to the office" to start their week of

Takeoff of GLOBASE Peru 2011

2011-03-06T09:33:00.003-05:00

Asleep at 2:30 after arrival in Lima, up at 7:00 – I don’t want to miss this morning’s run.I come out of the Hotel Casa Andina, respectfully pass congregants attending 7:30 mass at the Church de Nuestra Señora Fatima, and then run along the cliff above the sea past Larcomar, El Parque de Amor (the Park of Love – where couples come to kiss and celebrate their adoration), and finally turn around at

Back in Lima

2010-09-06T18:18:00.003-05:00

Ana and I arrived again in this wonderful city last night. The chief mission of this visit is to recruit from Peru talented members of the Class of 2013. Along with meeting with coaches who prepare aspiring MBAs for the TOEFL and GMAT and guide them on which U.S. programs to consider, we will host a dinner of 20 alums and prospective students. After two years of success with GLOBASE, prospective

Some very cool projects

2010-06-28T22:55:00.005-05:00