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Look South: Sustainable Business in Southern Africa

Join the workshop on sustainable business in Southern Africa, co-convened by CBS and sponsored by Look South. Explore the history, research, teaching, and capacity building initiatives at the Centre for Business and Development Studies.

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Look South: Sustainable Business in Southern Africa

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  1. Look South: Doing Sustainable Business in Southern Africa – Thursday 15.12.2016 – at CBS Workshop co-convened by Sponsored by

  2. Look South: Doing Sustainable Business in Southern Africa - Program

  3. Introduction to Centre for Business and Development Studies (http://www.cbs.dk/cbds ) • History • 1990-2002: Development economics at CBS, SPRØK specialization • 2002: Master programme in business and development studies • 2005: Center for Business and Development Studies (CBDS) • The activities of the Center for Business and Development Studies • Focus • Managerial, organizational and strategic challenges and opportunities of operating businesses, organizations and projects in a development/emerging market context • The three pillars of the center • Research programme on business and development • Teaching programme in Business and Development Studies • Capacity building and engagement with stakeholders

  4. Research at the CBDS • 10-12 dedicated faculty + auxiliary members • Research profile • Strategy, organization, management in DCEMs • MNCs/ Global Value Chains • Entrepreneurship and Innovation • CSR and Governance • Regional orientation: (South-) Asia, Africa, Latin America • Journals • International Business: Journal of World Business, Critical Perspectives on MNCs, Business & Society, African Journal of Economics and Management. • CSR: Journal of Business Ethics, Business Strategy and the Environment • Geography and development: European Journal of Development Research, Journal of Economic Geography, Economic Geography, Development and Change, Forum for DS • Innovation and entrepreneurship: • Externally funded research projects • The SAFIC project (FFU) • Multistakeholder Initiatives in the Cotton Value Chains of South Africa (SSR) • Access2Innovation (DK regional funds, EU, membership fees) • DIBD Africanization project (Industriens Fund) • 3 externally funded PhDs (FI Styrelsen,companies, private) • Innovation (EU)

  5. Teaching at the CBDS • 100+ students follow a 2 year master in Business and Development Studies. App. half the students areforeign • Essentially an IB with focus on emergingmarkets/ developingcountries • Good opportunities for regional and languagespecialization • Opportunities for engagement with practice • Field studies in Uganda and India • Internship programme up to 30 ECTS • Alumninetwork with 1000+ members: BLC Connect

  6. Capacity building and engagement with stakeholders • Network and dialogue • Public seminars (e.g. with MIT professor Iqbal Qadir) • Latin America Business Forum with DI • Teaching programme • Global Executive MBA (Entreneurship & Innovation-Uganda) • Practitionerbasedteaching • Internship programme with DI • Board memberships etc. • FAU, DIBD, Danida, DIEH, AIN, a2i … • Advice and analysis • Project Africanization with Danish Industry (Industriens Fund) • Sustainable ship recycling in India (Application to Danida Market Development Partnerships)

  7. SAFIC Research Project 2012-2017 • Successful African Firms and Institutional Change (SAFIC – with Danish, Kenyan, Tanzanian and Zambian colleagues) • Findings from Zambia – Locally owned Food Processing firms: • * Diversification • * Financial strength • * Engagement of owners and key managers • * Abilities to counter institutional challenges • Webpage: http://www.cbs.dk/en/research/cbs-research-projects/major-research-projects/successful-african-firms-and-institutional-change-safic

  8. Look South: Doing Sustainable Business in Southern Africa - Program

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