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Schmid Center for International Business

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The Schmid Center of Argyros College serves Chapman students and the business community through intellectually robust yet practically actionable education and research on the global ecoonomy, markets, and organizations.

Undergraduate business students can graduate with an emphasis in International Business by completing foundational courses in International Marketing, International Financial Management, International Economics, and International Business Management. Additional advanced coursework is available in Economic Development, Business Across Cultures, and Special Topics in International Business. The International Business emphasis also incorporates an International Business Travel Course or one semester study abroad.

MBA students can graduate with an emphasis in International Business by completing at least three courses in International Finance, International Marketing, International Business Law, Building Cross- Cultural Business Competencies, and Special Topics in International Business. The International Business emphasis also incorporates an International Business Travel Course or one semester study abroad.

Executive MBA students at Chapman experience global business courses integrated into their core curriculum through Creating & Sustaining Competitive Advantage (a course driven by an international business simulation) and a residential international travel course, Management in a Global Environment. The Distinguished Speaker Series in International Business brings accomplished leaders in global enterprise to share their experience and knowledge with Chapman Executive MBAs. Executive MBAs also can elect to take additional advanced MBA courses on international business.

International Business Executive Education programs can be tailored for companies whose executives are not enrolled in Chapman’s MBA or Executive MBA programs. These can be micro- focused on industries, such as with disruptive innovation in the global automotive industry, or designed to empower corporate leaders with knowledge of underlying causes of trending macro developments, such as with Asia-Pacific geoeconomics.

The Schmid Center Newsletter goes out electronically to subscribers every full month of the academic year to provide updates on educational and research activities associated with global studies at Argyros College. You can sign up to receive the newsletter here.

Meet the Interim Director

Robert Koepp serves as Interim Director of the Schmid Center for International Business, Director of the Asia-Pacific Geoeconomics and Business Initiative, and Assistant Professor of Strategy at the Argyros College of Business and Economics at Chapman University.

Prior to his roles at Chapman, Prof. Koepp led the Corporate Network in Beijing and later Hong Kong for The Economist Group, a position in which he served as both a senior editor and chief economist. He has authored two full-length books, Betting on China: Chinese Stocks, American Stock Markets, and the Wagers on a New Dynamic in Global Capitalism and Clusters of Creativity: Enduring Lessons on Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Silicon Valley and Europe’s Silicon Fen. His previous work in global media also includes both entertainment as well as infotainment. Leading up to its acquisition by Disney, at Marvel Entertainment he served as the company’s Chief Representative in Asia.

He also was the English editor and translator of a best-selling Japanese manga biography on George Soros.

Prof. Koepp has written a wide range of in-depth reports covering such topics as geopolitical shifts from COVID-19, disruptive technologies, digital economics, Big Data, China’s sports industry, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Asian business trends, and comparative government technology industrial policies. He frequently appears on television and at public forums discussing global trends and how to interpret ongoing developments across the Asia-Pacific.

A graduate of Pomona College (where he was a Truman Scholar and Watson Fellow) with a degree in Asian Studies, Prof. Koepp earned an MBA from the University of Cambridge. He is fluently literate in Chinese (Mandarin) and Japanese.

International Travel Courses

Schmid Center travel courses deliver experiential learning that bridges theory and practice. They provide the intellectual tools for Argyros College students to practically apply conceptual frameworks to real-world global businesses scenarios and cultural dynamics.

With California’s integral role in the economic and cultural vibrancy of the Asia-Pacific, many of our travel courses cover destinations across the region, especially East Asia.

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Robert Koepp
Interim Director, Schmid Center for International Business

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