Chile Offshore Course
Pre departure Session: November 14th and 15th, 2008
Start: January 5, 2009
End: January 16, 2009
Pedro Arriagada S.
parriagada@udd.cl
Course Syllabus (information below)
Itinerary
Objectives
This course will introduce students to the Assessment of Business Opportunities in Latin America. At the end of the course the students will be able to understand where business opportunities are generated and how to take advantage of them. Students will also have exposure to real firms’ examples of success and failure and meet entrepreneurs.
Methodology
The macro-institutional perspective is presented through lectures given by policy makers that have been directly involved with the execution of macro and institutional reforms in the region. They can provide not only the concepts and methodologies involved but also their first hand experience. The micro-sector evolution is presented by industry executives and the micro-micro or firm´s experiences by CEO´s. Most of these will take place on company sites. The three perspectives are tied together through a conceptual framework that provides consistency and academic rigor.
Evaluation
The course is evaluated in the following way:
- country analysis presented at pre-departure session: 20%
- paper 1 presented during first week of program: 20%
- paper 2 presented during second week of program: 20%
- class participation: 40%
Profile for Professor Pedro Arriagada (visiting professor from UDD)
· Partner and C.E.O. of Pedro Arriagada y Asociados, S.A. de C.V., private firm in charge of investment analysis, representations and economic, financial and administrative consulting with special emphasis on Central American markets. The firm has headquarters in Santiago, Chile and San Salvador, El Salvador, C.A. and offices in Guatemala and Costa Rica.
· Director of Babson College (USA)/Universidad del Desarrollo (Chile) partnership project that includes research and education activities on entrepreneurship and related academic areas.
· Vice Dean Undergraduate studies, School of Business and Economics, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile. In charge of coordination, planning and supervision of the Ingeniería Comercial program in Santiago and Concepción.
