Dan LeClair describes the tensions business schools face between local impact and global recognition, and how a collaborative network like GBSN helps members learn from each other while remaining grounded in their local context.
GBSN Member Schools
The University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business Announces Groundbreaking Partnership with Harvard Business Impact
The new partnership makes a world-class collection of Africa-focused cases available to global learners. The University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) has announced the release of an original collection of teaching case studies published in partnership with Harvard Business Impact, a division of Harvard Business Publishing. The new partnership brings together the UCT GSB’s award-winning Case-Writing Centre, the… Read more >
Wits Business School launches a ground-breaking Food Safety Leadership Initiative
3 June 2025 – Wits Business School (WBS) has announced that it will join forces with key industry stakeholders and thought leaders to launch the first Food Safety Leadership Initiative (FSLI) on the continent. The announcement was made today by Prof Maurice Radebe, Director and Head of WBS, at the opening of the South African… Read more >
A Major Boost for Entrepreneurship in Johannesburg: Wits Business School signs agreement with the Services SETA
28 January 2025: Wits Business School (WBS) today formalised its partnership with the Services Sector Education & Training Authority (Services SETA) at a special signing ceremony, which marks a new chapter in public-private-academic collaboration. The Services SETA has pledged significant financial support for the new Wits Centre for Entrepreneurship to be housed at 47 Main… Read more >
Press Release: Rabat Business School (UIR) Joins the Prestigious GBSN Network
Rabat Business School (UIR), a leading business school in Morocco and Africa, is proud to announce its membership in the Global Business School Network (GBSN), a global network of business schools committed to strengthening management education for positive socio-economic impacts worldwide. GBSN brings together more than 100 top educational institutions across six continents (https://gbsn.org/network/gbsn-members/), alongside… Read more >
Elliott named 11th Dean of Gies College of Business
“Through a national search Professor Elliott’s dedication to and vision for the College’s future, along with the passion she brings to her current work, made her the clear choice to lead Gies College of Business. She is an accomplished scholar and an empathetic, transparent and collaborative leader, and I am confident she will lead the… Read more >
Esade Research: Seven Areas Where AI can Boost Business Innovation
Using technology to enhance innovation isn’t new but AI is a potential game-changer. New research outlines seven areas where companies can best harness its power. The concept of open innovation (OI), first introduced two decades ago by the organizational theorist Henry Chesbrough, has led to revolutionary changes in innovation management techniques and practices. The previously closed-door,… Read more >
How can healthcare systems become more equitable?
The MISFIRES Conference Targeted Therapies and the exhibition Chronic Illness: A Creative Exploration Art, will explore how to make healthcare systems more equitable by improving stakeholder input into biomedical and public health issues. “It is increasingly common for governments to commit, symbolically and economically, to dreams of targeted therapeutic innovation in healthcare,” said Professor Susi Geiger, UCD College of Business… 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 >
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 >