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LUISS Business School hosts the GBO – Global Business Opportunities programme for the first time in Italy
LUISS Business School hosts the GBO – Global Business Opportunities programme for the first time in Italy
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LUISS Business School is glad to host the programme known as GBOGlobal Business Opportunities that will take place in Italy, from July 15 to August 1 2016, for the first time since its foundation.

GBO is an educational and cultural programme aimed to enhance working groups among youth from different countries and cultures, in order to identify business opportunities and develop entrepreneurial/personal/interpersonal skills. The Italian edition of the programme is organised by the CSR Division of Al Ahli Holding Group, based in Dubai, LUISS Business School, and the LUISS Business School Alumni Association.

Al Ahli Holding Group is a UAE privately held company founded more than 40 years ago. The group has approximately 9,000 employees and generates several billions of dollars of revenues every year. Its HQ is located in Dubai taking care of a diverse portfolio of activities ranging from real estate to turnkey construction, from engineering products to shopping malls and retail, from cement to printing, and plastic manufacturing, up to media and entertainment, which has recently become the core business of the company thanks to important strategic alliances, such as with Marvel.

The GBO programme is an exciting learning and life experience for the students, who have an opportunity to meet top business and academic leaders, to visit corporations, to widen their network in a multi-ethnic and multinational environment with an aim to learn how to successfully start and operate a business with high social impact.

The mission of the programme is to provide the 25 to 30 year old students with knowledge and tools to start and run their own business, and to bridge the gap between the Arab region and other cultures in order to promote a profitable link between future Arab leaders and the rest of the world.

This year’s GBO candidates are from Argentina, Jordan, and UAE, the latter being present with a large number of students from Khalifa University of Abu Dhabi, a non-profit institution supported by the UAE Government and entirely owned and financed by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, with a strong focus on some sectors, such as ICT, aerospace, logistics, energy, and healthcare.

The distinctive feature of GBO Italy is the substantial involvement of the LUISS Business School’s alumni, since the school engaged former MBAs as speakers in the educational process. The new Alumni Association has an important role in organising and managing the programme. In particular, thanks to the patronage and support of the City Hall of Spoleto (Umbria), part of the programme will be held outdoors in order to leverage the learning experience of the students.

After having divided the class in teams, each of them has to develop its own business plan during the programme with the support of the mentors.

On August 1, the teams will present their projects at LUISS Business School to the jury that will assess the level of innovation, sustainability, and the capability to generate high social impact. The winning team will receive an award of cash and services in order to launch the multinational and multi-ethnic start-up with a sound business plan.

14/09/2016

Publication date
July 14 2016
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