Cross-Border Trade Transactions

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MacEwan University
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
He / They
Experiential Learning Facilitator
(4)
7
Timeline
  • January 20, 2025
    Experience start
  • January 23, 2025
    Confidentiality Agreement
  • April 5, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
4/3 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred Community Partners
Canada
Sole proprietorship, Large enterprise, Small to medium enterprise
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Risk, audit and compliance Supply chain optimization Operations Market expansion Product or service launch
Skills
logistics management international trade research
Student goals and capabilities

Collaborating within small teams, 3rd and 4th-year business students will analyze your business and provide recommendations on navigating international trade and commerce. Relevant issues or challenges could be related to global import/export procedures and documentation, foreign exchange pricing and quotations, government and private export assistance, international bank financing, export/import shipping logistics management, etc.

Students

Students
Undergraduate
Intermediate, Advanced levels
40 students
Project
35 hours per student
Educators assign students to projects
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Students will prepare a detailed report with research, analysis, insights and recommendations on the proposed challenge or issues facing the nonprofit organization. Students will also develop and present a 10-15 minute presentation summarizing their final report.

Project timeline
  • January 20, 2025
    Experience start
  • January 23, 2025
    Confidentiality Agreement
  • April 5, 2025
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

The emphasis of these projects is for students to experience how international trade theories and models are applied within workplace settings and/or address industry challenges. As a guide to consider what projects your organization would be interested in submitting, below are some examples of potential projects:

  • A comprehensive export plan for entering a new international market.
  • International logistics optimization.
  • International trade financing and risk assessment.

Additional Community Partner criteria

Community Partners must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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