The COVID-19 outbreak continues to cause disruption to business schools across the world. Every business school and organization has had to take quick and decisive steps to protect their students and staff, as well as do their part to “flatten the curve” wherever they are. Some schools have had to close entirely, while others have had to move courses entirely online. It is vitally important for business schools to lead the way forward during these uncertain times.
We must think beyond our own institutions and develop collaborative solutions and more robust and resilient systems. And we must explore the longer-term implications of the coronavirus outbreak for business and society. For GBSN that means taking a lead role in and for the developing world, which is particularly vulnerable for a variety reasons.
With borders closing and social distancing being encouraged, GBSN is working on different ways to leverage technology to keep our network connected. As the outbreak worsens now is the time to share ideas and learn from one another.
GBSN is committed to providing platforms for digital information sharing and learning across our industry.
Join the LinkedIn Group
This LinkedIn group is a place to share information, resources, experiences, tools and ideas about how business schools around the world have been addressing the issues and challenges surrounding the Covid-19 outbreak.
While we struggle to control the spread of COVID-19 and to save lives today, thoughts are also turning to what the world will look like once COVID-19 no longer presents a crisis. While much uncertainty remains about the duration of the current crisis, there is a growing consensus that COVID-19 will have a lasting impact on the world. In more ways than one, our behaviors have probably been changed forever. It is likely that governments, businesses and society will witness significant changes in the coming months and years.
At GBSN, we are keen to explore the contours of the world after COVID-19, the world that is emerging as a result of the extraordinary times we are experiencing today. To do so, we are reaching out to our community to better understand the many ways in which the world after COVID-19 will be different for our key stakeholders including governments, businesses, universities and students. We are seeking perspectives to the question of whether 2020 represents a global turning point.
GBSN Emerge
The GBSN Emerge Interview Series features brief interviews with relevant professionals across the higher education sector. Interviewees range from member school representatives, business leaders, and our broad network of partners. The series hopes to create an information-sharing platform by fostering conversations around the world. Topics of discussion may range from relevant current events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, to business and member school entrepreneurial ideas, and best practices.
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HOW TO REPOSITION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT RECRUITMENT AFTER COVID-19?
Ulrich Hommel
Founding Partner
XOLAS
Andrea Longaretti
Global Head of Recruitment & Admissions
IE University
Jerker Moodysson
Dean
JIBS, Jönköping University
Thijs van Vugt
Director Analytics/Consulting Team
Studyportals
MOVING EXECUTIVE EDUCATION ONLINE: HOW MUCH & FOR HOW LONG?
Ulrich Hommel
Founding Partner
XOLAS
Prof. Jörg Rocholl, PhD
President
ESMT Berlin
Martin Möhrle
Director, Corporate Services
EFMD Global Network
Dominique Turpin
Former President & Dean of External Relations
IMD Business School
THE FUTURE OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING: A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE BARGER
Mike Barger
Executive Director, Office of Strategy and Academic Innovation
Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND THE CALL TO COMMUNITY ACTION PART 3
Joanne Li
Dean
Professor of Finance
Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair
Florida International University College of Business
Tashina Giraud
Director of International Operations & Relation
Kedge Business School
Viviane Barreto
Associate Dean for Global Strategy
Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC)
THE HUMAN ELEMENT OF ONLINE LEARNING
Larry DeBrock
Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus
Gies College of Business, University of Illinois
Fataneh Taghaboni-Dutta
Clinical Professor of Business Administration
Gies College of Business, University of Illinois
Norma Scagnoli
Senior Director of eLearning
Gies College of Business, University of Illinois
BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND THE CALL TO COMMUNITY ACTION PART 2
Cristina Giménez Thomsen
Professor, Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences
Director, Identity and Mission
ESADE
Jean Jinghan Chen
Dean of Faculty of Business Administration
Director of Business Research and Training Center (BRTC)
Chair Professor in Accounting and Finance
University of Macau
Kamil Senhaji
President
Groupe ISM
BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND THE CALL TO COMMUNITY ACTION
Christopher B Yenkey
Associate Professor of International Business
University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business
Kathleen Riach
Professor in Organisational Studies (Management)
University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School
Luis Borrallo
Director Community Service Centre
Strathmore Business School
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT RECRUITMENT IN TIMES OF GLOBAL CRISIS
Mathias Falkenstein
Founding Partner
Xolas
Andrew Jack
Global Education Editor
Financial Times
Sanjeev Khagram
Dean
Thunderbird School of Global Management, ASU
Thijs van Vugt
Director Analytics and Consulting
Studyportals
FUTURE OF GLOBALIZATION
Anil K. Gupta
Michael Dingham Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business
AFRICA AND THE COVID-19 CRISIS
Carl Manlan
Chief Operating Officer
Ecobank Foundation
Dan LeClair
CEO GBSN
BUILDING ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Hélène Michel
Professor of Gamification and Innovation
Grenoble Ecole de Management
François Thérin
Senior Consultant
Xolas
David Capodilupo
Assistant Dean of Global Programs
MIT Sloan
Hunter Travis
MIT Sloan
LOCKING IN JOBS IN A LOCKDOWN:
CORONAVIRUS AND CAREERS FOR BUSINESS GRADUATES
Ronit Avni, Founder & CEO, Localized
Sean O. Ferguson, Associate Dean, Asia School of Business
Julia Zupko, Director of Career Development, Schwarzman College of Tsinghua University
MOVING THE HBS MBA ONLINE
Like other schools around the world, in the two weeks between March 9 and 22, Harvard Business School moved its MBA program completely online. How was it done? What was learned? What does the future hold?
GBSN CEO, Dan LeClair, sat down with HBS Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs, Srikant Datar, who led a 35-person task force charged with making it happen.
RECRUITMENT DURING A DOWNTURN
Franziska Ewald
MBA and International Engagement Lead
Esade Careers, Esade Business & Law School
Amber Wigmore Álvarez
Chief Innovation Officer
Highered EFMD Shared Career Services
David Serés
HR VP South East Asia & South Korea
Boehringer Ingelheim
STEPPING UP YOUR ONLINE GAME
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many educational institutions around the globe to move online in just a matter of days. While many administrators have thought or hoped that this situation is going to be short-lived, the current developments indicate the opposite: online teaching is here to stay! With this realization, pressure by faculty and students mounts for administrators to step up their online game and to improve the experience for their faculty and students.
In this webinar, presented by GBSN, XOLAS, EFMD and IE Business School, we discussed the steps an educational institution has to take to becoming an online powerhouse.
BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND THE CORONAVIRUS WEBINAR #1
Roberto Macció, Director, Executive Education Custom Programs, IESE Business School (Spain)
Kenneth Y. Hartigan-Go, MD, Head, Stephen Zuellig School of Development Management, Asian Institute of Management (Philippines)
Mayvilyn S. Chavez, HR Director, Asian Institute of Management (Philippines)
Leona Tam, Associate Dean, International, and Director, UTS Business School Programs – Shanghai, University of Technology Sydney Business School (Australia)
Zhou Li, Assistant Dean, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (China)
BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND THE CORONAVIRUS WEBINAR #2
David Capodilupo, Assistant Dean, Global Programs, MIT Sloan School of Management (USA)
Carolyn Egri, Associate Dean for Research and International, Simon Fraser University Beedie School of Business (Canada)
Charles O. Ivenso, Director, Finance & Administration, Lagos Business School (Nigeria)
Felix Papier, Dean of Pre-Experience Programs, Director of the Grande Ecole, ESSEC Business School (France)