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University of St. Gallen Doctoral Research Methods Scholarships

The University of St. Gallen offers ten scholarships to its two-week Empirical Research Methods Symposia in Switzerland, for doctoral students currently studying at GBSN member schools in developing countries. These GBSN scholars receive tuition and lodging during an invigorating week of honing their research skills with leading faculty.

The scholarship application period for the 2021 Global School of Empirical Research Methods is closed.

Scholarship for High Potentials from Developing Countries

The University of St. Gallen is offering 10 scholarships to doctoral students enrolled at GBSN member schools in developing countries to the Global School of Empirical Research Methods (GSERM) in Switzerland. The scholarships are only for courses in the main period (June 2020).

The GSERM is a high-calibre integrated program teaching methodology for PhD students and postdocs from leading universities all over the world. The GSERM offers an attractive course-based learning atmosphere on different aspects of empirical research. GSERM is structured in different modules. Participants select one course per week as these courses are taught concurrently.

The scholarship will cover tuition and accommodation fees for up to two consequent weeks. Applicants can choose one session, or two sessions (Session II [8-12 June] or Sessions II [8-12 June] and III [15-19 June]), and indicate the selected courses for each session(s) in their application. For an overview on all courses offered, please visit (http://www.gserm.ch/stgallen/) The scholarship will cover the cost of the course(s) and accommodation costs. Applicants will need to cover all other costs (flight, visa, living expenses, insurances, etc.).

Eligibility Requirements

Enrolled PhD students at GBSN member school in Africa and Afghanistan
Not older than 35 years, younger applicants will be preferred
Convincing motivation letter
Excellent grades and performance

Candidates must be from GBSN member schools in the following countries:

All African Countries
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Indonesia
Lebanon
Thailand
Qatar
Peru

Please mind the deadline for submitting your application. Please only apply if you can afford travel and living expenses as well as costs for visa and insurances.

Application Documents
In order for your application to be successful, you must submit all necessary application documents, demonstrate excellent command of the language of instruction (English), and meet all the requirements specified in the course description.

Detailed CV
Last transcript or diploma
Motivation letter
Color copy of your passport
Application Form

How to Apply

Applicants must complete the full application AND send all of the required documents to the Global Business School Network to qualify for a scholarship.

Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee at the University of St. Gallen. Only fully completed applications will be reviewed. Please email applications to gsermscholarship@gbsn.org with “GSERM SCHOLARSHIP PhD” in the subject heading.

DO NOT SUBMIT A SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION THROUGH THE GSERM WEBSITE.

Click here for more information on the University of St. Gallen GSERM program

Questions? Email gsermscholarship@gbsn.org

Course Structure

GSERM is structured in different modules. Participants select one course per week as these courses are taught concurrently.

GSERM courses are awarded 4 ECTS credits if exams/homework are successfully passed.

GSERM courses are divided into different levels: basic, intermediate, advanced and research. Please pay careful attention to indicated levels in the course directory.Courses on research level (PEF-courses) are especially designed for PhD students in Economics with substantial background in quantitative methods.

If you successfully pass the exam you will receive an official University of St. Gallen transcript about 10 weeks after the exam. If you do not take the exam you may send GSERM a request for a participation certificate.

Workshop lectures (only at GSERM St. Gallen)
As a special service to GSERM participants, they offer 3 new workshop lectures free of charge. The attendance of all 3 courses (Regression, Applied Maths / Statistics with R) is possible as they are taught in the morning, afternoon and late afternoon. Workshop lectures can be selected optionally, but only in combination with at least one regular GSERM course.

About the University of St. Gallen

More than 1000 years of history in one place: The city of St. Gallen, metropolis of eastern Switzerland and the region uniquely combines culture and nature. The “Abbey District” with the Cathedral and the world famous library reflects the thousand year old culture of the monastery district in an impressive way and was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1983.

As a university town, St.Gallen has an excellent reputation and theatre, concerts, museums and the culture center Lokremise offers an attractive program. Leaving the city limits on foot, by train or by bus, you will find yourself within a few minutes in nature. Walks from Lake Constance to the highest mountain in eastern Switzerland, the Säntis at 2500 m elevation or in Appenzell with its original nature and can be beautifully finished with a hash brown meal.

GSERM Scholarship Student Testimonials

If you need a mind shift on how to approach research, GSERM is the way to go!
-Tecla Chelagat, Strathmore Business School, Kenya (Summer 2017 Scholarship Student)

2017 GSERM Scholarship Student Testimonials

2016 GSERM Scholarship Student Testimonials

2015 GSERM Scholarship Student Testimonials

2014 GSERM Scholarship Student Testimonials

Hanken School of Economics Master’s Degree Program Premium Scholarship

The Hanken School of Economics is offering two scholarships to students from developing countries to join the Hanken two-year Master’s Degree program in the academic year 2023-2024 in Finland. Eligible candidates are degree students enrolled at GBSN members schools from developing countries as of 3 January 2023, and alumni with a university degree from a school located in the countries listed below as of 13 January 2023.

Two successful candidates will receive the Hanken Premium Scholarship, which covers full tuition fee for two years (equivalent to 15000 EUR/year) and 8000 EUR/year for living expenses.

The application period is 3-17 January 2024 15:00 (GMT +2)

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General Information

The Hanken School of Economics is a leading, internationally accredited university with over a hundred years of experience in education and research in economics and business administration.

A Master’s degree from Hanken provides you the opportunity to specialize in your field of interest, be it Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management, Marketing, Humanitarian Logistics, or even IP Law.

The Hanken Master’s Program in a nutshell:

The MSc in Economics and Business Administration is a two-year leadership and business program
Master’s programs are taught entirely in English. In addition, you can choose a track to specialize in a certain field. We strongly encourage you to go abroad on an exchange.

When you have completed a Master’s Degree at Hanken, you will have a higher education degree in which you have gained a thorough knowledge of your major subject or programme from an academic point of view as well as relevant for your future career.

EXCELLENT CAREER PROSPECTS

Hanken alumni are well-placed on the job market holding leading positions both nationally and globally. Your studies at Hanken prepare you for a future career in e.g. financial advisory or management, consulting, auditing, industry, media, public administration or non-profit organizations. You will also be well-equipped to continue with PhD studies in Finland or abroad.

Master’s Programmes at Hanken

Accounting
Economics
Finance
Governance and Commercial Law
Humanitarian Logistics
International Strategy and Sustainability
Intellectual Property Law
Marketing
Marketing and Management (Vaasa)

Premium Scholarship for GBSN High Potentials from Developing Countries

Graduate-level students currently studying at or alumni of GBSN member schools in developing countries are invited to apply for the Premium Scholarship at the Hanken School of Economics.

Candidates from GBSN member schools in the following countries are eligible to apply:

Afghanistan
Brazil
Cambodia
China
Colombia
Egypt
Ghana

India
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Mexico
Morocco
Nigeria

Peru
Philippines
Pakistan
Senegal
South Africa
Tunisia
Turkey

The Hanken School of Economics will extend up to two premium scholarships to its 2-year Master’s Program to students applying from GBSN Member Schools located in developing countries. The premium scholarship includes:

Full tuition fee for two years (equivalent to 15000 EUR/year)
8,000 EUR per year for living expenses

To be considered as a GBSN Scholar for the Premium Scholarship, candidates must be a student or alum of a GBSN member school by January 3, 2024.

How to Apply?

Please read the instructions carefully and take into consideration the specialization/track-specific requirements!

The Hanken Premium Scholarships are awarded based on the applicant’s academic excellence.

Applying for the scholarships is integrated with the application for Master’s Degree studies. Please visit the application portal in order to apply the Master’s Degree program.

The application period is 3-17 January 2024 15:00 (GMT +2)

Check Admissions criteria and apply

Admission Requirements

The Hanken Premium Scholarship offers you great opportunities to specialize in your field of interest.

Contact

For questions related to the admissions requirements and the admissions process, please contact masters@hanken.fi. For specific questions regarding the academic aspects or content of the majors, see contact information under each major.

About Hanken School of Economics

Hanken is a leading, internationally accredited university with over a hundred years of experience in education and research in economics and business administration. Our research is of an international high standard and is the foundation for all education. Hanken has close ties to the business community and an active alumni network with over 13 800 alumni working in more than 70 countries. The study environment is international and we have campuses in Helsinki and Vaasa, Finland.

IMTA Global: Insights for Teaching and Learning

Join an interactive session with IMTA alumni from around the world who will share their latest experiences related to management education. A great opportunity to get to know IMTA community and spirit, learn from colleagues, and share your own insights.

Please write to info@ceeman.org if you would like to share your experience.

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The Future of Project-Based Learning: A Conversation with Mike Barger

Every March since 1992, the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan deploys student teams all over the world for its Multidisciplinary Action Projects (MAP) course. This year was different. How did the school modify MAP for the lockdowns? What did they learn? What comes next? Join GBSN’s CEO, Dan LeClair and Mike Barger, Executive Director, Office of Strategy and Academic Innovation, for a discussion around project-based learning, summer internships, and how to plan for the upcoming academic term.

Date

Thursday, June 25, 2020

10:00am Washington D.C.
11:00am São Paulo
3:00pm London
4:00pm Paris
5:00pm Nairobi
6:00pm Dubai
7:30pm Mumbai
9:00pm Jakarta
10:00pm Malaysia

Registration

Click the link below to register for the webinar.

Speaker

Mike Barger
Executive Director, Office of Strategy and Academic Innovation
Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Dr. Mike Barger is a Professor of Business Administration and Executive Director, Office of Strategy and Academic Innovation, at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. In his teaching role, Dr. Barger leads courses in entrepreneurship and crisis leadership. In his staff role, he facilitates the design and execution of the School’s strategic initiatives and oversees a large shared-services organization.

Dr. Barger graduated from the University of Michigan in 1986. He then received his commission as an Officer in the United States Navy where he served for thirteen years, completing three, six-month deployments as a pilot and flight instructor flying the F/A-18 Hornet. While in the Navy, Mike spent his entire career in pilot education highlighted by a tour as a student, Instructor, and then Chief Instructor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN). Throughout his naval career, he was a widely published author, speaker, and educator on combat strategy, training techniques (particularly in advanced simulation), and complex weapons systems employment.

Dr. Barger left the US Navy in 1999 to be a founding member of JetBlue Airways. He created JetBlue University, the award-winning corporate training function that provides learning and development to all members of the JetBlue workforce (it remains the only single-source provider of company education in the airline industry worldwide). During his time at JetBlue, Mike also served as the senior pilot on both varieties of JetBlue aircraft (the Airbus 320 and Embraer 190); was the senior leader responsible for all Flight Operations, Maintenance Operations, Talent Management and Enterprise Strategy; and led the company’s Emergency Command Center.

Following his thirteen years at JetBlue, Dr. Barger served for six years as the Chief Operating Officer of CorpU, an education technology company based in Philadelphia, PA. As COO, he oversaw all CorpU operations including the design, creation and delivery of all CorpU Academy courses, educational offerings built on the wisdom and insight of the brightest minds in academia and business. Dr. Barger has a deep passion for helping leaders solve their most complex business challenges with knowledge and tools that help them harness the collective genius already present in their organizations.

In 2006, Mike helped create a doctoral program in Workplace Learning Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as an Advisory Board member, Faculty member, and program participant. He received his Master’s Degree in Learning Leadership in 2008 and his Doctor of Education degree in 2009.

Dr. Barger lives with his wife and children in Novi, Michigan, USA.

Fifth Annual Global Strategy and Emerging Markets (GSEM) Conference

Overview

Cornell University Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) and partners — The University of Texas at Dallas Center for Global Business (CGB), Northeastern University Center for Emerging Markets (CEM), and the University of Miami Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) — are pleased to announce the fifth annual Global Strategy and Emerging Markets (GSEM) Conference.

Previous GSEM conferences have been held in Miami (2016), Boston (2017), Miami (2018) and Dallas (2019). This conference provides a platform to bring together senior and junior scholars, doctoral students, and practitioners in the fields of international business, strategic management, cross-cultural management, technology strategy, and global entrepreneurship with shared interests in global strategy, emerging markets, and emerging market multinationals. The theme of GSEM 2020 is “Competing in the Digital Word.” Digital technologies—including internet of things, 5G, cloud computing, AI, big data, and other new information technologies—are profoundly influencing the global economy by reshaping the rules of competition, generating new business models and enabling innovative ecosystems. Digital technologies are creating new business opportunities for emerging markets to improve their competitiveness and in some instances to leapfrog existing business practices and become world leaders.

Conference Submissions

Examples of possible topics include, but are not limited to:

How does digitalization affect firms’ competitive strategy, competitive dynamics, M&As, strategic alliances, and joint ventures?
How does digitalization affect international business activities, e.g., multinational enterprises, FDI and cross-border and trade activities?
How does digitalization affect organizational learning, knowledge creation, and firms’ internal integration of knowledge?
What is the relationship between digitalization and innovation?
How do digital technologies affect entrepreneurship, e.g., opportunity discovery versus creation, market failure and uncertainty, and entrepreneurial financing (by venture capitalists, IPO, etc.)?
How do digital technologies influence cross-cultural management, e.g., how these technologies affect cultural orientations and practices of managers and other organizational members, individual values and cognitive structures?
What are implications of digitalization on firms’ economic systems (e.g., interorganizational network, their relationship with competitors, suppliers, and customers) and business models?
How do digital technologies redefine firms’ boundary and affect organizational structure and design (e.g., non-hierarchical organizations)?
How does digitalization contribute to existing management theories (e.g., by questioning, modifying, and adding new assumptions) or advancing new ones (e.g., by asking and answering new questions)?

We welcome you to submit papers (≤ 40 pages all-inclusive with double-spaced text following Academy of Management Journal guidelines) OR proposals (5 single-spaced pages all-inclusive following Strategic Management Society conference guidelines). Please submit your papers to conferenceemi@cornell.edu.

In addition to research presentations, the conference will feature (1) keynote speeches, (2) a “meet with editors” session, (3) a Cornell “research day,” (4) a paper development session, and (5) an industry (practitioner/policymaker) panel.

Location

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York, United States

Official Conference Hotels: Ithaca Marriott Downtown, Hilton Garden, Ithaca (more information to follow). There will be a shuttle service between the hotel and campus.

Conference Fee

Conference Registration Fee link to registration to follow $80 faculty / $40 Ph.D. students. The fee covers meals and materials at the conference.

Optional Dinner, Cornell EMI’s 10th-anniversary celebration.

For more information, contact: conferenceemi@cornell.edu

Click here for the conference website.

15th GBSN Annual Conference

SAVE THE DATE!

The GBSN Annual Conference is a premier international forum attracting some of the world’s foremost management educators from around the globe, as well as leaders in the development, corporate and public sectors to share ideas and network with a focus on strengthening management education for the developing world. The conference is a unique opportunity to network and to learn about trends and best practice in delivering management education around the globe.

Hosted By

Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami
5250 University Dr.
Coral Gables, FL 33146

Theme

Please stay tuned for more information on the Conference theme.

Target Audience

Business School Deans, Directors, Faculty and Administrators from developed, emerging and frontier markets. Professionals from industry, aid organizations, and civil society dedicated to addressing social and economic challenges effectively and efficiently, Government Officials with an interest in wider stakeholder collaboration to address social and economic challenges.

Registration Information

Please stay tuned for more information on registration and fees.

Sponsorship & Exhibition

The Annual GBSN Conference is a premier international forum attracting some of the world’s foremost management educators from around the globe, as well as leaders in the development, corporate and public sectors to share ideas and network with a focus on strengthening management education for the developing world.

The conference is a unique opportunity to network and to learn about trends and best practice in delivering management education around the globe. Previous GBSN conferences have been held in the US, France, Kenya, South Africa, Mexico, Philippines, India, Tunisia, Spain and Portugal.

Choose from a variety of packages that offer various benefits and opportunities and gain the biggest value with the largest impact for your organization.

If you are interested in any sponsorship or exhibit opportunities, or if you would like to discuss tailored packages please contact us.

Nicole Zefran
nzefran@gbsn.org
+1.202.628.9040