"After a dozen years of work in the international travel industry, I accumulated substantial business experience. What I lacked, however, was a framework to help me understand and evaluate what I'd achieved. I needed to translate my experience into a springboard for the future so that I could make important career decisions. Fletcher was the only school that offered me the flexibility to design my own study program from a broad array of fields and perspectives while meeting the School's academic requirements. I have never worked so hard, enjoyed myself so much, or learned and absorbed so deeply."

Chistopher Tunnard, F'85
Principal, Arthur D. Little

"Fletcher courses in finance and strategic management prepared me for the challenges of management consulting in an Asian context. The "case studies from hell", as we called them, were excellent preparation for the rigors of delivering project results under time-pressure. Fletcher's multidisciplinary approach provided me skills unique to the groups I've worked with since graduation, and I appreciate that edge".

Jessica Madoc-Jones F'96
Senior Consultant, China Strategy Group,
Andersen Consulting

Related Programs

Students in the International Business program may also benefit from other special programs offered at the Fletcher School under the auspices of various research centers.

The Hitachi Center for Technology & International Affairs [website]
Founded in 1991 with a grant from Japan's Hitachi Ltd., the Center for Technology & International Affairs seeks to foster greater academic and practical understanding of issues integrating international technology, management and policy. Such issues include export control and dual-use technologies, trade in intellectual property, technology transfer to the Third World, cross-border research and development, the development of technology standards for emerging industries, and national technological competitiveness. The Hitachi Center's mission comprises the development of integrated educational curricula in international technology policy and management for graduate students, policy-makers and business executives. The Hitachi Center also fosters directed research programs including, for example, study of learning curves in multinational manufacturing firms. The Hitachi Center also collaborates with individuals and organizations in the larger Fletcher community. Most recently, the Hitachi Center co-sponsored with Fletcher's Murrow Center and the Booz-Allen & Hamilton consulting firm a two-day symposium on business strategy and public policy trends in the globalizing telecommunications industry. The "Telecoms in Transition" symposium last Spring of 1999 brought leading business executives, government policy-makers and academics from five continents to Fletcher for discussion and debate on emerging legal, political, technological, organizational and competitive issues in the telecommunications field. In the Fall of1999, the Hitachi Center will sponsor another two-day symposium on "Financial Innovations and the Welfare of Nations'.

The William L. Clayton Center for International Economic Affairs
The Clayton Center offers an innovative and accelerated sequence of courses in theory and methodology of economics with an exclusive focus on international economic affairs. The program includes the William L. Clayton Professorship, the Clayton Scholarships, research and current policy studies, and the Clayton lecture series on international economic affairs and foreign policy. Past speakers have included Senator J.W Fulbright, Lord Caradon, Harold Wilson, GumersindoRodrigues, Fritz Machlup, Robert V. Roosa, Jean Francois-Poncet, T.T.B. Koh, Jeffrey Sachs, Rudiger Dornbusch, and Lawrence Summers.

The Edward R. Murrow Center for International Information & Communications
Established in 1965, the Murrow Center pioneered the development of an integrated curriculum ranging from the study of international communications flows to telecommunications history, law, policy and technology. The Murrow Center also sponsors professional education workshops, symposia and research grants. Current projects include research on comparative telecommunications regulation, technical standards, technology policy, international communications, the emergence of global media conglomerates, and the role of the Internet in re-shaping the telecommunications industry. The Murrow Center works with organizations in the larger Fletcher community to foster greater interdisciplinary learning in the communications field. Most recently, the Murrow Center co-sponsored with Fletcher's Hitachi Center for Technology & International Affairs and the Booz-Allen &Hamilton consulting firm a two-day symposium on business strategy and public policy trends in the globalizing telecommunications industry. The "Telecoms in Transition" symposium last Spring of 1999 brought leading business executives, government policy-makers and academics from five continents to Fletcher for discussion and debate on emerging legal, political, technological, organizational and competitive issues in the telecommunications field.

The Global Development and Environmental Institute [website]
Over the next decade, businesses will be challenged to create environmentally sustainable strategies. The eco-environment will offer business opportunities to the innovators and a quagmire of cost and liability issues for the laggards. The Global Development and Environmental Institute examines the environmental impact of business decisions and systems and develops sustainable business strategies that will allow companies to acquire the competitive advantage in the emerging "green" world.