CIPE-GBSN Anti-Corruption Research Partnership

Through its work with its Anti-Corruption and Governance Center, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) seeks to improve understanding of how corporate anti-corruption training impacts companies that implement anti-corruption initiatives, to harness the research of business schools around the globe in developing anti-corruption programs, and to provide feedback that will refine CIPE’s anti-corruption program design and development. CIPE and GBSN funded research to understand how anti-corruption interventions such as anti-corruption compliance training and the implementation of internal anti-bribery rules and controls influence individual and organizational behavior and performance.

Bridging Divides Essay Contest

The Winning Essay Top Five Essays (In no particular order) These Top Five Submissions have been invited to join a panel of elite judges to discuss their essays at the Victoria Forum. Don’t miss out on yet another opportunity to win $5,000 USD by participating in the Social Logistics Challenge, the student challenge for GBSN… Read more >

Competition Timeline

2024 Competition Key Dates and Deadlines March 5 Student Team Application Deadline5:00PM EST March 7 ABCC Student Teams Q&A Session9:00AM EST / 2:00pm CET / 4:00pm WAT March 8 Investor Expert Q&A Session9:00AM EST / 2:00PM CET and WAT / 3:00PM SAST / 4:00PM EAT March 12 ABCC Kick-Off Session (Virtual)9:00AM EDT / 2:00PM CET… Read more >

Investor Experts, Mentors and Judges

Academic Advisor / Chair Investor-Experts Panel / Head Mentor Judges During the Final round, an international panel of judges will evaluate a LIVE 10-minute video pitch presentation. Team members will also have a 15 minute Q&A. With our panel of high-caliber and experienced judges, student entrepreneurs will gain significant insight into the leading factors of… Read more >

Students’ COP: Fostering Sustainable Leadership and Action

The Students’ COP, a pioneering initiative of ESCA Ecole de Management and Strathmore University, part of the Business Schools for Climate Leadership (BS4CL) Africa, recently culminated in a groundbreaking event. On November 15, 2023, students from these institutions, representing the diverse voices of Africa, convened to discuss and propose solutions to climate change and sustainability… Read more >

Teams from Uganda, Ghana, Tunisia, Senegal enter the Top 5 of ABCC 2023

In its 3rd year, the Africa Business Concept Challenge (ABCC) began with 87 teams from 58 universities in 17 African countries. The virtual business concept competition for African undergraduate and graduate students was sponsored by AACSB International, The Swift Institute, Thunderbird School of Global Management, and UConn School of Business, and supported by Peaqs, emlyon… Read more >

As a New Academic Year Begins, is a Mandatory Return to the “Old Normal” the Only Choice?

Last year at this time, we were entering a new school year with the full wrath of the Covid upon us. Now as we start the new academic year, we do so in a markedly different context. The Covid vaccines have been available for about 6 months and by most measures have been a success… Read more >

Chairman’s Corner: A Year Full of Hope Ahead

“We should actively seek to spread the gift of education to more. This can be our important contribution to help achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. We have to recommit ourselves and our institutions to creating a better future – one that is more inclusive and sustainable.”

Chairman’s Corner: Thriving in Technological Disruption with Outside-In Innovation

where do we stand in business schools in the face of technological disruption? In response to the Covid crisis, we have just witnessed a rapid acceleration of the deployment of digital technologies in our teaching programs. Business school leaders now concede that online education will be a very important component of their future program portfolios. However, the disruptions being caused by digital technologies is much more than just in the shift of teaching delivery to the Internet.

IESE Business School & Strathmore University Partner With Fuel Nonprofit for Capacity Building

GBSN member schools IESE Business School and Strathmore University collaborate with energy fuel nonprofit to solve the world’s extreme energy shortage. Fuel Freedom Foundation and Top European Business School Launch an Education and Capacity Building Program to Reduce Energy Poverty in Developing Nations Starting in Kenya, This Program Is Poised for Success Because It’s Country-specific,… Read more >