Season 2 Episode 14 Global Interconnectedness Through Business Host Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Guest Dr. Christina Ahmadjian, Visiting Scholar at the Folks Center Americans are invested overseas, many times through their own 401k or pension fund. That investment creates an interdependence, a reliance on international businesses for one’s own investment security and growth. Those businesses are governed by Boards of Directors, boards that include scholars like Christina Ahmadjian. Christina Ahmadjian is Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University and former Dean of the Hitotsubashi Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy. She is a visiting scholar with the Folks Center for International Business at the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business. Dr. Ahmadjian visited Moore Impact to discuss her experience living and working in Japan, where her scholarship has led her, and the engagement with corporate boards that brought her to Columbia. Some topics include: Christina’s journey through undergraduate and desiring an international career Working in Japan as a young woman Pursuing a graduate degree at Stanford and UC Berkeley Corporate governance as an area of academic study The changing landscape of international business Interdependence among international business To learn more about Christina Ahmadjian click here To learn more about the Folks Center for International Business click here Learn more about the Darla Moore School here Moore Impact is a product of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. For episodes, notes, and links visit sc.edu/moore
