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December 17, 2008 – Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Mumbai
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Who We Are
The Center for Global Business and the Economy, founded in 2004, aims to be the leader in developing and disseminating curriculum materials, research, and conceptual frameworks on global issues.
We encourage partnerships between the School and global managers and support rigorous and relevant research, teaching, and course development resources. The Global Center provides a focus for investigating the inherent complexity of international business: running operations across dispersed geographies, in a variety of cultures simultaneously, and under different legal, economic and political institutions. More
The Global Management Program, the student-facing arm of the Global Center, has supported the development of MBA students' global mindset since 1994. The GMP provides academic and experiential learning opportunities to help prepare students to manage effectively in the global environment.
School's Global Management Program marks year's achievements with photo book. 
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Founders: BP Foundation; Steve and Roberta Denning
Cemex, S.A. de C.V.; John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn
Featured Faculty Book
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The Red Queen Among Organizations: How Competitiveness Evolves
by William P. Barnett. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008 [Details]
Professor William Barnett studies competition among organizations and how organizations and industries evolve over time.
Faculty Study Trip to China
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China: Moving up the Value Chain
Stanford Business Magazine, August 2007 Details
A 10-day faculty study trip, sponsored by the Global Center, gives scholars a look at China's current business environment and takes them to board rooms, retail centers, and manufacturing floors in three cities.
