The GBSN Academic Leadership Council is the premier level of membership. Member schools on the Academic Leadership Council are strong advocates of the GBSN mission and wish to provide support to the organization so that our efforts with top business schools from around the world who are committed to strengthen business education for the developing world.
ESCA Ecole de Management
Founded in 1992, ESCA Ecole de Management has conducted a successful experience in its mission as a higher education institution in the fields of administration and management. An institution initially created to support the development of enterprises by training high-level executives in various managerial positions, the School has been able to adapt progressively to the rapid changes of the Moroccan economy.
Based in Casablanca, ESCA Ecole de Management’s mission is to contribute to the development of an emerging economy and its progress in a globalization context. To this end, ESCA Ecole de Management prepares entrepreneurial and socially responsible managers who are able to contribute to the performance of firms and their internationalization. In this perspective, the School also seeks, through its intellectual contribution, to foster innovative management practices that are specific to emerging countries.
www.esca.ma
Facts & Figures
Dean: Thami Ghorfi
Total Enrollment: 1,100
Faculty and Lecturers: 200
Accreditation: Ministry of Higher Education
Institut Supérieur de Management of Dakar (ISM)
Established in 1992, ISM is the first private business school in French-speaking Africa. In accordance with both domestic values and international standards, Groupe ISM aims to provide high quality education to Africa’s future managers and business leaders, for Africa. Recognized by the State of Senegal since 1995, its diplomas were accredited in 2005 by CAMES, making the ISM Group the first private higher education institution to have a diploma validated by this inter-African accreditation body. A year later, in 2006, the ISM was accredited as the UEMOA Regional Center of Excellence, making it the first private African school recognized by the West African Economic and Monetary Union.
In partnership with schools of the Studialis-Galileo group such as Digital Campus and IESA arts & culture, ISM offers Bachelors and Master’s degrees in Law, Management, Financial Engineering, Supply Chain, Network Engineering, Arts & Culture and Digital. By 2020, the ISM will have trained 20,000 students working in all sectors of African economies, as its slogan goes: “Today ISM, Tomorow the World.”
groupeism.sn
Facts & Figures
Dean: Amadou Diaw
Total Enrollment: 7,000
Faculty and Lecturers: 100
Accreditation: UEMOA Center of Excellence, AUF
Academic Programs
- Executive MBA
- Human Resources Management
- Quality Management, Hygiene, Safety and Environment
- Creativity, Communication and Technology
- Marketing and Customer Relationship Management
- Digital Marketing, E-Business and Sales Strategy
- Audit, Management Control and Decision Support
- Financial Engineering
- Bank
- Master in International Management
Ivey Business School, Western University
Founded in 1922, Ivey Business School’s mission is to develop business leaders who think globally, act strategically, and contribute to the societies in which they operate. Since its inception, the case study method has been the keystone of the school’s approach to learning. Ivey is the largest producer of business cases after Harvard Business School, and the world’s foremost producer of Asian case studies. Top-tier Canadian and International business schools use Ivey cases to support discussions on business theory.
Ivey Business School (Ivey) offers degree programs at the undergraduate level (Honours Business Administration) and post graduate levels (MBA, MSc, Executive MBA, and PhD) as well as non-degree open enrollment and customized corporate programs through its Executive Development facilities in London, Toronto, and Hong Kong. Ivey is affiliated with Western University with its main campus located in London, Ontario. The business school also has three executive teaching facilities: Ivey’s ING Leadership Centre located in the Exchange Tower in Toronto’s financial district, the Spencer Leadership Centre in London, and the Cheng Yu Tung Management Institute in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, where it offers both Executive MBA and Executive Development programs.
www.ivey.uwo.ca
Facts & Figures
Acting Dean: Mark Vandenbosch
Total Enrollment:
Faculty and Lecturers: 109 full time faculty, 98 Professors, 11 Lecturers
Accreditations: EFMD
Lagos Business School, Pan-African University
Founded in 1992, Lagos Business School is a community of people committed to creating and transmitting management and business knowledge based on a Christian conception of the human person and of economic activity and relevant to Nigeria and Africa at large.
LBS strives to be a world-class business school which will have a significant impact on the practice of management. In order to achieve this mission the School seeks to: provide high potential professionals with a general management education which stresses professional ethics and service to the community through the practice of management, have a positive impact on the professional and ethical standards of business management in Nigeria, make intellectual contributions which support the practice of management, contribute to the advancement of the management disciplines and create high quality teaching materials.
www.lbs.edu.ng
Facts & Figures
Dean: Enase Okonedo
Total Enrollment: 282
Faculty and Lecturers: 31
Accreditation: AACSB, AMBA
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of the world’s leading business schools. MIT Sloan is devoted to its mission: to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world and to generate ideas that advance management practice.
An education at MIT Sloan prepares students for the next step, equipping them with the tools needed to lead a team, manage a complex organization, or found a company. Fueled by the groundbreaking work of its faculty in such critical areas as finance and policy, innovation and entrepreneurship, technology, healthcare, and sustainability, students leave MIT Sloan ready to take your career to the next level.
mitsloan.mit.edu
Facts & Figures
Dean: David Schmittlein
Total Enrollment: Approximately 1,300 students
Faculty and Lecturers: More than 200
Action Learning Labs: 14 and counting, including field projects focused on global health, entrepreneurship, and sustainability
Accreditation: AACSB
Academic Programs
From its flagship, two-year MBA program to the intensive, year-long MIT Sloan Fellows Program, MIT Sloan’s degree and non-degree programs empower leaders with the skills and capabilities necessary to solve complex business problems, drive innovation, and improve the world.
Masters Programs
- Leaders for Global Operations
- Master of Finance
- Master of Business Analytics
- Master of Science in
- Management Studies
- System Design and Management
- PhD Program
Executive Programs
Strathmore Business School
In its endeavor to transform leadership in Africa in the 21st Century, Strathmore Business School (SBS) has taken the responsibility of influencing leadership of public and private sectors in the continent. This is its overarching mission at SBS; Service to Society through the development of international executive business management and leadership programs.
Since its inception in 2005, and coming at a time when the world and Africa face extraordinary challenges, SBS’s mission to develop transformative business leaders is even more relevant. The bewildering rate of change in new ethical and governance challenges increases the demand for great ethical leaders with a passion for excellence. Such leaders will make wise decisions that balance short-term considerations with the achievement of long-term objectives. All this, while playing out in a globalized environment, demands that the leaders are not only aware of their local challenges, but are also prepared to fight it out in an international arena, both in the East African region and beyond. By the use of globally tried and tested teaching methodology using case studies, using both local and international faculty, while at the same time partnering with local industry experts who draw and localize the experiences on the ground, we ensure that our programs foster a culture of continuous learning.
sbs.strathmore.edu
Facts & Figures
Dean: George Njenga
Total Enrollment: over 5000
Faculty and Lecturers: 42
University of St. Gallen
The University of St.Gallen is more than just an educational institution; it is a place of inspiration that stimulates thinking. HSG members will acquire up-to-date knowledge that is of great practical relevance, and gain valuable insights. This will enable them to make an important contribution to social and economic progress and to their own personal development. “From insight to impact” is not just its message; rather, it is a promise aimed at the outside, against which we can be measured. At the same time, it is also a motivation aimed at the inside.
The University of St.Gallen does not only provide its students with purely technical knowledge but also with a basis for personal development. For this purpose, HSG does not only offer a wide range of specialist electives but further options in contextual studies, such as several foreign languages. Its students can go on an exchange semester at approx. 200 partner universities worldwide.
unisg.ch
Facts & Figures
President: Thomas Bieger
Total Enrollment: Over 2,632
Faculty and Lecturers: About 100 professors, 110 assistant professors and permanent lecturers, more than 550 lecturers
Accreditation: AACSB, EFMD
Academic Programs
The objective of the Master’s Level is to provide advanced academic training in selected subject areas. This involves both theoretical and practical training in each of the core programs. Through research experiences, students confront complex academic and practical problems, working independently to develop a clearly defined academic profile.
EMBA Programs
- HSG Executive MBA
- HSG International Executive MBA
- Executive MBA of Business Engineering
- Executive Master of Business Law for Managers
- Executive Master of European and International Business Law
- Executive MBA in Financial Services and Insurance
HSG offers thirteen core programs at the Master’s Level:
Business Administration:
- Master’s Programme in Business Innovation (MBI)
- Master’s Programme in Marketing, Dienstleistungs- und Kommunikationsmanagement / Marketing, Services and Communication Management (MSC)
- Master’s Programme in Rechnungswesen und Finanzen / Accounting and Finance (MAccFin)
- Master’s Programme in Unternehmensführung / Business Management (MUG)
- Master’s Programme in Banking and Finance (MBF)
- Master’s Programme in Strategy and International Management (SIM)
Economics:
- Master’s Programme in Volkswirtschaftslehre / Economics (MEcon)
- Master’s Programme in Quantitative Economics and Finance (MiQE/F)
International Affairs:
- Master’s Programme in Internationalen Beziehungen und Governance / International Affairs and Governance (MIA)
Law:
- Master’s Programme in International Law (MIL)
- Master’s Programme in Rechtswissenschaft / Law (MLS)
- Master’s Programme Rechtswissenschaft mit Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Law and Economics (MLE)
Interdisciplinary Programme (Business Administration / Humanities & Social Sciences):
- Master’s Programme in Management, Organisation und Kultur / Management, Organization Studies and Cultural Theory (MOK)
- Doctorate in Business Administration (PMA)
- Ph.D. in Economics and Finance (PEF)
- Doctorate in International Affairs and Political Economy (DIA)
- Doctorate in Organization and Culture (DOK)
- Doctorate in Law (DLS)
- Ph.D. in Finance (PiF)