Leadership for the Global Marketplace - The College of Business ...

New MBA in Global Entrepreneurship AnnouncedQUALCOMM, Invitrogen, Microsoft, Inteland KPMG partner with the College of BusinessAdministrationOn November 15, 2006 SDSU’s College ofBusiness Administration (SDSU CBA) announceda first-of-its-kind MBA program in GlobalEntrepreneurship at a press conference at theMarriott Marquis in Times Square. At the event,corporate partners, representatives from internationaluniversities and industry experts participatedin a panel discussion on global business, culturallearning and the need to educate managers whoare conducting business internationally. Those atthe event included: CBA Dean Gail Naughton,QUALCOMM Chairman of the Board Irwin Jacobs,American University of Beirut Olayan School ofBusiness Dean George Najjar, Invitrogen Vice Presidentof Global Learning and Development BelindaHyde, and United Arab Emirates Higher Colleges ofTechnology Director of Special Programs Norman Gray.“ By bringing together key growth industries anduniversities located in emerging countries, alongwith industry leaders who will share ‘ bestpractices’ in globalization, we will give ourstudents the knowledge and skills to effectivelyconduct business in the global arena.”– Gail K. Naughton, Dean, College of Business AdministrationThis innovative program takes students around theworld to four different countries as they study in aone-year, comprehensive program that shows them,in a hands-on environment how international businessis conducted. Corporate partners QUALCOMM,Invitrogen, Microsoft, Intel and KPMG have joinedwith SDSU CBA to give students real-worldexperiences of how companies operate in differentcountries, as well as expose them to current issuesand trends within each corporate sector.“This program is the wave of the MBA future,” saidSDSU CBA Dean Gail Naughton, an entrepreneurand pioneer in the field of tissue engineering.“By bringing together key growth industries anduniversities located in emerging countries, alongwith industry leaders who will share ‘best practices’in globalization, we will give our students theknowledge and skills to effectively conduct businessin the global arena.”Students begin their study with six weeks in SanDiego and then travel for 12-week blocks to eachpartner university in China, India and the MiddleEast, finishing their last six weeks in San Diego. Foreach MBA cohort, the partner university will bedetermined based on academic strengths, studentinterest and academic calendar.“The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow(IIML) realizes that the 21st century belongs toentrepreneurs, not only in India, but across theglobe,” said Dr. Devi Singh, Director of IndianInstitute of Management, Lucknow, and Professorof International Finance and Management. “Neverin history has the entrepreneurial spirit been morealive as most nation states have come to acceptthe importance of entrepreneurship in creatingjobs and fueling economic growth. I think therecould not have been a better time to start a GlobalEntrepreneurship MBA Program.”At each campus, the students form relationshipswith their peers who are studying in the partneruniversities’ MBA programs to develop a global... continued on page 4sdsu college of business administration: leadership for the global marketplace 3