It’s been a busy week in the MBA world!
In global business education news, several leading organizations announced that they will work with the United Nations global compact to draft principles for responsible business education. Institutions involved in the drafting process include the leading global accrediting bodies, as well as Harvard University’s Social Enterprise Knowledge Network and the MBA student organization Net Impact. The results of the committee’s work will be released at the Global Compact Leaders Summit to be held in Geneva in summer 2007. For more information on the United Nations global compact and its goals for developing responsible corporate citizenship, click here.
Also in world news, Wharton’s popular online research publication, Knowledge@Wharton, recently announced the launch of India Knowledge@Wharton. Published in English, the journal will focus on the growing importance of India to the world economy. Alongside this launch, Knowledge@Wharton also introduced its first mobile phone platform, which it hopes will help readers around the world keep up-to-date on the journal’s latest articles and numerous podcasts (which are available in four languages).
London Business School also launched an exciting new program recently. The Insitute of Technology, which will be based at the school, is a joint venture between LBS and University College London’s Centre for Enterprise and the Management of Innovation. The Insitute’s mission is to generate and disseminate research on the management of new technologies. Their first research report is due out in January 2007 and will focus on stem cell research and the ways in which law and policy impact research productivity across countries.
Finally, in African business education news, Nick Binedell, chair of the newly formed Association of African Business Schools, recently sat down with BusinessWeek to discuss the future of business education on the African continent. Topics include the continent’s management needs, the impact of sustainable businesses, and the steps African business schools are taking to improve the quality of their education (including partnerships with faculty from schools like Harvard and INSEAD). Mr. Binedell also talked about the growing number of U.S. MBA students who are traveling to Africa to experience its distinctive business environment and of his association’s efforts to re-involve African professionals who no longer live on the continent in projects in their home countries. The full text of the BusinessWeek interview can be read here.
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