Guy Pfefferman talks with AACSB’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, Dan LeClair, about the opportunities for business schools in sub-Saharan Africa to be innovative and create entrepreneurs who will help the local economy.
Thought Leadership
The Scarcity of Management Talent
Since the start of the century the economies of the developing world have expanded rapidly Ð faster than before and much faster than “advanced economies”. Their share of world production has increased from about one-fifth to one-third today, an unprecedented geographic shift. However, during the last couple of years developing world economies seem to have… Read more >
Making Teams Work
GBSN’s latest webinar presenter, Margaret Andrews, discusses her student teams class on higher education blog, StratEDgy. Andrews’ Tips and Traps in Using Student Teams webinar provided a glimpse into her team management class which is offered through Harvard University’s Harvard Extension School. Making Teams Work | By Margaret Andrews I’ve been a member, leader, and… Read more >
GBSN Adviser Speaks on Consolidating Africa’s Banks
Arnold Ekpe, Chairman Atlas Mara and Honorary President, Business Council for Africa speaks with This is Africa Editor Adrienne Klasa about the potential need for bank consolidation in Africa’s major markets. Ekpe acknowledges that with an excess of banks, suffering markets and currencies under pressure bank consolidation is a logical option. Despite successful conversations with… Read more >
WEF Data Reaffirms Need for Better Business Schools in Africa
On May 22-25 I will participate in the Association of African Business Schools’ “AABS Connect” conference in Nigeria at Lagos Business School. As AABS celebrates its first decade, it seems like an opportune moment to look at a telling trend in the perception of management education on the Continent, and worldwide. Each year the World… Read more >
Highlights from GBSN Webinar: Tips and Traps of Using Student Teams
GBSN’s latest webinar, Tips and Traps of Using Student Teams presented by Margaret Andrews was wonderfully informative. As a third year undergraduate student, I wish some of my professors employed the techniques discussed by Prof. Andrews. At one point or another during our academic careers we have all been forced into group projects, and if… Read more >
Vices and Virtues of Conducting Sound Accounting Research Webinar Highlights
On Friday February 26th GBSN hosted a webinar called, “The Vices and Virtues of Conducting Sound Accounting Research,” featuring Dr. Wayne Landsman, the KPMG Professor of Accounting and Associate Dean of the PhD Program at University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. The webinar discussed the fundamentals of research that can be applicable to any… Read more >
New UN Development Goals are Good News for Business Schools
I wrote a year ago about the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Then in the planning stage, they were enshrined last September in a United Nations resolution as “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.” These goals, much like their predecessors, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), will have significant influence over development strategies… Read more >
Africa: glass half full or half empty ?
A blog by Thomas Bonschab, Robert Kappel & Helmut Reisen recently published an article written by Guy. The growth of the African middle-class is one of the great topics of recent discussion. An African Development Bank report found that “The number of middle class Africans has tripled over the last 30 years to 313 million… Read more >
Cultural Exchange is the Currency of Peace
For over a half century Cuba’s romanticized “frozen-in-time” charm has captured the hearts of American daydreamers. Sunshine, cigars, and classic cars paint the picture in our minds eye, but what do we really know about this forbidden island? Over the last year, President Obama and Secretary of State, John Kerry, have pushed to normalize diplomatic… Read more >