In the finale of GBSNâs 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.
Next weekâs GBSN Beyond Virtual Conference includes a series of panel discussions on the Leadership Roundtables that took place in October. What can you expect if you join us? It all started this past summer when we identified the three topics that GBSN leaders most wanted to talk about. We then invited experienced educators to… Read more >
This current year certainly has been a very special year â one which I am confident no one anticipated. The global economy is trying to cope with a unique pandemic and educational institutions are at the heart of the challenge. Business school leaders have to deal with the complexities of a multi-faceted crisis â affecting the health of our communities, the core operations of learning and the finances of our institutions. With a possible vaccine in sight over the next six months, some are hopeful in seeing a small beam of light at the end of the tunnel. However, much uncertainty reigns as the second wave of the pandemic has recently triggered a series of second lockdowns in multiple countries.
On Monday, September 28, the University of Maryland, a GBSN Member School, announced their Robert H. Smith School of Business will be led by new dean, Prabhudev Konana, beginning January 2, 2021. He currently serves as Associate Dean of Instructional Innovation at the William H. Seay Centennial Professor of Information Management and as Distinguished Teaching… Read more >
In 2017, to mark Canadaâs 150th anniversary, the Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria, organized a conference on promoting diversity and inclusion. The idea came from a concern about the growth of populism, protectionism and xenophobia around the world. It was felt that a Canadian narrative about the benefits of an open… Read more >
Two months ago, we announced something new and different would take the place of our regular annual conference this year. It would be more inclusive and reflect a strong commitment to action in pursuing our mission. And it would demonstrate support for the schools that make our mission achievable. We named it GBSN Beyond and… Read more >
The results of the 2020 edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII), released on September 2nd provide a timely window on the state of global innovation (you can read the report at: https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/Home ). I founded the Global Innovation Index (GII) 13 years ago, and over the last decade, the GII has evolved into a valuable… Read more >
Thank you to our 2020 Summer Interns! We will miss you Stephanie Erskine, Charlotte Norris, Shannon Crowe, and Josh Erhard.
The Covid crisis has forced colleges and universities to move to fully online instruction over the last months. Some may yet continue in a fully online mode for parts of the next academic year. However, looking ahead beyond the pandemic, it is very likely that education will not revert back to the âway it was before the pandemicâ. Education will evolve to become hybrid in nature integrating the best what in-person instruction can offer and the unique aspects of what online education can provide. Some of these changes, such as flipped classrooms were already starting to appear before the Covid pandemic but these trends will accelerate now. While a small minority of faculty were doing flipped classes before, the vast majority of faculty will integrate such approaches and shift to a different mode of learning and class discussion.
July was a big month for the Global Business School Network (GBSN). With leadership from the Board of Directors and network, and the hard work of the team, we achieved five milestones in our transformation to a âpurpose-driven network organizationâ and efforts to significantly scale our impact. Transitioned to a new website Quietly, we switched… Read more >
