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5 December 2016
Thursday December 1, GU School of Executive Education hosted an Executive MBA Alumni Event on the theme “How West Sweden can develop”. Johan Trouvé, CEO of the West Sweden Chamber of Commerce, talked about the challenge of – and vison for – attracting competence and investments to West Sweden in order to further strengthen the […]
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26 February 2016
After almost two years of studies the participants of the Gothenburg Executive MBA-programme 2013-2015 graduated on June 15th, 2015. The presentations of the theses, with main topics such as leadership and organization culture, were followed by a traditional diploma ceremony. Some twenty managers have successfully completed the programme and honed their knowledge from strategic management […]
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10 November 2015
On October 25-28, our School of Business, Economics and Law debuted as members and participants at the Executive MBA Council’s annual global conference in Singapore. Based in the US, the Executive MBA Council aims to be the global voice of the Executive MBA industry. For the first time ever since its inception in 1981, the Council staged its global […]
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3 November 2015
Executive MBA 2015-2017 kicked off on 1st October with some 20 high-calibre ambitious executives. The inauguration day began with orientation delivered by the Programme Director, Roger Schweizer, then followed by an ice-breaking session. Each participant had a few minutes to present himself / herself. Very soon after the presentations, a sense of supportive and constructive […]
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28 October 2015
The School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg is a new member of the Executive MBA Council – a non-profit association of universities and colleges that offer Executive MBA programmes. The Executive MBA Council currently includes 230 colleges and universities that administer 300 plus programmes in more than 40 countries worldwide. The council attracts members from schools and programmes diverse in size, scope, and location. One of the council’s key roles involves serving as a voice and a central source of information about Executive MBA education. Membership gives the School of Business, Economics and Law access to an exclusive network of world-class business schools, which, in turn, provides opportunities for benchmarking and international cooperation.
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9 October 2015
On October 1, the Gothenburg Executive MBA programme 2015-2017 kicked off, with a group of animated executives from both small and medium-sized companies as well as multinational corporations. The Gothenburg Executive MBA programme is a part-time management programme over 21 months. It is taught entirely in English, and is the only MBA in Sweden accredited […]
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17 June 2015
Congratulations! Executive MBA managers graduated on 12th June at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg. The day first started with thesis dissertations then followed by a diploma ceremony at the graduation dinner party. Every year, participants pick a thesis topics that can be […]
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18 May 2015
May 13-15, the Association of MBAs (AMBA) gathered 250 delegates from 120 business schools in 6 continents at the AMBA Global Conference for Deans and Directors in Prague. Our common denominator: we all deliver MBA programmes holding the prestigious AMBA accreditation. Only 227 business schools worldwide do and the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University […]
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30 April 2015
Having walked and driven the streets of megacity Shanghai (24 millions) and neighbouring Hangzhou (3,5 millions) for a week in April, a couple of personal observations on Chinese everyday life surface: The only place where I saw people biking was on the vast Zijingang main campus of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou. Here, many of the 13 000 […]
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20 April 2015
As I write, our Executive MBA class of 2014-2016 has just arrived in Shanghai, half-way through their 10-day Chinese residency. In my role as the new managing director I am spending a most rewarding week together with the group. Starting the trip with 4 days in the city of Hangzhou, China, the schedule has included […]
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19 February 2015
Around 20 participants to our Executive MBA class of 2013-2015 recently returned from ten intense days in Bangalore, India, having submerged themselves into Indian culture and enjoying lectures on Indian business climate, consumer behavior and demographics. The programme module on Creative Leadership was also taught on-site in Bangalore by professor Ramnath Narayanswamy. The trip to […]
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12 January 2015
Effective January 1 2015, Håkan Ericson has been appointed Managing Director of GU School of Executive Education at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, where he has served as acting Managing Director since October 2014. Håkan possesses extensive experience from sales of advanced services, particularly in the telecom and […]
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