An initiative of the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM), the Global Network Week (GNW) allows students and faculty to pursue intensive study at other GNAM member schools in different parts of the world, in a focused course that leverages on the perspectives, programs, and faculty expertise of a particular school. Alongside their counterparts from the GNAM network, students attend classes, tour local businesses, and meet with experts focused on current and emerging business problems.

INBOUND STUDENTS

As the only GNAM member school in the Philippines, the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) hosted the Global Network Week Program on Doing Business in Asia: Opportunities and Challenges During the Pandemic last June 14-18, 2021.  

The week-long course was led by AIM’s Washington SyCip Graduate School of Business (WSGSB) School Head, Prof. Felipe O. Calderon, and Academic Program Directors, Prof. Raul P. Rodriguez and Prof. Jose Gerardo O. Santamaria. The program sessions were conducted by the following faculty, invited speakers, and AIM alumni: 

• • Sustainable Finance & Financing Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Philippines
  Speaker: Prof. Felipe O. Calderon
• • Doing Business in China and Indonesia
  Speakers: Prof. Raul P. Rodriguez, Mr. Andrianus Richie Fanardy, and Ms. Jiang Min
• • Doing Business in India
  Speaker: Prof. Sandeep Puri
• • Enterprise Risk Management for Taiwan Exporters: Balancing Two Giants (China and US)
  Speaker: Prof. John Francis T. Diaz
• • Sustainable Housing Technology in Asia
  Speaker: Prof. Fernando Martin Y. Roxas
• • Disaster Risk and Crisis Management
  Speaker: Prof. Vinod Thomas
• • Overview of the Banking Industry in Asia
  Speaker: Mr. Dennis Montecillo, IFC Consultant
• • Koreans Doing Business in Asia
  Speaker: Mr. Jaehoon Oh, Director, Korean Chamber of Commerce Philippines

Participating Schools: 

• 1. Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Chile, Chile
• 2. EGADE Business School, Mexico
• 3. Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, USA
• 4. Hitotsubashi University Business School, Japan
• 5. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
• 6. NUS Business School, Singapore
• 7. Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
• 8. Strathmore Business School, Kenya
• 9. UBC Sauder School of Business, Canada
• 10. UNSW Business School, Australia
• 11. Yale School of Management, USA

OUTBOUND STUDENTS

In addition to AIM WSGSB hosting the GNW on Doing Business in Asia, Executive Master in Business Administration 2022 students were also able to attend various GNW programs hosted by other GNAM member schools. 

Participating Schools: 

• 1. An Innovation Sprint from Idea to Business – ESMT Berlin Germany
• 2. Gender, Equity, and Leadership in the 21st Century - Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley United States
• 3. Innovation X Globalization | Super Aging Society Japan - Hitotsubashi University Business School, School of International Corporate Strategy Japan
• 4. Digital Transformation - IE Business School Spain
• 5. Entrepreneurship in India: A multi-threaded perspective - Indian Institute of Management Bangalore India
• 6. Creating & Capturing Value in the Service Economy - National University of Singapore Business School Singapore
• 7. Energy Transition Globally and in Resource-Rich Countries (based on Russia's Business Context) - Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO Russia
• 8. Real Estate - Saïd Business School, University of Oxford United Kingdom
• 9. Impact Investing, Responsible Investing and Innovation - UBC Sauder School of Business Canada
• 10. Global Business in the Age of Pandemic: The Korean Perspective - Seoul National University Business School South Korea
• 11. Behavioral Science of Management - Yale School of Management United States
• 12. Political Economy of Doing Business in Africa - University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business South Africa
• 13. Business for Social Impact & Sustainable Development - UNSW Business School Australia

These GNW programs allow students to engage in a multicultural environment that further heightens their collaborative learning experience and enable them to build connections through a diverse network.