The Asian Institute of Management (AIM) is offering new programs for startups, entrepreneurs, and individuals with science, technology, engineering, architecture, agriculture, and medicine backgrounds. “Our new programs are responsive to the emerging needs of the current landscape. With the global spotlight continuing to be trained on Asia, the region needs managers, entrepreneurs, and leaders who… Read more >
I was at Lagos Business School last month for the Association of African Business School’s annual conference. This was a lovely opportunity for me to meet old friends again and to reflect on progress achieved during the past decade. In 2005 GBSN, then a part of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, convened a workshop… Read more >
Some students are not as lucky to have their first internship align directly with their field of study or career aspirations. I am happy to admit this was not the case for me. As communications and event planning intern, I had an opportunity to practice all that University of Maryland’s communication department instilled in me… Read more >
Rohit Verma, newly appointed Dean of External Relations for the newly formed College of Business at Cornell University joins the GBSN Academic Advisory Board. Welcome Dean Verma! Rohit Verma Dean of External Relations College of Business and Cornell University USA Rohit Verma is the executive director of the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures (http://ihf.cornell.edu/) and… Read more >
GBSN’s latest webinar presenter, Margaret Andrews, discusses her student teams class on higher education blog, StratEDgy. Andrews’ Tips and Traps in Using Student Teams webinar provided a glimpse into her team management class which is offered through Harvard University’s Harvard Extension School. Making Teams Work | By Margaret Andrews I’ve been a member, leader, and… Read more >
GBSN member schools IESE Business School and Strathmore University collaborate with energy fuel nonprofit to solve the world’s extreme energy shortage. Fuel Freedom Foundation and Top European Business School Launch an Education and Capacity Building Program to Reduce Energy Poverty in Developing Nations Starting in Kenya, This Program Is Poised for Success Because It’s Country-specific,… Read more >
Arnold Ekpe, Chairman Atlas Mara and Honorary President, Business Council for Africa speaks with This is Africa Editor Adrienne Klasa about the potential need for bank consolidation in Africa’s major markets. Ekpe acknowledges that with an excess of banks, suffering markets and currencies under pressure bank consolidation is a logical option. Despite successful conversations with… Read more >
Lazaridis School MBA team wins Aspen Institute Competition for the third consecutive year A team of MBA students from Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lazaridis School of Business & Economics once again claimed first place at the Aspen Institute’s 2016 Business and Society International MBA Case Competition April 29. This is the third win in a row… Read more >
On May 22-25 I will participate in the Association of African Business Schools’ “AABS Connect” conference in Nigeria at Lagos Business School. As AABS celebrates its first decade, it seems like an opportune moment to look at a telling trend in the perception of management education on the Continent, and worldwide. Each year the World… Read more >
GBSN’s latest webinar, Tips and Traps of Using Student Teams presented by Margaret Andrews was wonderfully informative. As a third year undergraduate student, I wish some of my professors employed the techniques discussed by Prof. Andrews. At one point or another during our academic careers we have all been forced into group projects, and if… Read more >
