"The Big Apple", "The City
that never Sleeps", "The Naked City"… New York
City has earned many nicknames, but none more deserving the "The
Worlds business Capital". Which is why more and more students
from countries around the world are coming to New York City to earn
the MBA degree today’s employers value most: One that prepares
well-rounded business managers for a global marketplace.
The world’s economies are increasingly interdependent, so
the ability to reconcile divergent interests is a highly valued
business management skill. More and more business schools, such
as Dowling College, actively recruit international students to ensure
their classrooms more closely reflect today’s business environment.
New York City’s richly diverse communities, schools and workplaces
offer students nearly constant interaction with people of other
nationalities and cultures - and ample opportunities to gain an
understanding of, and respect for, foreign customs, perspectives
and languages.
Employers today are also demanding more "well-rounded"
business school graduates … those who have balanced their training
in marketing, management and finance, with studies of music, drama,
art and the social sciences. This emphasis on a more broad-based
curriculum has practical, as well as less tangible benefits. An
appreciation for art and culture often helps those of different
nationalities transcend their differences. And the arts also serve
graduates as a source of lifelong personal pleasure. Nowhere else
in the United States is the arts society so well represented and
so easily accessible as in New York City.
Above all, New York City offers an unparalleled opportunity for
students to immerse themselves in the world’s most vibrant
commercial market. New York City, with over 75,000 companies - most
multinational in scope - is home to virtually every enterprise known
to man.
Nowhere else in the United States can business training be applied,
tested and acquired more easily and effectively than here in New
York City. The world’s biggest companies, its greatest concentration
of "intellectual capital", and its most prominent business
institutions are right here in New York City. Business schools take
full advantage of the City’s resources by creating corporate
partnerships, executive-in-residence and mentoring programs, and
valuable internship opportunities.
The City’s diverse community, the opportunity to acquire a
broad, highly skilled business education and exposure to the world’s
most important marketplace, makes New York City the ideal destination
for students of international business - now more than ever.
Author: Dr Anthony F Libertella, Dean of Dowling College
School of Business
This article first appeared in Studying Abroad magazine
