In 2017, to mark Canadaās 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 >
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 āpurpose-driven network organizationā and efforts to significantly scale our impact. Transitioned to a new website Quietly, we switched… Read more >
Dan LeClair articulates the strategic direction of GBSN following its Annual Membersā Meeting on 6 November 2019. Read more
The Global Business School Network (GBSN) launched in 2003 as a program of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) at the World Bank. It’s founding was motivated by the vast amounts of money, resources, and human potential going to waste due to poor management, corruption and the like. Emerging markets needed money, but they also needed… Read more >
The Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University publishes the Emerging Market Multinationals Report (EMR) written by Lourdes Casanova and Anne Miroux,Ā which monitors the rise of Emerging Multinationals and reflects on the growing role of China and Emerging Markets in this new phase of globalization.
A professor at GBSN member school, IMT Dubai, Dr. Gita Bajaj, mobilized a group of MBA students to develop a cost-effective sustainable solution to bring light to rural Kenyan villages and in the process improve healthcare, and create opportunities for employment.
I am the Academic Director of New Managers Leadership Program and top 100 medium sized-companies ‘partnership at Strathmore Business School (SBS). I have extensive experience in design and implementation of leadership development programs for executives. At SBS, I previously worked as the executive education director, where I was deeply involved in design and management of… Read more >
The Association of MBAs awards GBSN member school, the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, the AMBA accreditation valid for five years. “The AMBA accreditation is vital to us as a business school,” says UCT GSB Director Associate Professor Mills Soko. “It is one of the highest standards of achievement in postgraduate business… Read more >
In the early 1990s, I was working for a non-profit public health management consulting organization. Although based in the US, I spent most my time conducting short-term assignments that aimed to strengthen management systems of public, private and NGO providers of health services all over the world. By coincidence, I started two, multi-year engagements with… Read more >
Fintechs in the UK Fintech Ć the new kid on the block Today, there has emerged a powerful force of challenge from Financial Technology companies or FINTECHs, as they are more popularly referred to. The promise of Fintech is great. It is shaking up a stodgy banking system and helping to build a more… Read more >
