Redefining the Core of Graduate Business Education: Towards the Master of Business in Global Innovation

Innovation and globalization combine to define the two central drivers of global business and business education. Of the two, globalization is the best understood. However, even this relatively self-evident business driver has not been adequately addressed in graduate business education. It is rare for graduate business education to approach the global market as the dominant competitive context. Domestic considerations come first and the global perspective is added as time permits. Innovation has proven even more elusive, with emphasis on this driver often restricted to narrow consideration of technological innovation. In this paper, we address innovation as a driver of global business education