From Dec 1 to Dec 3, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College MBA faculty and students delegation's GIX China ZIBS Module was successfully held. Professor Lauren Lu from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College led 25 MBA students to ZIBS for learning and exchanging of ideas with 10 Chinese and foreign students from the iMBA program, led by ZIBS Assistant Professor WANG Yiwei. Together, the group visited enterprises with distinctive Zhejiang characteristics such as MYbank, FutureStitch, and Alibaba.
At MYbank, the Tuck School of Business delegation learned about how online commercial banks utilize internet technology, innovations in data usage, and channel development to help solve problems such as financing for small and micro enterprises and sole proprietors, as well as rural financing, to eventually promote the development of real economy. They also focused on exploring how online commercial banks can create a light-capital, platform-based, and transactional model based on cloud computing and data-driven risk management capabilities, building a scenario-based Internet finance system.
The smart factory of FutureStitch is the only factory in the world that specializes in producing the American leisure and sports fashion brand STANCE. It is also a place of incubation that pushes the production of socks to incorporate the entire sports series of products. The factory has obtained the highest marks of the LEED green building certification in the sock and knitted clothing manufacturing industries worldwide and is the ninth factory in the world and the first factory in China (and also in North Asia) to obtain LEED platinum level certification for existing buildings. At FutureStitch, the "people-oriented" design concept that runs through the entire process has left a deep impression on the Tuck School of Business delegation - advanced facilities in the factory all comply with SA8000 standards (the world's leading social performance certification program that focuses on employee welfare). The factory includes a library, basketball court, gym, and 4000 square feet of creative space, all aimed at providing employees with more suitable conditions for living, learning, entertaining, exercising, and relaxing.
At Alibaba Exhibition Hall 9, the Tuck School of Business delegation not only visited Alibaba's themed exhibitions, but also saw the overall development of China's internet economy reflecting the past, present, and future. Special technology, big data, artificial intelligence, public welfare poverty alleviation, education, and rural projects were all elements of the tour. Through the lens of Alibaba, the Tuck School of Business delegation enjoyed the transformation of human business and also reflected and discussed the future development trends of world business.
In addition to visiting distinctive Zhejiang enterprises, the Tuck School of Business delegation also visited the International Campus of Zhejiang University and ZIBS. Liu Yizhe, manager of International EEP of the ZIBS Executive Education Center, accompanied the delegation and led the visit of the international campus, introducing the history of Zhejiang University and ZIBS. Baihaqi Muhammad Irwansyah and Veronica Budihartono, students from the ZIBS iMBA program class of 2023, hosted an exchange meeting between the two universities. A lively discussion on the difficulties faced by their respective companies as well as suggestive solutions took place. This opened up a new perspective on seeing China, the world, and business in general. Through the exchange and integration of ideas, friendship was established among all.
As the students from the delegation were all visiting China for the first time, after the completion of the ZIBS module, the delegation expressed that they saw a demonstration of the internationalization of Chinese higher education at the Zhejiang University International Campus and ZIBS, and experienced the engine of high-quality regional development in Zhejiang. The interactive learning between ZIBS faculty and students and the delegation is also a wonderful opportunity for exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and Western civilizations. The delegation highly endorsed the international perspective, global competitiveness, and worldly sense of responsibility demonstrated by ZIBS faculty and students, and expressed wishes and blessings to ZIBS for a bright future as a Technology-focused Premier Global Business School from China.
The Zhejiang University International Business School Executive Education Center (ZIBS-EEC) provides technology-focused, innovative, globalized, and uniquely branded high-end Executive Education Programs (EEP), as well as China Modules at ZIBS for overseas university faculty and students, for domestic and foreign government management cadres, entrepreneurs, middle and senior managers of China's banking industry and other financial institutions, and university management teams. The Center organize programs for various domestic ZIBS bases and overseas centers with the option of using sub-brands including Hi Academy, Qianjiang Business School, etc. The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College MBA faculty and students delegation's GIX China ZIBS Module is organized by the ZIBS Executive Education Center and co-organized by the ZIBS iMBA Center.
