Thought leadership is about shaping the development of management and entrepreneurship education for the developing world. Our expertise lies in the collective knowledge and experiences of our broad network of organizations worldwide, which have for decades been engaged in the pioneering work for the developing world. We conduct research, convene experts, foster innovation, and influence policy that supports the achievement of mission.
The Global Exchange
The Global Exchange is a series of gatherings for GBSN members, offering a unique opportunity to engage in intimate, thought-provoking discussions. Each session features GBSN’s CEO, Dan LeClair, in dialogue with a special guest, diving deep into conversations that foster global engagement, innovation, and actionable learning. GBSN members participate live, and a portion of each interview is released as a podcast.
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Voices Across Africa
The landscape of African business education is diverse and undergoing rapid transformation, shaped by economic growth, digital innovation, and rising demand for entrepreneurial and managerial skills. Voices Across Africa is a study on the future of business education across Africa that will explore the views of African business school and industry leaders as well as current, prospective, and former African business school students. The research seeks to illuminate innovation, best practices, and opportunities for business education.
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Leadership Roundtable Reports
Business school leaders convened at GBSN Beyond and engaged in rich dialogues around Building More Inclusive Societies, The Future of Experiential Learning and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and Business Schools. Outcomes from these dialogues were developed into reports, and published during the GBSN Beyond Virtual Conference.
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The Case for Human Rights in Business Education– A Tool Kit
Business schools offer the ideal venue to explore 21st century human rights challenges, both in teaching future business leaders and conducting cutting-edge research. Adding human rights to the business school curriculum provides an exciting opportunity for new forms of collaboration. GBSN aims to serve as a resource and community for schools implementing recommendations in this toolkit.
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CIPE-GBSN Anti-Corruption Research Partnership
Through its work with its Anti-Corruption and Governance Center, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) seeks to improve understanding of how corporate anti-corruption training impacts companies that implement anti-corruption initiatives, to harness the research of business schools around the globe in developing anti-corruption programs, and to provide feedback that will refine CIPE’s anti-corruption program design and development. CIPE and GBSN funded research to understand how anti-corruption interventions such as anti-corruption compliance training and the implementation of internal anti-bribery rules and controls influence individual and organizational behavior and performance.
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Cross Border Webinar Series
Cross-Border Webinars are a series of curated webinars featuring research, expertise, innovations and lessons learned by GBSN member school faculty. The purpose is to not only provide network members visibility within the network, but also to foster cross-border knowledge sharing and collaboration.
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Amplifying the Convening Power of Business Schools
Cohorts have long served an important role in business education. Students enter together, progress through courses together, and graduate together. The model has many strengths. Cohorts become deep learning communities, foster peer-to-peer learning, and yield powerful and enduring alumni networks that create value for decades. Not surprisingly, business schools have anchored much of their work… Read more >
What Does Research Impact Look Like?
Five lessons from four years as a judge for the FT Responsible Business Education awards If asked to rate academic research on a scale of 1 to 5 for “positive societal impact,” what would you look for? That’s essentially what those us on the research judging panel had to decide leading up to the first… Read more >
A Three-Pound Mindset
I cringed the first time my son fell off the climbing wall. He landed hard and laid there just long enough to make me nervous. Then he stood up, brushed the chalk from his hands, and studied the wall again, thinking about what to do differently this time. It was my first exposure to his… Read more >