Eastern Europe Business

FINLAND, ESTONIA, LATVIA, POLAND, GERMANY, CZECHIA, AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, SLOVENIA, CROATIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, MONTENEGRO, ALBANIA, GREECE

Featured cities: Helsinki, Kraków, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Dubrovnik, Athens, Santorini

When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, countries across Eastern Europe faced the difficult task of reforming centrally planned economies and building new market institutions. Each country made different choices, with varying results. Over six weeks, we will travel through fourteen countries to explore how those choices shaped the region's economies, businesses, and communities. Before we leave, we will read and debate the promises and perils of capitalism.

Our route runs from Helsinki to Athens. We will stand at the Berlin Wall, visit Auschwitz-Birkenau, and see the KGB headquarters in Riga, the Stasi prison in Berlin, the Museum of Communism in Prague, and Albania's Cold War bunkers. These are the places where the old system is easiest to see. We will also see Prague Castle, Schönbrunn Palace, the Hungarian Parliament, the Wieliczka Salt Mine, the Old Bridge at Mostar, Plitvice Lakes, Lake Bled and the Julian Alps, the walls of Dubrovnik, the Bay of Kotor, Santorini, and the Acropolis in Athens. We will meet with companies in a variety of industries, from multinationals to family businesses to startups, and students will interview local business owners in every country.

The program is open to all majors but will be of particular interest to those studying business, economics, political science, international relations, and history.

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