Paper is strewn haphazardly about.
The four undergraduate students from Bolivia don't seem to notice the view of Lake Washington from the 12th-floor Best Western University Tower hotel room. Instead, they are crowded around two laptop computers, speaking rapidly in Spanish. The team is one of 16, from 15 countries on six continents, that have congregated at the University of Washington this week for the Global Business Challenge. The event was organized by the UW's Center for International Business Education and Research, and sponsored by Costco, the Frank Russell Company, Starbucks and US Bank. It's vital to understand how to do business in another country.