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Entrepreneurship
The academic discipline of Entrepreneurship has grown exponentially in recent years, while individuals and companies alike have drawn media attention for using the discipline's skills and attitudes to help address societal problems. This "Closer Look" examines how two professors share their real-world entrepreneurial experiences in the classroom, and raises questions about how faculty can design curricula that best help students to develop entrepreneurial competency, vision, and commitment. |
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Closer Look: Entrepreneurship
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Aspen CBE's Recent Releases
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Web Conference on Sustainability and the Finance Curriculum
The current financial crisis brings issues around the social, environmental and ethical impacts of business front and center, particularly for finance professors. How can finance as an academic discipline best bring these issues into the curriculum, particularly the core curriculum?
On February 4 at 11 AM EST, we'll examine these questions on a web conference entitled "How Should Sustainability Be Integrated into the Core Finance Curriculum?" Gautam Kaul, who is John C. and Sally S. Morley Professor of Finance at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and Sylvia Maxfield, who is Associate Professor at the Simmons College School of Management will be the lead speakers.
To attend the web conference, please RSVP to Rachel Shattuck at Rachel.Shattuck@aspeninst.org.
For some finance faculty's thoughts on how their teaching is affected by the financial crisis, see a short Aspen Institute white paper: A Closer Look at Business Education: Finance Faculty Reflect on the Financial Crisis. [PDF] |
Call for Faculty Thoughts on the Financial Crisis
Aspen CBE is planning a response to the subprime and broader financial crisis and would like to interview faculty who are currently addressing these topics in their courses. We'd like to hear your thoughts on how business education can address these current events and help to guard against a recurrence of similar problems. To share your point of view, please contact Rachel Shattuck at rachel.shattuck@aspeninst.org.
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Student and Faculty Perspective with
Two New B-School Guides
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know that a business degree can help change the world. But how do you decide
where to apply and ultimately where to go? Selecting a school can be a
difficult process, especially as you balance various program aspects such as
curriculum focus, alumni networks, and student activities. Thankfully, two new
business school guides can inform your decision process by helping you find the
schools that best align with your personal values and professional goals. Read more [DOC].
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Explore the Center's entire Publications Library,
including journal articles written by Aspen Institute staff, speeches,
audio recordings, and a variety of thought leadership pieces... |
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Teaching Innovation Program-India Meets in Jamshedpur
On January 9th and 10th in Jamshedpur, India, The Aspen Institute held its third meeting of the Teaching Innovation Program-India (TIP-India), a network of faculty, business and NGO leaders who support efforts within Indian business education to prepare managers to tackle the social and environmental issues that affect business. The program stimulates new research on business education, develops new curricular models and teaching materials, and works to change the context of business education, including recruitment, admissions and ranking. Read more [DOC].
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Partner Organization Announcements
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FedEx Access Essay Contest Deadline Approaches
In partnership with FedEx, Net Impact invites you to participate in the "Voice of the Next Generation" student essay contest. Net Impact is challenging Gen Y undergraduate and graduate-level students to voice their ideas on where Access will take us next and how it will impact business, technology, medicine, the environment, the economy, and more. The deadline for submissions is February 6. Read more [DOC].
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Spring Opportunities from Net Impact
Net Impact is offering three opportunities for graduate students to apply business skills to real-world challenges, while making a positive impact. For more information on projects looking at how to tackle responsible redevelopment, how to improve the lives of low-income workers, and what role access can play in sustainable development, visit Net Impact's web site.
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Association of African Business Schools Case Competition
Entries opened for the Second AABS Case
Competition on December 1, 2008 and will close on March 12, 2009. Submitted case studies should be suitable for use in management education and should be related to managerial issues faced by organizations and individuals. For more information, please visit AABS's web site. |
| The Aspen Institute's Center for Business Education encourages future business leaders to innovate at the intersection of corporate profits and social impacts. Our goal is bold and long-term: to radically re-orient the MBA degree to embrace the principles of corporate citizenship and sustainability. | |
