Reflect on a Guest Lecture

 Madison Szuminsky
Guest lecturers linkedin profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-e-taylor/


For my guest lecture reflection, I chose to reflect on Sandra Taylor. Sandra Taylor has experience in corporate responsibility, supply chain management, international trade, and public relations, along with many other skills. Sandra Taylor has many business credentials, focusing on a wide range from beverage to non-governmental organizations. Currently, Taylor is a professor at Chatham University teaching socially responsible business. Previously, Professor Taylor was the senior vice president of Starbucks, leading global corporate responsibility, and was also vice president of Eastman Kodak Company, where she also led global government relations. Professor Sandra Taylor has taught multiple sustainable supply chain and sustainability implementation courses and is very present in the community. Professor Taylor is also an author, and published her first book The Business of Sustainable Wine on July 1, 2017 due to her love of wine. In conclusion for her introduction, Professor Taylor has a BA degree in French, a Juris Doctor (JD) from Boston University School of Law, and a MBA from Bordeaux School of Management in France.
        The reason I chose to write about Dr. Taylor is because I am a business management major and I believe that she is a strong woman in the business world. For her guest lecture, Professor Taylor focused a lot on international trade. She discussed the pros and cons, investments and subsidiaries, as well as alliances and joint ventures. In our book, it states that “… no national economy produces all the goods and services that its people need” (Collins, 2017). As stated previously in my last assignment about international business, countries must trade with one another to get everything that they need. An important aspect in international trade is how to trust the countries/companies that you are trading with. In an article titled “How to Build Trust When Working Across Borders”, the author states that “…understanding the basis on which people trust has become increasingly important to forging international business relationships” (Carucci, 2018). This is extremely important in international trade because some cultures take offense to some things that we do not find offensive. Therefore, one of the points made in the article is to figure out what matters to your stakeholders and determine their opinions of your company (Carucci, 2018). This would help you to create strong bonds and connections with other countries.
        The current article I chose to compare this article is titled “Markets Drop as Huawei Arrest Stokes Fears of U.S.-China Cold War”. This article is similar to the article I used for Individual Assignment 4, but talks about the market instead of stock. According to this article, the arrest of a top Chinese technology executive is sparking intensifying concerns about the cold war between China and the U.S. Before this event occurred, there were already concerns about unfair trading policies and practices on China’s part and the U.S. and China are having a hard time finding common ground to negotiate on (Stevenson, 2018). This ties in with the other article about being able to trust businesses you would like to trade with and being able to be friendly.
            In conclusion, international trade is a very important aspect of the business world. I found these articles very interesting and informative and will most likely read more on my free time to learn more about the international trading world. I believe this will be a great asset to my business degree and will help me to develop my business skills.
Works Cited

Carucci, R., Meyer, E., Neeley, T., & Rowland, D. (2018, September 21). How to Build Trust When Working Across Borders. Retrieved December 06, 2018, from https://hbr.org/2018/07/how-to-build-trust-when-working-across-borders
Karen Collins. (2017). Exploring Business. Boston, MA: FlatWorld

Stevenson, A., & Phillips, M. (2018, December 06). Markets Drop as Huawei Arrest Stokes Fears of U.S.-China Cold War. Retrieved December 06, 2018, from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/business/stocks-wall-street-huawei-trade.html?rref=collection/timestopic/International Trade and World Market&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection

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