Are Graduate Business Students Ready for the Global Business Environment?

Abstract

Graduate business schools all over the world have put a tremendous amount of resources into the internationalization of their business programs. This study analyzes the effectiveness of the internationalized graduate business program from the graduate students’ perspective. We found that graduate students feel they have gained the necessary skills to work in the international business environment after they have taken globally themed classes. We also found that students who are not employed at multinational firms gained more from the globally themed classes in terms of acquiring the necessary skills, and feeling more prepared to work in a global business setting.