30 Female College Students from Saudi Arabia Learn Social Entrepreneurship at Babson this Summer
The
Center for Women’s Leadership at Babson College and The Wellesley Centers for
Women at Wellesley College have partnered with two renowned global
organizations--Dar Al Hekma College, Saudi Arabia, and ICF
International-- to deliver The U.S.-Saudi Women’s Forum on Social Entrepreneurship July 13-24, 2009 at Babson College in Wellesley, MA, USA.
Business leaders around the world are more focused today than ever before on managing risk and uncertainty within their organizations. According to new research released this week by Babson Executive Education (BEE)—The Report on Business Uncertainty: 2010 Survey Results— almost half of 1,048 global executives surveyed said they are taking bolder actions than before 2008 when the global economy tumbled. Economic concerns—turbulence in the financial industry and capital markets, economic recession, and tighter budgets—are the primary drivers of uncertainty in business.
A team of senior Babson faculty – all former Deans and Provosts – and
a Babson Visiting Faculty from University of Texas at Austin have
co-edited a book forthcoming from Edward Elgar Publishing entitled The
Development of University-Based Entrepreneurship Ecosystems: Global
Practices. The book explores the evolution of six globally
recognized university-based entrepreneurship ecosystems–Babson College,
The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Southern
California, National University of Singapore, EM Lyon, and Tec de
Monterrey–and discusses the research, teaching, and outreach elements of
the ecosystems and the key success factors in their development.
Ideally, the book will provide a roadmap for other universities seeking
to develop entrepreneurship ecosystems supporting education, research
and economic development in their regions.
The coeditors are: Michael Fetters
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; Patricia Greene
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; Mark Rice
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; John Butler
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.
For more
on entrepreneurship ecosystems watch and listen to Professor Rice:
Babson College Professor Mary C. Gentile is the author of “Managing Yourself: Keeping Your Colleagues Honest,” which has been selected as a featured article in the March 2010 publication of the Harvard Business Review.
Babson College business students are spending Spring Break
this week in the Arctic, Africa and Central America, teaching, researching,
building and learning.
