Business and Management Education In Transitioning And Devloping Countries: A Handbook

Contents......Page 5
List of Tables, Figures, and Appendices......Page 9
Foreword......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
Part I. Indian Subcontinent......Page 16
Part II. Russian Federation......Page 18
Part III. Transitioning Europe and Central Asia......Page 20
Part IV. Latin America......Page 22
Part V. Africa and the Near East......Page 24
Part VI. China......Page 26
Part I Indian Subcontinent......Page 29
1 Quality in Business Education A Study of the Indian Context......Page 31
Historical Context and Social Status of Business Education in India......Page 32
Quality of Business Education in India......Page 36
Challenges in Business Education......Page 40
Discussion and Conclusions......Page 46
References......Page 49
2 Governance of Publicly Funded Business Schools The Current Debate in India......Page 50
Literature Review......Page 51
The Business Education Landscape in India......Page 53
The Fee Cut Decision......Page 54
Discussion......Page 58
Resources for Changes and Linkages......Page 63
References......Page 65
The Small-scale Industry Sector in India: An Overview......Page 67
Engineer as Entrepreneur......Page 69
Do Engineering Students Possess Entrepreneurial Capabilities?......Page 72
The Significance of Invention and Innovation......Page 73
Significance of Technology Application in Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises......Page 77
Strategies: Developing an Entrepreneurial Vision Among Engineers......Page 78
What Technical Institutions Can Do......Page 81
Recommendations......Page 82
Conclusion......Page 83
References......Page 84
4 Undergraduate Curriculum in India The Corporate Context......Page 86
Objectives......Page 87
Hypothesis......Page 88
Research Design and Methodology......Page 89
Observations and Findings......Page 90
Recommended Pedagogy and Curriculum......Page 92
Conclusions......Page 93
References......Page 96
5 Management Education in Nepal A View from the High Country......Page 97
Nepal’s Economy......Page 98
Development of Management Education......Page 99
Innovation at the Kathmandu University School of Management......Page 103
Management Education in Nepal: The Road Ahead......Page 108
References......Page 109
Part II Russian Federation......Page 111
6 Entrepreneurship Training in Postcommunist Europe......Page 113
Belarus......Page 114
Bosnia and Herzegovina......Page 115
Lithuania......Page 116
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia......Page 117
Moldova......Page 118
Russia......Page 119
Serbia and Montenegro......Page 120
Slovenia......Page 121
Implications for Educators......Page 122
References......Page 123
7 Recent Developments in Accounting Education in Russia......Page 127
Review of the Literature......Page 128
Methodology......Page 129
University Education......Page 130
The Syllabus......Page 134
Concluding Comments......Page 137
References......Page 139
8 Developing Key Skills in Russian Business Education A Comparison Between U.K. and American Business Programs......Page 143
Skills Developed in Management Programs......Page 144
Method......Page 145
Results......Page 146
Skill Development Implications for Russian Business and Management Education......Page 150
Conclusions and Future Research......Page 156
References......Page 158
Part III Transitioning Europe and Central Asia......Page 161
The Paradigmatic Approach to Business Education......Page 163
Temporal Trends and Practices......Page 165
Cultural Traditions......Page 167
The Kazakhstan Experience......Page 171
References......Page 173
10 Entrepreneurial Behavior in the Academic Environment A Case Study of the Lviv Institute of Management......Page 174
Management Education in Ukraine......Page 175
At the Beginning: Intellectual Resources Only......Page 177
Early Expansion......Page 178
New Initiatives......Page 181
Management Capacities for Private Sector Development: Partnership Among Lviv Institute of Management, Tennessee State University, and Lincoln University......Page 183
Appendixes......Page 187
References......Page 191
Background......Page 192
Case Study: The Master Program in International Business at Vilnius University......Page 195
Discussion: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Program......Page 203
References......Page 205
12 Reforming Accounting Education in Armenia......Page 206
The Impetus for Change......Page 208
Accounting Education Under the Soviet System......Page 209
The USAID Approach to Accounting Education Reform......Page 210
The University Curriculum......Page 211
Concluding Comments......Page 217
References......Page 218
13 Educating Professors in a Transition Economy A Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina......Page 219
Overview......Page 220
How Were They Chosen?......Page 221
Duration of Training......Page 222
The Texts......Page 223
The Classroom Experience......Page 226
Other Activities......Page 229
Atlanta American Accounting Association Meeting......Page 231
Concluding Comments......Page 232
References......Page 233
14 Is Albania Ready for a Business School Model? Diagnosis and Prospects......Page 236
Albania and Its Economy......Page 237
The System of Higher Education in Albania......Page 238
Higher Education in Business and Management......Page 240
Reforming the Educational System: Achievements and Roadblocks......Page 241
A Development Perspective......Page 246
Conclusions and Future Trends......Page 249
References......Page 250
Part IV Latin America......Page 253
15 Toward the Internationalization of Business Education in Latin America......Page 255
The Role of Business Colleges......Page 256
The Globalization Framework......Page 257
Strengthening the International Business Curriculum......Page 263
Concluding Remarks......Page 267
References......Page 268
16 University Entrepreneurship Education in Argentina A Decade of Analysis......Page 270
Literature Review......Page 271
Results......Page 273
References......Page 279
17 Undergraduate Students as a Source of Potential Entrepreneurs A Comparative Study Between Italy and Argentina......Page 283
Literature Review......Page 286
Data and Methodology......Page 289
Results......Page 290
Conclusions......Page 294
References......Page 296
Late Twentieth Century: Landmark of Economic Transformation in Developing Countries......Page 299
Chile: A Successful Transition to a Market Economy on the American Continent......Page 300
The Liberalization Reform of Higher Education and Expansion of Business Education in Chile......Page 309
Conclusion......Page 314
References......Page 315
Part V Africa and Near East......Page 317
Enterprise and Poverty Alleviation in a Competitive World......Page 319
Business Schools in Society......Page 321
Strengthening Capacity......Page 326
Conclusion......Page 327
References......Page 328
Management Education: Where to Start?......Page 329
The Study of Leadership......Page 333
Ethnic Diversity and Managerial Effectiveness in South Africa......Page 335
Specific Characteristics of Leadership in Africa......Page 338
An Instrument to Measure Explicit Leadership Behavior: The Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire XII......Page 340
Conclusions......Page 344
References......Page 347
21 Research Capacity Building A North–South Knowledge Transfer Project......Page 351
Problems......Page 352
The Department of Business Administration at Umea School of Business and Economics......Page 353
The Knowledge Transfer Project......Page 354
The Results of the First Three Years of Cooperation—Phase One (1998–2000)......Page 356
Transfer of Knowledge from a Theoretical Perspective......Page 357
Conclusions......Page 362
References......Page 363
The Need for Change......Page 364
The Context of Reengineering......Page 365
Organization of the Case Study......Page 366
Creating a Suitable Environment for Entrepreneurship......Page 367
Entrepreneurship Education and Training......Page 368
New Insights for University–Industry Cooperation......Page 369
Additional Reading......Page 371
Research Context......Page 373
Ghana......Page 374
Self-Esteem......Page 375
Locus of Control......Page 376
Analysis and Results......Page 377
Appendix 23.1......Page 380
References......Page 382
Part VI China......Page 385
24 Distance Learning Education in China......Page 387
Traditional Paradigms of Educational Transfer......Page 389
Internet-Mediated Distance Education in China......Page 395
Conclusions and Discussions......Page 400
References......Page 401
25 Educating Future Marketing Professionals in China......Page 404
Cultural Development of Chinese Educational Systems......Page 405
Marketing and Business Educational Systems......Page 408
Modern Growth of Marketing and Business Education......Page 410
Behind the Growth of Marketing and Business Education......Page 412
Discussions of Marketing and Business Education Challenges......Page 414
References......Page 421
Conclusion The Nexus Between Business Education and Economic Development......Page 423
Role of Education......Page 426
References......Page 430
Editors......Page 431
Contributors......Page 433
Index......Page 443