MBA Mexico City students tour Valley businesses

Twenty Mexican students from the W. P. Carey MBA Mexico City program recently visited companies and sites throughout the Valley while taking a supply chain management course at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

The W. P. Carey MBA Mexico City program is a partnership between the W. P. Carey School of Business and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). The executive MBA program was recently ranked No. 1 among MBA programs in Latin America by AméricaEconomía, a leading Latin-American magazine for top executives in business and government.

Some of the group’s activities included:

• Edward Prescott, 2004 Nobel Laureate, addressed the students in a talk titled “Mexico’s Path to Riches.”

• Students visited the Herberger Theatre and Phoenix Art Museum, and they also participated in a discussion with ITAM student Roxana Velasquez, director of the Museum of Art, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City.

• The students visited a selection of Arizona business sites, including Avnet Inc. and Bashas’ distribution warehouse.

• The students also engaged in case study activities, team presentations and lecture-discussions led by W. P. Carey faculty members.

The visiting group comprises the third cohort of students to participate in the two-degree program offered by the W. P. Carey School of Business and ITAM. The students will complete the program in August.

Erin Concors, erin.concors@asu.edu
(480) 965-9271
W. P. Carey School of Business