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Empowering future innovators: Wits Business School receives iconic building in Johannesburg CBD from Anglo American 

Wits University and Wits Business School (WBS) recently became the official owners of one of Anglo American’s buildings at its former campus in the Johannesburg central business district (CBD). At a special handover ceremony attended by top leadership from both organisations and other stakeholders in the initiative, the University outlined its vision of what is… Read more >

Art as an innovative means for engaging stakeholders in change towards sustainable transition: the artist, the organization, and the pedagogical contributions

Art as an innovative means for engaging stakeholders in change towards sustainable transition: the artist, the organization, and the pedagogical contributions Mariana GalvĂŁo Lyra, Hanna Lehtimäki, Victor Renza, Thomas Blonski, and Divya Singhal Introduction How can art support the co-creation context-sensitive knowledge to initiate practices through which citizens, organizations, NGOs, and academia can be a… Read more >

News From University College Dublin

Professor Donna Marshall wins Bankinter Consumer Finance Award for Research in Business Ethics As recently reported by the Irish Times, Bankinter is a leading Spanish banking group that announced plans to establish Avant Money as its Irish banking branch. UCD College of Business Professor Donna Marshall’s co-authored paper, “Reporting Controversial Issues in Controversial Industries“, has won the Bankinter… Read more >

Rethinking Business School Education: A Call for Epistemic Humility Through Reflexivity

This commentary in the ‘ Business and Society’ journal highlighted the crucial role of education in fostering humility and challenging privilege. This is especially important in today’s polarised world, where disagreements often escalate into conflict. By adopting a teaching and learning culture of humility, we can nurture a more inclusive mind-set in our future leaders…. Read more >

Experts from Academia, Business and the Public Sector Meet at Esade to Examine the Impact of AI on Education

Experimenting, sharing and learning together were some of the main ideas for making the most of AI in the classroom suggested by professors from international universities, business executives and the director general of Industry at the Generalitat de Catalunya, Oriol Alcoba. Cultivating curiosity, flexibility and the desire to experiment is one of main ways of… Read more >

AUC Venture Lab Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary with Invigorating V-Lab Summit

To celebrate 10 years of impact, innovation and growth, AUC Venture Lab (V-Lab), Egypt’s first university-based startup accelerator, hosted at AUC School of Business, held their annual V-Lab Summit that involved insightful discussions featuring market leaders and experts, valuable networking opportunities and the latest updates from the Egyptian entrepreneurship ecosystem.This year’s summit was the largest… Read more >

AUC School of Business Emerge Victorious in Prestigious MENA Research Challenge Competition

Four students from The American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Business have triumphed as the winners of the highly competitive 2024 Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Regional Societies Research Challenge in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, organized by the esteemed CFA Society Emirates.The team members: Hana Khaled, economics major, alongside Jana Khaled, Carol… Read more >

Brown stepping down as Gies Business Dean after historic 9-year run

Dr. Jeffrey R. Brown, Josef and Margot Lakonishok Professor in Business and Dean of Gies College of Business, has announced that this academic year will be his final year as dean. He plans to step down in 2024 after his successor is found. Brown joined Gies Business in 2002 and has served as dean since… Read more >

The Carpenter and the Gardener: Nurturing Growth in Business Schools

If you are a parent and, like me, anxious to get better at it, you probably know about the carpenter and gardener metaphor popularized by Alison Gopnik, a professor at the University of California Berkeley. Being a carpenter, she says, is about molding a child into an adult who has a particular set of characteristics…. Read more >

A Whakatauki for the World

“Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi” is a Māori proverb, or whakatauki. It translates into “with your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive” and carries my humble holiday message to the GBSN community.  To be sure, I’m not an expert on Māori, People of the Land… Read more >