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GSERM 2023 Reflection

The below reflection was written by a GSERM scholarship recipient. To learn more about GSERM’s programming, visit the GSERM page here. Attending the summer school in Switzerland was an enriching experience that exceeded my expectations in every aspect. The course on conditional process analysis with Amanda Montoya was exceptional. Despite considering myself familiar with the subject,… Read more >

GSERM 2023 Reflection

The below reflection was written by a GSERM scholarship recipient. To learn more about GSERM’s programming, visit the GSERM page here. My name is Judah Ng’ang’a. I am a Ph.D. student and a course instructor at Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya.  During the GSERM session, I had the privilege of studying advanced Machine Learning in R, which… Read more >

GSERM 2023 Reflection

The below reflection was written by a GSERM scholarship recipient. To learn more about GSERM’s programming, visit the GSERM page here. I was elated when my GBSN scholarship application for tuition fees to attend GSERM 2023 was successful. I had been struggling with multilevel SEM and moderated mediation analysis and I knew that my chance to… Read more >

GSERM 2023 Reflection

The below reflection was written by a GSERM scholarship recipient. To learn more about GSERM’s programming, visit the GSERM page here.

GSERM 2023 Scholarship Recipients

The Global School of Empirical Research Methods (GSERM), in collaboration with GBSN, offered scholarships to nine scholars from GBSN institutions in developing countries. Join us in congratulating them! About GSERM  GSERM is a high-caliber integrated program teaching methodology for PhD students and postdocs from leading universities all over the world. The GSERM offers an attractive… Read more >

Technological Change, Economic Growth, and Business Education

In the late 1950’s, MIT professor Robert Solow published a series of influential articles describing a new framework for understanding economic growth. He showed that increasing labor and capital investment explained very little of the growth in the US between 1909 and 1949. Nearly all the growth was, instead, attributed to a broad set of… Read more >

Gies College of Business breaks ground on new facility, Wymer Hall

Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has broken ground on a new building, which will be named Steven S. Wymer Hall in recognition of a generous gift from alumnus Steven Wymer. The building will serve residential and online students as well as faculty and staff from Gies Business and other schools… Read more >

A Guide to Sustainable Corporate Responsibility From Theory to Action

Open access book: Offers practical guidelines on how to effectively manage the transition to a more responsible sustainable, company. This book explores the development of sustainability and corporate responsibility from economic theory to sustainable businesses. Its content draws on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, exploring what they mean for business, especially SMEs. This book is… Read more >