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Service learning has been used to supplement a standard business curriculum, but not typically in an international business context. We report the results of two short-term study abroad programs in which we incorporated service learning projects, one in Cambodia and the other in Vietnam. Our objective is to assess how we organized and delivered effective service learning projects in short-term study tours, and to assess students' learning outcomes on global poverty issues in a business curriculum. We used both quantitative and qualitative assessment measures. The findings suggest that several types of learning outcomes did occur through the service learning projects, as the literature suggested. Seeing poverty firsthand and doing something about it through service learning may be a first experience for many students, but it seems to be a transformational one for many. We conclude that students may approach business and even political decisions with a greater understanding of their impact on poverty in the developing world.

A service learning project was recently incorporated into a short-term business study abroad program. The main objective was to assess whether there is a place for service learning projects and how they should be integrated into the program. A combination of two surveys were used, one taken before the project and one after. Reflection papers were also analyzed. The findings revealed the effectiveness of service learning in making business students not only aware, but also sensitive to poverty in a developing country. As a result, students may approach business decisions with a greater understanding of their impact on poverty and society.

The objective of this study was to examine the impact of a number of variables on the perceptions of women entrepreneurs' success and motivational factors. We partnered with PeaceTrees Vietnam, a Seattle-based NGO and the Women's Union of Vietnam to conduct field work in Quang Tri province in central Vietnam. A survey was administered to 20 women entrepreneurs in 6 different communes. Of the 120 surveys administered, 109 usable surveys were received. We found that women owners of businesses in Quang Tri Province perceived success to be a result of their values and perceptions of entrepreneurship. Similarly, the women were motivated by both their perceptions of values and perceptions of entrepreneurship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study which evaluates the phylogenetic position of Villarsia cambodiana (Menyanthaceae) to Nymphoides. The study uses the specimens of V. cambodiana in Vietnam wherein the genomic DNA were extracted, sequence and amplified. The result of the study shows that the Nymphoides and V. cambodiana has morphological features, broad stigma lobes and the development of both species pedicels in pairs on the inflorescence axis.