Business and Management Education in Transitioning and Developing Countries: A Handbook: A Handbook

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Pub. Date: 2005-06-30
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Summary

Business education is a critical ingredient in establishing a viable middle class of managers in transitioning and developing economies. Compiled in association with the Center for International Business Education and Research, this comprehensive examination of business and management education, pedagogical models, and curricula innovations in institutions around the world is the first such work to emphasize emerging markets.

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Figures, and Appendices ix
Foreword
Ben L. Kedia
xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
Part I. Indian Subcontinent
1. Quality in Business Education: A Study of the Indian Context
Vipin Gupta, Kamala Gollakota, and Ancheri Sreekumar
3(19)
2. Governance of Publicly Funded Business Schools: The Current Debate in India
Vipin Gupta and Kamala Gollakota
22(17)
3. Engineer as Entrepreneur: A Necessity for Successful Product Innovation in the Small-scale Industry Sector in India
V.P. Wani, T.K. Garg, and S.K. Sharma
39(19)
4. Undergraduate Curriculum in India: The Corporate Context
Raj Agrawal
58(11)
5. Management Education in Nepal: A View from the High Country
Alfred Rosenbloom and Bijay K.C.
69(16)
Part II. Russian Federation
6. Entrepreneurship Training in Postcommunist Europe
Leo Paul Dana
85(14)
7. Recent Developments in Accounting Education in Russia
Galina G. Preobragenskaya and Robert W. McGee
99(16)
8. Developing Key Skills in Russian Business Education: A Comparison Between U.K. and American Business Programs
Scott G. Dacko
115(20)
Part III. Transitioning Europe and Central Asia
9. Business Education in the Former Soviet Union Republic of Kazakhstan: A Former Dean's Perspective
X. Dai Rao and Liza Rybina
135(11)
10. Entrepreneurial Behavior in the Academic Environment: A Case of the Lviv Institute of Management
Sharon V. Thach, Serhiy Gvozdiov, and Galen Hull
146(18)
11. The Internationalization of Business Education in Lithuania: The Vilnius University Master Program in International Business
Vytautas Pranulis and Audra I. Mockaitis
164(14)
12. Reforming Accounting Education in Armenia
Robert W. McGee
178(13)
13. Educating Professors in a Transition Economy: A Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Robert W. McGee
191(17)
14. Is Albania Ready for a Business School Model? Diagnosis and Prospects
Vera Ivanaj, Silvester Ivanaj, and Palok Kolnikaj
208(19)
Part IV. Latin America
15. Toward the Internationalization of Business Education in Latin America
Jaime Ortiz
227(15)
16. University Entrepreneurship Education in Argentina: A Decade of Analysis
Sergio Postigo and Maria Fernanda Tamborini
242(13)
17. Undergraduate Students as a Source of Potential Entrepreneurs: A Comparative Study Between Italy and Argentina
Sergio Postigo, Donato lacobucci, and Maria Fernanda Tamborini
255(16)
18. Business Education in Chile: A Case Study for Successful Transition to Market Economy in Developing Countries
Maria-Teresa Lepeley
271(20)
Part V. Africa and Near East
19. Management Education in Developing Countries: What Can Business Schools Contribute?
Guy Pfeffermann
291(10)
20. Education, Management, and the World's Work: Leadership Traits of Educators in Undeveloped and Developing Countries, Focusing on Uganda in Sub-Saharan Africa
Romie F. Littrell and Peter Baguma
301(22)
21. Research Capacity Building: A North-South Knowledge Transfer Project
Jan-Erik Jaensson and Lettice Rutashobya
323(13)
22. Reengineering Business Education: A Case Study of the "Modular Curriculum" of Sakarya University
Rana Ozen Kutanis and Serkan Bayraktaroglu
336(9)
23. Open vs. Closed Minds: Lessons in Management Education from the International Leadership Development Academy in Ghana
Earl N. Caldwell II and Vanessa Gail Perry
345(14)
Part VI. China
24. Distance Learning Education in China
Jonatan Jelen and Ilan Alon
359(17)
25. Educating Future Marketing Professionals in China
Ilan Alon and Le Lu
376(19)
Conclusion: The Nexus Between Business Education and Economic Development 395(8)
About the Editors and Contributors 403(12)
Index 415

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