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Experiential Learning in International Management Consulting: Connecting International Students and Global Management Consulting Firms

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This chapter discusses an experiential learning-based university program in management consultancy that is the result of an innovative cooperation with leading global management consulting firms. As management consultancy plays a central role in the spreading and application of management ideas in international businesses, this experience is relevant for other leading business schools who want to develop similar educational programs.

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  1. University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Corrado Cerruti

  2. University of Macerata, Macerata, Italy

    Ernesto Tavoletti

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  1. Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

    Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez

  2. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA

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Cerruti, C., Tavoletti, E. (2019). Experiential Learning in International Management Consulting: Connecting International Students and Global Management Consulting Firms. In: Gonzalez-Perez, M.A., Lynden, K., Taras, V. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Learning and Teaching International Business and Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20415-0_21

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