Taking international business education programs and pedagogy to new heights: Fundamental questions for educators and students

Addressing Modern Slavery in the IB Classroom: Are We Doing Enough?

“…It is in this context that students often analyze and respond to complex issues (such as modern slavery), challenges and consumer preferences, often a prerequisite to business survival. Martin et al (2011) concur and advocate that the relative lack of focus on pedagogical strategy and research in the field has resulted in IB courses largely focusing on the MNE, with little acknowledgement of wider ethical issues that may arise as a result of MNE operations. This is particularly concerning, given that issues such as modern slavery are facilitated by, and benefit IB activities.…”

Are European Part-Time MBA Programs Designed to Foster Entrepreneurial Minds? An Exploratory Study

“…As the global business environment continues to change, MBA programs must adapt to prepare students for the latest trends and challenges in the business world. According to Martin et al (2011), an interdisciplinary approach to education is necessary to enhance entrepreneurial minds; students must develop productive thinking and interpersonal competence, and they must embrace diversity (Ploum et al 2018;RezaeiZadeh et al 2017). In the literature, some theoretical models try to explain the phenomenon of entrepreneurial universities (Kirby 2006;Rothaermel et al 2007).…”

“…The existence of international students in a program generates a multicultural environment, in which students can encounter different cultures (Sutrisno and Pillay 2015) and therefore develop intercultural communication competence and the ability to work in teams, to build relationships and networks with international students, and to develop intercultural managerial competences, among other "global business capabilities" (Martin et al 2011;Milhauser and Rahschulte 2010;Randolph 2011), key capabilities to foster entrepreneurship (Ploum et al 2018;RezaeiZadeh et al 2017).…”

Education Mode Research on Full-time Master of International Business-Based on the case of International Business School, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

“…At the same time, with the accelerated process of globalization, the international business environment becomes increasingly more complicated, which will cause the following two problems: 1) too much conceptual teaching leads to ambiguous specialized areas of student; 2) rapid change of internationalization trend requires frequent updates of teaching contents [5]. …”