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Babson Collaborative for Entrepreneurship Education to Host 2018 Summit in Spain

The Babson Collaborative for Entrepreneurship Education (the Collaborative) will host its annual member’s summit in Valencia, Spain, April 17-19, 2018. The Collaborative is an institutional membership organization that connects and convenes institutions that aspire to build and grow entrepreneurship education programs for a better world. Members are those seeking to increase their capability and capacity…

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Look Beyond Spain’s Tourist Attractions to Find Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and an Economy on the Rise, Says Babson Professor Jay Rao

For more than 12 years, Babson College Strategy and Innovation Professor Jay Rao has focused some of his in-the-field efforts on corporations, organizations, and business schools in Spain. Between leading executive education programs for some of the most impactful businesses in the country (i.e. BBVA, Iberdrola, and Repsol), consulting for global corporations with a local…

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Why Entrepreneurship Education is So Important in Countries like Spain, and Around the World

By Donna Kelley, Babson College Professor of Entrepreneurship, Board Member and researcher, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Though still considered a leading European financial and technological hub, Spain was not immune to the 2008 recession and its lasting effects. Entrepreneurship rates declined from 2008-2010, with only a slight uptick thereafter, and societal attitudes about the presence…

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Babson Hosts Global Advisory Board 2016 Meeting In Oman

Babson’s Global Advisory Board (GAB), consisting of dedicated alumni and friends of the college, held its annual meeting in Muscat, Oman, February 27 – March 4, 2016 in conjunction with the Babson Connect Worldwide 2016, taking place in Dubai, UAE, March 4-6 2016. Highlights included visits to Sultan Qaboos University to discuss entrepreneurship in higher…

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