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Dean Garth Saloner
Our New Curriculum Is In Place
More personal advising, more leadership development, more global content
In September [2007], we rolled out a new MBA educational model that builds on the School’s strategically small size-less than half that of most of our peer schools and allows us to better prepare our students for managing and leading in the 21st century.
There is more global content. The fall Global Context of Management course will teach students how to develop both a business and a cultural understanding of countries unfamiliar to them. It also will give them frameworks for understanding strategic management in an international context.
For the first time, students will be required to engage in an international experience through a study trip, a service learning trip, or an internship. (Full article)
Events
Upcoming Conference:
Political Economy Research Conference
Institutions and Policy Outcomes
February 19-21, 2010
Kingston, Jamaica
The Center for Global Business and the Economy, the Stanford Center for International Development, the University of the West Indies, and the Caribbean Policy Research Institute will host a political economy research conference in Kingston, Jamaica. (Details)
2009 Events:
- Institutions vs. Policies: A Tale of Two Islands May 15 Peter Blair Henry will be talking at "Latin America and the Caribbean: Institutions, Human Capital, and Natural Resources." Landau Economics Building, 10:05-10:55 AM. (Details)
- Doing Business In Africa: April 24th Rosalind Kainyah, President, DeBeers, USA Inc., will speak about economic growth, government regulation, and the impact of the financial crisis. Room S150, 12-1 PM.
- Colombian Vice President Santos
Urges Investment, Free Trade
Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos admits his country still has problems with drug cartels, but its security and economic opportunities have improved dramatically in the past seven years, he told a packed room of Stanford Business School students on February 27. (Details)
- An Optimistic Picture for Developing Countries "There is, perhaps for the first time in history, a reasonable chance of transforming the quality of life and the creative opportunities for the vast majority of humanity," says Dean Emeritus Michael Spence, describing the report of the Independent Commission on Growth in Developing Countries, which he chaired. (Details)
- Developing Nations Offer Big Market Opportunities, Says Intel's Otellini Intel CEO Paul Otellini has spent over 30 years shaping the chipmaker as well as his own career. What does the future hold? How about cell phones in Africa and the computer market in China? (Details)
Student Opportunities:
- Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations
The Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR), a student-run organization at Harvard University, invites students to participate in the HPAIR 2009 Conferences. For almost 20 years, HPAIR has organized the largest Harvard student-run academic and business conferences at Harvard and in Asia annually. This year, HPAIR will have three conferences—the Harvard Conference in February 2009, the Academic Conference in Seoul, Korea in August 2009, and the Business Conference in Tokyo, Japan also in August 2009. HPAIR offers a rigorous academic program and continuous forum of exchange to facilitate discussion about the most important issues relevant to the Asia-Pacific region. (Details)