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The Williams School of Business at Canada’s Bishop’s University has completed the NIBS reaccreditation process, following a visit from reviewers this week. A founding member of NIBS, Bishop’s was among the first schools to be awarded accreditation after the initiative was introduced in 2009. The review panel consisted of NIBS Vice Presidents Ian Charles (International […]
SolBridge International School of Business, a unit of of Korea’s Woosong University, is the newest addition to the NIBS network. Established in 2007, SolBridge has a total enrollment of 140 Masters students and nearly 1,000 undergraduates. The school has 40 full-time and 8 part-time faculty members, along with 20 language instructors that support students in […]
Finland’s Lahti University of Applied Sciences is seeking guest lecturers to participate in its International Business Week. This year’s event will run from Monday 9 October to Thursday 12 October 2017. IBW is a terrific opportunity for faculty and staff from business schools across Europe and around the world to meet and share expertise. Participation in the program involves teaching and introduction […]
Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai—Romania’s largest university—will host the NIBS Annual Conference from 16-18 May 2018 in Cluj-Napoca, the historic capital of Transylvania. As in previous years, the event will incorporate the NIBS Annual General Meeting, David Gillingham Award presentations, and the finals of the NIBS Worldwide Business Plan Competition. Participants will also benefit from a rich menu of networking events, presentations, panel discussions, and poster […]
Meaningful engagement was the order of the day at the 17th Annual NIBS Conference in the UK this week. This year’s event featured several new elements, all aimed at facilitating collaboration among member schools. Among the innovations were a ‘speed-dating’ session that encouraged attendees to identify partnership opportunities between their universities, an interactive ‘open space’ discussion that was led by […]
From Buckets to Rain Barrels, a joint initiative of Canada’s Carleton University and the residents of Longido District, Tanzania, has won the 2017 David Gillingham Award. The prize honours projects that contribute to internationalization in business education, meaningfully engage students and faculty members, and have a significant impact on the school and wider community. This was the second year that the […]
The Department of Business & Management of the Bochum University of Applied Sciences has been awarded NIBS international accreditation, after successfully completing all requirements of the process earlier this spring. The designation was formally announced during a ceremony at this week’s Annual Conference at Leeds Beckett University in Leeds, United Kingdom. In addition, four NIBS member universities were formally […]
The NIBS Worldwide Business Plan Competition wrapped up this afternoon, on Day 2 of the NIBS Annual Conference. This year’s finalists included teams from Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland), the University of Vermont (USA), and Washburn University (USA). DIT took home the trophy and the €1,200 cash prize, with their proposal for Ripple Sense, an internet-based wireless water level and consumption monitor for […]
Call it two in a row for Carleton University. The team from Canada’s capital was the winner of the 22nd edition of the NIBS Worldwide Case Competition, held last week at Satakunta University of Applied Sciences in Rauma, Finland. Montreal’s Concordia University, Carleton’s opponent in the championship final, earned the silver medal. The winning team consisted of Chongo Bwalya, Carlos Cantafio, Jacqueline De […]
The NIBS Board held its its winter meeting this week at Leeds Beckett University in Leeds, England. As part of the two-day planning session, the board welcomed four new faces and bid a fond farewell to two long-serving members. Joining the board are: Diederich Bakker, a professor of international business at Hanze University of Applied Sciences (Groningen, Netherlands). He assumes responsibility […]
