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New Member Spotlight: Stanford Seed, Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies

December 7, 2020

GBSN is pleased to welcome one of our newest members, Stanford Seed, Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies. Stanford Seed is a Stanford Graduate School of Business initiative that partners with entrepreneurs in emerging markets to build thriving enterprises that transform lives, with the ultimate vision of ending the cycle of global poverty. The program was established in 2011, implemented in West Africa in 2013, in East Africa in 2016, and expanded to India and Southern Africa in 2017.

Sustainability Expert Appointed LUMS’ Pentland Centre Director

November 24, 2020

The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business of Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), a GBSN member school, is set to welcome a new Director in the upcoming year. Jan Bebbington, a Professor of Accounting and Sustainable Development, joins the Pentland Centre from the University of Birmingham. She was Head of the School of Management at… Read more >

Students from Universidad de los Andes Take First Place in The HUMLOG Challenge, Sponsored by The Hanken School of Economics

November 17, 2020

In the finale of GBSN’s reimagined 7 week long virtual program, the GBSN team, in partnership with The Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research Institute (HUMLOG) at the Hanken School of Economics, are proud to announce the winners of the virtual student competition: The HUMLOG Challenge.

GBSN and The HUMLOG Institute Announces Top 5 Teams Advancing to Finalist Round in The HUMLOG Challenge

November 8, 2020

GBSN partnered with the The Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research Institute (HUMLOG) at the Hanken School of Economics to offer a virtual student competition, The HUMLOG Challenge. Over the month of October, student teams from across the globe worked to identify and frame problems found in supply chains within their local communities. The winning… Read more >

Summer Internship Reflections: 2020

August 12, 2020

Thank you to our 2020 Summer Interns! We will miss you Stephanie Erskine, Charlotte Norris, Shannon Crowe, and Josh Erhard.

PRESS STATEMENT: ECOBANK ACADEMY BECOMES THE FIRST CORPORATE MEMBER OF THE GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL NETWORK

July 17, 2020

Marking a seminal moment in the history of the organization, the Global Business School Network (GBSN) is excited to welcome Togo-based Ecobank Academy as its first corporate member.

New Member Spotlight: Ecobank Academy

July 9, 2020

Operating in all sub-Saharan Africa regions, Ecobank Academy is one of the largest corporate universities in Africa. Each year Ecobank Academy trains more than 14,000 in 40 countries (36 in Africa and 4 out of Africa).

While it has state of the art campuses across the continent, Ecobank Academy has been an early adopter of digital and virtual learning, and it offers its programs using virtual instructor-led, eLearning and instructor-led.

Founded in 2012 and became operational in 2014, Ecobank Academy is the first truly pan-African corporate university and is the epicenter of structured, innovative, and sustainable learning.

Case Focus: a Journal Publication Outlet for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) Region

July 6, 2020

In 2019 the Case Center created a new journal, Case Focus. This journal is an opportunity for faculty who are located in the Middle East and Africa and writing case studies that are set in the MEA region to publish their work.

New Member Spotlight: University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law

May 29, 2020

We continuously develop our engagement in cooperation with national and local actors in order to develop our concrete engagement in sustainability related issues, in education as well as in research. In this context, we act on problems facing the world today, whether it is environmental degradation, migratory flows, social exclusion, the stress of an aging… Read more >

GBSN Welcomes a New Network Engagement Coordinator!

May 27, 2020