X-CULTURE 2014 AWARD: ERNESTO TAVOLETTI SELECTED AS THE BEST INSTRUCTOR

For the second year, a selected group of Professor Ernesto Tavoletti’s students attending the International Marketing course, participated in the X-Culture project in the 2013/14 second semester.

The X-Culture project is a large scale experiential learning exercise, coordinated by the University of North Carolina (USA), Bryan School of Business and Economics, designed to provide students with an opportunity to gain first-hand experience in international business.

A total of over 3,000 students from 93 universities in 40 countries on six continents participated in the project from March to May 2014. Working in virtual international teams, the students developed a business proposal for a global company and provided a detailed plan for implementing the idea.

Professor Ernesto Tavoletti has been selected as the Best Instructor from the X-Culture 2014-1 Award Committee. The Award Committee’s decision was based on quality of the student reports, ability of the students to meet deadlines, peer evaluations, feedback and comments provided by students and instructors, and other performance records.

The best among the 3,000 students will be invited to attend the 2014 X-Culture Symposium hosted by the Louis Vuitton corporate office in Miami, and have the opportunity to visit the factory of the luxury fashion house. The X-Culture Symposium program will include a business competition (Louis Vuitton is preparing two different international business challenges), a tour of the company, meetings with the company Top Management Team and employees, team presentations, award ceremony, and more. Additionally, the X-Culture symposium will also include a CEO panel session. Leaders of Miami-based corporations will be meeting X-Culture and sharing their experience and words of wisdom. The event will be at the Academy of International Business, South East Chapter, annual conference http://www.aibse.org/2014-annual-conference/

The 2013 X-Culture Symposium in Istanbul was hosted by Mercedes-Benz http://www.x-culture.org/2013_istanbul.html

If you want to know more about the X-Culture project, please, visit the project website: http://www.x-culture.org/

If you want to apply and participate in the project, send an e-mail to Prof. Ernesto Tavoletti ernesto.tavoletti@unimc.it