NIBS 2019 – UPEI on the Global Stage By Mary Whitrow
Participants from the University of Guelph-Humber celebrating with their UPEI Ambassador, Khaled Abdelmalek (centre).
THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS is committed to being a globally minded faculty. Our new programs like the MBA in Global Leadership or the specialization in International Business in the Bachelor of Business Administration program demonstrate this focus, but we also engage with the global community in many other ways, including our membership in the Network of International Business Schools (NIBS). NIBS is an association of business schools from around the world, with currently about 70 member institutions from 30 different countries, who are united by a shared view that the internationalization of business and globalization of the economy are essential elements in the evolution of managerial practices. The University of Prince Edward Island has been a founding member of the NIBS Association since 1996.
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The crown jewel of the NIBS Association is the NIBS Worldwide Case Competition for undergraduate business students. It is a competition that brings together top business schools from around the world to compete in a six-day case competition focusing on international business issues. UPEI has had great success as a competitor in recent years, winning bronze in 2013 and silver in 2015 and 2016. The competition is unique in that there is a different host institution every year; recent locations include Carleton University in Ottawa, St. Mary’s University in Texas, USA; Satakunta University of Applied Sciences in Rauma, Finland; and Universidad del Istmo in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
