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February 10th, 2012
Natural resources abound in Indonesia, but too often these raw materials leave the country without being converted into usable products. Entrepreneur Laila Asri decided to something about this in 2007, when she launched a body care company that manufactures lotions, creams and other products using local ingredients. “If we can make something valuable from this raw material, it will bring good impact for farmers, communities, societies and of course the economy of Indonesia,” Asri said Feb. 2, 2012, during the U.S. Department of State and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Entrepreneurship Partnership Global Cohort at Thunderbird School of Global Management. The women’s empowerment program brought 28 businesswomen from 10 countries to campus for a two-week management course taught by Thunderbird professors. Like many of the women in the program, Asri must struggle to balance her roles as a wife, mother and entrepreneur. “I have to give a lot of attention to making my family happy and also my business happy.” Watch her story in this Thunderbird Knowledge Network video, or visit the Thunderbird for Good blog to learn more.
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February 10th, 2012
Critics in Kyrgyzstan are still waiting for Bibinura Batyrbekova to fail. “Kyrgyzstan is a Muslim country, and it is not usual when women start their own businesses, and they are at the same level as men,” Batyrbekova said Feb. 2, 2012, during the U.S. Department of State and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Entrepreneurship Partnership Global Cohort at Thunderbird School of Global Management. “All my competitors are men, and they were skeptical of my success.” Despite the opposition, Batyrbekova has sustained a travel employment company that sends young workers to the United States for summer internships. “We open the doors for the students, for young people,” Batyrbekova said. She said the Global Cohort does the same thing for her. “I’m sending students to the United States, but I’ve never been here,” she said. “So during these two weeks I got a lot of knowledge.” Watch her story in this Thunderbird Knowledge Network video, or visit the Thunderbird for Good blog to learn more.
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February 10th, 2012
Growing up in the former Soviet Union, Alyona Galimova had few entrepreneurship role models. “There were no family businesses. We could only work for the government,” Galimova said Feb. 2, 2012, during the U.S. Department of State and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Entrepreneurship Partnership Global Cohort at Thunderbird School of Global Management. The women’s empowerment program brought 28 businesswomen from 10 countries to campus for a two-week management course taught by Thunderbird professors. Despite the lack of training and mentoring in Uzebekistan, Galimova joined a family business with her father when she was 17. Since then the furniture manufacturing company has grown 200 percent. Galimova said the Global Cohort at Thunderbird will help her continue the trend. “We are from different cultures,” she said. “We are from 10 countries from all over the world, but we all have one road: To do the best for our business, to do the best for our country.” Watch her story in this Thunderbird Knowledge Network video, or visit the Thunderbird for Good blog to learn more.
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February 10th, 2012
Customers tend to look past Tanya Edwards when they visit her memorial headstone workshop in Tonga. “People often come into my office and they look at me, and they wonder where the boss is,” Edwards said Feb. 2, 2012, during the U.S. Department of State and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Entrepreneurship Partnership Global Cohort at Thunderbird School of Global Management. The women’s empowerment program brought 28 businesswomen from 10 countries to Arizona for a two-week management course taught by Thunderbird professors. Edwards has sustained her business for 15 years, but said she is always looking for new ways to grow her business. “There’s nothing like being able to sustain yourself and look after your own family and work your own hours,” she said. Watch her story in this Thunderbird Knowledge Network video, or visit the Thunderbird for Good blog to learn more.
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February 9th, 2012
Students from Thunderbird School of Global Management’s Emerging Markets Laboratory (TEM Lab) have arrived in Mexico City and Lima to consult with two organizations, one a national agriculture firm and the other a group that helps neglected and abused children. The MBA consultants will spend five weeks independently in the field working directly with the organizations to diagnose problems and identify opportunities for each to strengthen their capacity and reach. | TEM Lab Blog: Mexico City Hovde Foundation | TEM Lab Blog: Peru, Acurio Restaurantes & ANPE
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February 8th, 2012
Thunderbird’s October session of the Houston Professional Speaker Series, focused on competition in China, was such a success that we’re going back for more! In conjunction with Thunderbird’s Super First Tuesday event, the next rendition of the Houston Professional Speaker Series is March 6, 2012. This time the topic is “The Costs of Bad Behavior: What’s a Leader to Do?”, to be facilitated by Thunderbird Professor Christine Pearson, Ph.D. at the Junior League of Houston. Read on for a glimpse into what registrants will learn and discuss.
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January 30th, 2012
Jan Bartscht says that 21st century leadership is about dealing with growth’s consequences. “Anything that grows becomes complex and complex things breed chaos,” Bartscht said Jan. 26, 2012, at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona. As director and co-founder of leadership training company, Adepicos, Ltd, based in the United Kingdom, Bartscht teaches people how to lead in today’s world, which he describes as “complex, chaotic and changing.” | Video: Creating Boundaries For Growth (2:47)
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January 24th, 2012
Middle East activists seeking increased political freedom have suffered setbacks in recent weeks, but Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor Paul Kinsinger said events still could turn in their favor. “Many younger people are feeling disappointed by recent developments,” Kinsinger said Jan. 18, 2012, during an alumni webinar. “What we have to hope for is that they are down but not out, that there may be further room for improvement.” Kinsinger, a retired U.S. intelligence officer who returned recently from a trip to Saudi Arabia, said events in Egypt and other Mideast countries are still evolving. “We have yet to see how the secular players in Egypt are going to manifest any sense of power in future elections or with a new parliament in Egypt or in the rewriting of a constitution in Egypt,” he said. “It is just not clear yet.” Watch the full webinar on the Thunderbird Knowledge Network. | Video: Arab Spring One Year Later (57:49)
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January 23rd, 2012
By Karen Walch, Ph.D.
As a political science Ph.D. candidate, I was required to learn the secrets of power as taught by classical figures who advocate stealth, deception and manipulation. These warriors, political advisers, historians and philosophers teach that mercy has no place at the negotiation table. This approach works well when a problem can only be solved by crushing your opponent. But as a professor of cross-cultural negotiation at Thunderbird School of Global Management, I have observed a new set of laws for 21st century negotiators who live and work in a global economy. Rather than crushing their opponents, these negotiators often find themselves in situations where they must build lasting relationships of trust. I explore nine secrets of power for 21st century negotiators in my new book, Seize the Sky: Nine Secrets of Negotiation Power.
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January 13th, 2012
Knowledge flowed from Glendale, Arizona, when more than 1,000 participants gathered to converse with 95 speakers from 79 organizations and 48 countries at the inaugural Thunderbird Global Business Dialogue. “The world needs global leaders,” Thunderbird School of Global Management President Ángel Cabrera, Ph.D., said during his welcoming remarks at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa near campus. “We need people who can seize opportunities created by globalization, who can create value and who can contribute to a more sustainable and more inclusive global economy—one that does not put at risk those who come behind us and does not leave people out.” Panelists and keynote speakers from government, business and social sector organizations shared ideas on everything from global finance to social media strategy during the two-day event Nov. 10-11, 2011. The following quotes represent a sampling from the event.
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