Global Commerce Exchange

Global Commerce Exchange

By Peter Maillet, McIntire Center for Global CommerceBusinessEducationArts
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Global Commerce Exchange episodes

  • Africa’s Internet: Driving Economic Empowerment
    Cassandra Enyan shares her experience working for Google on projects across the African continent. Working with local partners from Ghana to South Africa to expand internet accessibility, she’s had a front-row seat to the digital revolution changing small businesses and livelihoods across Africa. She shares with Prof. Maillet some of the innovative ways local African companies are using technology – particularly digital banking and payments – and explains the continent’s budding startup scene.
    Disclaimer
    The views and opinions expressed on the Global Commerce Exchange podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.
    49 min
  • Understanding the Global Value Chain

    Susan Lund, economist and senior partner at McKinsey Global Institute, discusses changing global trade flows and how companies are rethinking the management of increasingly complex and dynamic international supply chains. Susan shares McKinsey’s cutting-edge research on the challenges today’s executives face in adapting to geopolitical shocks and the issues the Covid-19 pandemic has raised for multinational companies. She discusses with Prof. Peter Maillet how McKinsey views the future of globalization and recommendations for adapting to an ever changing global economy. The views and opinions expressed on the Global Commerce Exchange podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.

    39 min
  • The View from Beijing: Tales from 2020

    Jonathan Cheng, China bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal, discusses how the year has unfolded from his vantage point as a foreign correspondent based in Beijing. Jon shares how he first learned about a new coronavirus emerging from Wuhan and sent his team of reporters to the front lines. He discusses with Prof. Peter Maillet how WSJ covered the pandemic while his American reporting team faced expulsion from China.

    The views and opinions expressed on the Global Commerce Exchange podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.

    40 min

About Global Commerce Exchange

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Welcome to Global Commerce Exchange. Our flagship podcast grew out of Professor Peter Maillet's conviction that global awareness and understanding are more important today than ever, especially during this time of urgent social, environmental, geopolitical, and technological challenges. These conversations are aimed at connecting our McIntire community of students, alumni, and friends to the global conversation on the future of business. Now, let’s get started.