“What do the three exhibits in the figure below have in common?” That is one of many interesting questions posed by Daniel Kahneman in Thinking Fast and Slow, which brought together decades of research by the author, Amos Tversky, and many others. I have been recommending the book to practicing managers since it was published… Read more >
Student Success There have been numerous student successes over the past year. I want to highlight a few here. Aidan Travis ’22 and Gabriel Childs Michael ’22 were recently selected as the winners of the #impakt WISE Ideation Awards, an international social business model competition sponsored by Copenhagen Business School, one of the leading business schools in… Read more >
The university focuses on four broad areas: Internationalisation Research & Development Corporate Alignment Digitalisation Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability (ERS) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Woxsen is expanding its wings towards E-Learning in collaboration with government portals and private entities to deliver the best e-content, enabling learners from across the globe. Alongside this, the formation of… Read more >
Following the rise in internet penetration rate from only 30% in 2010 to 54% in 2020, gig work has offered increased opportunities to find work easily, especially for workers in the informal economy, women and unemployed educated youth. Nevertheless, there are issues with the gig work model. The Fairwork report for Egypt examines the working… Read more >
In turn, this also led to higher consumption of fake news and false information. This included false information about treatment methods and symptoms as well as frightening rumors and sometimes even inaccurate numbers regarding the infected people and deaths in different countries. A highlighted concern was social media’s role in knowledge mismanagement due to the… Read more >
Students returned to the Dragons’ Den in April for the annual conclusion of the Innovation Thinking and Practice module. The Innovation Thinking and Practice module supports the development of student employability skills through setting real-world innovation challenges in partnership with local, national and international organisations. Students work in small interdisciplinary teams to create, develop and ultimately pitch their ideas to… Read more >
I have had the privilege of serving as the Chair of the Board of GBSN over the last four years. One of the important tasks of the Chair and the Board is to recruit new members to the Board, a task that we take very seriously. I am delighted to share that in the meeting… Read more >
Gies is one of 26 colleges and universities from across the United States, selected from 132 applicants, to create, expand, and/or diversify American student mobility overseas in support of U.S. foreign policy goals. This U.S. Government program is funded by the U.S. Department of State and supported in its implementation by World Learning. “We are… Read more >
In anticipation of #worldcaseteachingday, we were honored to be joined by the Director of The Case Centre, Richard McCracken, who discussed the evolution and future of case teaching and writing with leaders from GBSN member schools at our February Cross-Border Collab.
GBSN is pleased to present its’ Africa Business Plan Challenge in a completely virtual format and has teamed up with Danish Edtech Startup Peaqs, in providing a platform to facilitate the competition. Peaqs is not so much a system for the organizers, as it is for the competition itself where student entrepreneurs continuously upload, display and refine their business cases in a kickstarter-like fashion. Judges, mentors and other key stakeholders can also logon and interact with the entrepreneurs via a comment function and a gamified stock market, where they play the role of ‘investors,’ and can allocate their funds in support of the projects they think are the best.
