International business school leaders Steven C. Currall, dean and professor of management at University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management and Wendy Beecham, a former CEO and now managing director of executive education at the UC Davis management school, will be available to meet with reporters by telephone or in person when they visit several of China’s major cities May 15-21.
Currall and Beecham can discuss business school trends, including opportunities in the United States for Chinese residents as well as new trends innovation, entrepreneurship, economic development and other topics of interest to Chinese readers. This will be Currall’s sixth trip to China.
They will meet with top academic and business leaders in Beijing, May 15-16; Shanghai, May 17-18; and Hong Kong, May 19-21 to forge new partnerships, continue discussions on executive education, and establish greater collaboration between the University of California, Davis, and leading Chinese universities and business schools.
Possible interview topics:
- Strengths of UC Davis Graduate School of Management and opportunities for business education: clean technology, partnerships with U.S. business school/research universities and industry. UC Davis’ global leadership and expertise in converging issues of food, water, health, society, energy and the environment.
- Custom and niche executive education programs in U.S. with a potential to develop joint programs in China. www.gsm.ucdavis.edu/execed
- Entrepreneurship; innovation; venture capital; research commercialization.
- Economic links to Northern California and Silicon Valley.
- U.S. business school/MBA/Master of Professional Accountancy student experiences, and growing number of applications from Chinese prospective students to U.S. business schools.
- New trends in business school curricula for MBA and accounting students.
- Philanthropy for business schools, including the latest UC Davis endowment to accelerate research-based business development at the Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. https://entrepreneurship.ucdavis.edu
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