Professor Aldo Musacchio is an associate professor, director of the MA program and the director of the Brazil Initiative at Brandeis International Business School. His teaching examines the challenges and opportunities afforded to firms in emerging and frontier markets. His research focuses on the internationalization strategies of state-owned enterprises and the innovation behavior of large multinationals with government financial support.
Academic Programs
The International Business School maintains three collaborations through the school's MA program with Universidad de Monterrey (Mexico), Universidad La Salle (Mexico) and Insper (Brazil), in addition to one MSF partnership with EAFIT in Colombia. Upon graduation, graduates from these partnership programs become part of the larger Brandeis University and International Business School alumni networks.
Study Abroad
The business school offers students the opportunity to participate in overseas internships and academic exchanges. Partner universities for study abroad include Brazil's Fundacao Getulio Vargas and Mexico's Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM).
The Latin America Initiative is focused on fostering a well-connected community amongst our students, faculty and alumni. Our goal is to ensure that members of the Brandeis International Business School community can capitalize on their exposure to potential career options, business networking opportunities and cultural awareness of Latin America.
In June 2017, students visited Panama and Colombia through the Hassenfeld Fellows Overseas Immersion Program, led by Professor Aldo Musacchio. It was the sixth time that the program visited Latin America (previous trips took more than 80 students to Cuba between 2012 and 2014, where they became the first U.S. delegation to visit Cuba's first-ever MBA program). Students concluded the trip by focusing on projects in big data, urban design, real estate and labor.
Global Gala
Association of Latino Professionals For America
Latin America Initiative Fund
The International Business School's involvement in Latin America is made possible through various connections with regional universities, scholarship programs and external associations.
Rafaella Cuff, MA'12, third from left, was one of four recipients of the Steven M. Bunson Internship Grant. Aside from soaking in a little sunshine, she dove into than a few microfinance projects in Bahia, Brazil, where she worked in development for ProWorld, a local cultural preservation and microcredit organization. Among other things, she managed loans for multiple clients ranging from street vendors to restaurant owners.
"Even as an outsider visiting shantytowns and poor neighborhoods, I was greeted with the kindness and humility of hard-working people in a fast-growing economy," she said.