Day 2: Visiting Ernst and Young

After our morning class, we had the privilege to visit Ernst and Young, one of the Big Four accounting firm. After taking economic courses in high school, I started gaining interest in accounting and have heard of this particular firm so I was thrilled to visit and speak with accountants in such a personal way….

Day 1

We completed our first college class and without a doubt, I feel a little tired. But, through the 7.5 hours of class, I already feel that I learned a lot of business skills and the applications of them. I learned today how a business evaluate their strength of competition with the Porter’s 5 forces and…

Introduction

Hi, my name is Minori Hayakawa and I’m from a suburb south of Pittsburgh called Upper St. Clair. I was actually born in Japan and moved around quite a bit – Tokyo, Fox Chapel, Okayama (rural prefecture of Japan), Upper St. Clair. Because I’ve lived and experienced two distinctly different cultures, I gained interest in “globalization” which…