On April 28, the Center for International Business at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth hosted a meeting of the International Finance Corporation’s Global Business School Network (GBSN). Representatives from more than 20 of the world’s leading business schools – including Columbia, Harvard, HEC Paris, IESE, IMD, MIT and Tuck– participated in the meeting.
The meeting in Hanover was a day-long working meeting, during which attendees received an overview and update on GBSN and shared ideas on how to best pursue opportunities in developing countries. Participants assessed their past experiences in developing country initiatives, and representatives from the GBSN’s Africa Advisory Group shared perspectives from the business community on challenges and opportunities for business education in Africa.
Special guests from the developing world as well as representatives of companies active in target countries also attended the meeting. The Chairman of the recently established Association of African Business Schools (AABS) and several governing board members attended the meeting to share their first-hand perspectives. AABS was set up as the culmination of several GBSN-facilitated gatherings of deans of African business schools over the past two years. The association will support business schools through capacity-building, collaboration, and quality improvement programs.
“Nurturing Business Education in Developing Countries”
GBSN Academic Advisory Council Meeting
at
The Center for International Business, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Hanover, New Hampshire
April 28, 2006
AGENDA
Thursday, April 27
Arrivals of guests
17:45 Transportation from Woodstock Inn
18:00 Transportation from Marriott Residence Inn
18:30 Welcome Dinner
Location: The Hanover Inn – Wheelock Room
Main Street, Hanover, NH 03755
Tel: 603- 643-4300
After dinner Transportation to hotels
Friday, April 28
7:30 Transportation from Woodstock Inn
8:00 Transportation from Marriott Residence Inn
8:15-9:00 Registration & Breakfast
Registration Location: Entrance of Murdough Center
Breakfast Location: Outside of Alperin Conference Room
Murdough Center, 3rd floor
Tuck School of Business
9:00-17:15 Nurturing Business Education in Developing Countries:
GBSN Academic Advisory Committee Meeting
Location: Alperin Conference Room
Murdough Center, 3rd floor
Tuck School of Business
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome & Introductions
Joe Massey, Director, Center for International Business and Professor of International Business, Tuck School of Business
Guy Pfeffermann, Director, GBSN, IFC
9:15-10:30 Update on Global Business School Network
Moderator: Guy Pfeffermann, Director, GBSN, IFC
- Overview
- Africa Programs
Laura Bures & Michael Graglia, Projects Officers, GBSN, IFC
- Association of African Business Schools
Nick Binedell, Director, Gordon Institute of Business Science and Chairman, Association of African Business Schools
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Experience Sharing: Business School Initiatives in Developing Countries Moderator: Javed Hamid, Director, East Asia & Pacific, IFC
12:00-13:30 Networking Lunch Location: Pepsi-Co Dining Room
13:30-15:00 Breakout Session: Nurturing Business Education in Developing Countries
Moderators:
Joe Massey, Director, Center for International Business and Professor of International Business, Tuck School of Business
Alan Gelb, Director, Development Policy, World Bank
Javed Hamid, Director, East Asia & Pacific, IFC
What makes programs successful? How can programs become sustainable? How do local contexts play a role in developing and sustaining initiatives? How can schools improve the quality and relevance of their business programs?
15:00-15:15 Break
15:15-16:45 The Way Forward
Moderator: Guy Pfeffermann, Director, GBSN, IFC
16:45-17:15 Wrap up
Guy Pfeffermann, Director, GBSN, IFC
Joe Massey, Director, Center for International Business and Professor of International Business, Tuck School of Business
17:30 Transportation to hotels
