WASHINGTON, DC (December 3, 2009) – GBSN announced its three newest members, expanding the network to 41 world-leading business schools dedicated to building business leaders in developing economies and share resources and thought leadership to accomplish this mission. As part of GBSN, these institutions will work to share knowledge and help build programs at business schools in emerging markets — either one-on-one or in teams made up of faculty from several member schools. The goal is to establish strong business schools in emerging markets that provide a robust pool of business leaders to local, regional and multinational organizations in those markets.
IEDC-Bled School of Management
Founded in 1986, IEDC-Bled School of Management in Bled, Slovenia, was one of the first business schools in Central and Eastern Europe. IEDC’s mission is to attract the most promising executive and top managers, provide them with world class management education and other relevant services in a truly international context, inspire them for lifelong-learning, and prepare them to act and add value as competent and responsible transformational leaders in their organizations and society at large.
Koç University Graduate School of Business
The Koç University Graduate School of Business in Istanbul, Turkey was started in 1993 to provide a comprehensive business education involving a rigorous and innovative curriculum taught by world-class faculty. It is designed to possess the best features of MBA programs offered at major universities in North America and Europe and adapted to the Turkish environment. The primary objective of the Koç MBA program is to develop business leaders for the 21st century.
Darla Moore School of Business at the
University of South Carolina
Since its founding in 1919 as the School of Commerce, the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, USA has grown into a thriving site of academic excellence, with an enrollment of nearly 4,000 undergraduate students and nearly 800 graduate students. The Darla Moore School of Business is perhaps best known for its outstanding leadership in international business education and research.
