Abstract The percentage of women in Peru's workforce overall has been growing at a steady rate, but there are still few women are seen in executive positions. This qualitative study describes the challenges in women's professional career advancement in a country in which the cultural pattern of business is dominated by men and where specific roles have been assigned to women. In-depth interviews were conducted with 24 professionals, 11 women and 13 men. The interviews were analysed using qualitative data analysis software. The results show that family responsibilities were the main challenge for female executives' career advancement. Moreover, family responsibilities were linked to other challenges, such as physical mobility, educational attainment, professional experience and informal networks. Family responsibilities can be considered a transcultural challenge to the career advancement of female executives. Finally, the study shows that a country's culture is an important challenge to career advancement, as in the Peruvian context where women are still considered responsible for attending to the family and are assigned a fundamental role in raising the children.

The Link Class Project presented in this article provides an example of established collaborative group activities to negotiate and build a report together in virtual teams composed of students at Universidad ESAN, Lima (Peru) and Tilburg University, Tilburg (Netherlands). It further analyzes the effects of a campus based internationalization strategy supported by the use of technology. Based on previous experiences with virtual classrooms, the authors adhere to the ancient Chinese philosopher’s, Lao Tzu, quote: «If you tell me, I will listen; if you show me, I will see; but if you let me experience, I will learn».

El Link Class Project que se presenta en el siguiente artículo aporta un ejemplo sobre las actividades de un grupo internacional colaborativo en el que los estudiantes deben negociar y desarrollar un reporte conjunto, mediante actividades desarrolladas a través de equipos virtuales entre alumnos de la Universidad ESAN (Lima, Perú) y Tilburg University (Tilburg, Países Bajos). Además, se analizan los efectos de una estrategia de internacionalización in campus respaldada por el uso de tecnologías. Sobre la base de las experiencias previas con clases virtuales, los autores adhieren a la cita del antiguo filósofo chino Lao Tzu: «Si me hablas, escucharé; si me muestras, veré; pero si me permites experimentar, aprenderé».