Immersions

|Shigeki Abe

An Inside Look: Company Visits in the Operations Immersion

by Shigeki Abe, MBA ’13 Taking the Strategic Operations Immersion has been one the most memorable and valuable experiences I’ve had while at Johnson. During the spring semester last academic year, in combination with rigorous coursework, we went on five trips visiting more than a dozen companies in total. The trips varied in length, from […]

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Making Your Pitch to Investment Professionals: Johnson’s MBA Stock Pitch Competition

by John Costello and Demetri Typadis, co-presidents of Investment Management Club, both MBA ’13 Every fall, Johnson hosts its annual MBA Stock Pitch Competition (SPC), which attracts the most talented finance students from the world’s most prestigious business schools. The SPC also attracts some of the most well-recognized asset management firms from around the country […]

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Finding Success with The Help of Johnson’s Consulting Program

by Kevin Wang, MBA ’13 Johnson’s Consulting Program was invaluable in helping me convert my summer internship in New York, with a major international consulting firm, into a full-time opportunity post-MBA. In many ways, the Consulting Program simulated a real consulting experience in terms of the work that I was expected to deliver and the […]

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A Recipe for Success

by Angela Lynn, MBA ’13 The splash of sherry sizzled as it kissed the caramelized onion and butternut squash. The aroma of the wine, as it infused the roasted vegetables, was sensational. The finishing touch (and twist!) – a scoop of good vanilla ice cream melted into the concoction, and completed my original creation: Roasted […]

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Marketing and Selling Real CPG Products to Fellow Students: Johnson’s Annual Battle of the Brands

by Liz Riley, MBA ’13 As the Vice President of Marketing Competitions for Johnson’s Marketing Association, I am lucky to be in charge of one of the most exciting events at Johnson: our Annual Marketing Competition, the Battle of the Brands. Battle of the Brands (BoB) is a two week-long competition sponsored by top Consumer […]

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My Summer Internship Project: Creating a World-Class Pet Food Experience

by by Josh Robbins, MBA ’13 I spent my summer in Seattle (not the tropical getaway we all imagine Seattle to be) as a business manager intern at a leading, multi-national e-commerce company. The business manager role is a general management role and was an excellent fit with my prior work experience, recent studies from […]

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The Solar Battlefield from Inside the World’s #1 Solar Panel Manufacturer

by Willy Wang, MBA ’13 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow Over the summer I worked with the American subsidiary of the world’s largest solar panel manufacturer to develop strategies for downstream project financing. Headquartered in Baoding, China, Yingli Solar was the largest seller of panels by revenue in the first quarter of 2012. […]

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Think Like a CEO in Class to Win on the Job

by Mike DeCoste, MBA ’12 Mike DeCoste, MBA ’12, reflects on some of the ways Johnson helped prepare him for success As a Spring 2011 student of and Spring 2012 Teaching Assistant of Management Cases and Problem Solving Process, I may be somewhat biased in the following thought: this course is one of the most […]

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Consulting to the National Parks Service

by Robert Frisch, MBA ‘13 Visitor experience is taken very seriously at the National Park Service. Consequently, my role over the summer was to address congestion issues through the management of commercial transportation to an iconic site: Muir Woods National Monument. When it comes to choosing your MBA summer internship, some advise trying to round […]