In July 2010 GSBA students took part in traditional international study tours. MBA students visited Japan, learning more about Japanese management style and culture. BBA students spent three weeks at the International Summer Institute at Bentley University, USA.

GSBA professor Vyacheslav Boltrukevich commented to the leading Russian business newspaper Vedomosti on the challenges related to the relocation of production facilities. Details – Vedomosti, № 120 (2638) 02.07.2010

More opportunities for international student exchange are open thanks to the new partnership agreements: with Tilburg School of Economics and Management, King's University College at The University of Western Ontario and Instituto Tecnologico Y De Estudios Superiores De Monterrey.

GSBA and Jones Lang LaSalle announce the launch of a new joint programme – Master of Science in Real Estate. The experts from Jones Lang LaSalle are involved in programme designing and study process.

Fresh graduates from all GSBA programmes were greeted at the Ceremony of Graduation on June 26. Top managers from partner companies, international faculty and prominent statesmen addressed them with words of encouragement.

MBA students from Northeastern University (Boston, USA) and University of Southern California (Los Angeles, USA) visited GSBA in May 2010. Each delegation met with GSBA students and explored specifics of business and education in Russia.

19-23 April, 2010 a new career event was held at GSBA. During the Career Week managers from adidas Group, BNP Paribas, Ernst&Young, L’Oreal, METRO Group and Wimm-Bill-Dann conducted seminars on career paths in different industries and professions. The Week ended with a traditional job fair.

A second year student, Vadim Vzorov, won the 1st prize at Moscow Students' Presentation Contest.

GSBA invites you to take part in Business navigator program.

On March, 2010 GSBA organized the students presentation contest for the 2nd time. Teams of the leading business schools competed in their skills in creating and performing their presentations in English.

A master-class for GSBA students and alumni.

Graduate School of Business Administration invites you to attend Open Day and learn more about our Bachelor, Master in International Business, MBA and Executive MBA programs, on March 21.

Bader International Study Center (Queen’s University, UK), BI Norwegian School of Management (Norway), Burgundy School of Business (France), Roen Business School (France) hosted GSBA students during fall exchange semester abroad.

The co-founder of Idea Paint Inc. Morgen Newman made presentation «From ideas to the international business» to the students from master courses. Morgen discussed with the students some issues about the entrepreneurship.

Personnel Profession: GSBA MSU professor Anna Gryaznova commented to Kariera Magazine on how to become a successful HR manager and on the demands of the Russian labor market. Details – «Kariera», № 1-2 (126) January-February 2010.

Nine students from our partner business schools (Burgundy School of Business, Management Institute of Paris, IESEG School of Management, European Business School, University of Passau) participate in exchange program.

Sergey Zaverski, a GSBA professor, has appeared with comments on the participation of large business representatives in a government meeting in a Russia Today channel report.

In the article it's authors - Vera Kononova and John Walley - discuss recent policy debate in Russia on moving from the present value added tax to a sales tax structure covering households, government and exports.

The traditional New Year’s celebration took place in Marriott Grand Hotel on December 19th. Organized by GSBA alumni this event unites GSBA students, alumni and staff members in joyful and luxurious atmosphere.

7th Bowling Championship on December 12th challenged 10 leading Moscow business schools to win GSBA Bowling Championship Cup. This year’s gold winner is International Institute of Management Link, silver - GSBA and bronze - Graduate School of Business and Management. Congratulations to winners!

December, 10 GSBA witnessed the master-class “Retail marketing” by Vadim Korunskiy, HR & Marketing director of METRO Cash & Carry, Russia.

30.11-3.12 more than 140 representatives from 40 companies participated in the conference “Effective energy sector” organized by “Irkutskenergo” and GSBA. Professor Steven J. Spear presented his book “Chasing the rabbit” issued in Russia under the auspices of GSBA. Vyacheclav Boltrukevich, GSBA lecturer, directed seminar “Process management” and workshop “HR role in organization development”.

One-week internship allowed EMBA students to visit the leading Japanese companies (Toyota, Itochu, Sony, Shiseido) and attend lectures at Graduate School of International Management (Aoyama Gaukin University).

On November 24th, 2009 the master-class “Effective employees’ recruitment and motivation” by Andrey Kozhanov, founder and general director of “AVK” company, took place at GSBA. The master class was organized in the framework of master-classes “The stories of success: companies, people, business”.

The 7th GSBA MSU bowling championship took place on November, 21st. GSBA students and alumni participated in the championship dedicated to 20th GSBA anniversary.

On October 26th 2009 the Eduniversal palms were awarded to business schools of high international and local influence.
GSBA was awarded 4 Palms, taking 2d place among business schools in NW and Central Russia.

On 29th October master-class “Secrets of media relations – how to deal with mass media” by Konstantin Bocharsky, chief editor of the journal “Secret firmy” and Sergey Rybak, press-secretary of “Bazovyj element” company, took place at GSBA.

Over 600 companies from the Asian-Pacific region (Japan, China, Malaysia, Mexico, Korea, Tailand) and Russia took part in the research. GSBA acted as global coordinator of the research.

New group of EMBA students was launched on October 24th at Graduate School of Business Administration. Professional experience, variety of represented industries and cultures will definitely contribute to students’ leadership skills development, and of course, to their personal enrichment.

Open Day for the potential applicants to the Programme “Bachelor of Business Administration” took place at GSBA on October 24th. Open Day’s agenda included: • GSBA administration and faculty presentations; • information about the Programme and entry requirements; • meeting with the GSBA students. The Open Day’s witnessed many guests who asked GSBA administration, faculty and students questions and got detailed answers.

On 15th October the roundtable on the 1st issue of the Moscow State University academic journal “MGU Vestnik. Series XXIV. Management” took place. Members of the journal’s editorial board, leading universities’ representatives, academic staff members of GSBA MSU participated in roundtable discussion. Participants discussed issues, covered in the 1st issue and shared their opinions on the articles and overall development of the journal.

MBA Executive students and alumni, some of GSBA academic staff members participated in the internship in UK on October 3-9th. The intensive internship program included visiting companies, University of Oxford, the UK Parliament and some cultural events.

We have launched the new academic journal for business scholars and practitioners - Journal of the Moscow State University, Series24 - Management. The first issue of the journal has been published in September 2009. We are honored to invite our partners around the world to contribute your submissions and ideas to the new journal and thus to promote the exchange of ideas and experiences on the journal’s pages.

The paper "Business Response to Environmental Challenges: Three Cases of Russian Industrial Companies" written by Oleg Vikhansky, Natalia Churkina and Sergey Zaversky was presented at The Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, held in August 2009.
The Academy of Management is the premiere professional association dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge about management and organizations. The AoM Annual Meeting is the largest annual gathering of management scholars in the world.

On April, 17th within the framework of the annual Lomonossov Conference GSBA MSU organizes a conference “Russian Business Education: challenges and answers”. We are looking for submissions relating to:
- globalization as a factor of changes in the business education
- Russian business education: answers to global challenges
- New models of educational process
- New standards of business education
- Current situation and development perspectives for Russian business education
Contact: Stanislav Smirnov smirnov@mgubs.ru

March, 22nd – a spring Open Doors Day for applicants on MBA, Executive MBA, Master of Science in International Business and Bachelor in Management programs. Presentation of MBA, Executive MBA, Master of Science in International Business programs begins at 11 am; Bachelor in Management at 3 pm. Come and meet our faculty, administration, students and alumnae!

GSBA MSU is proud of its long-standing relations with Japan. For many years GSBA’s MBA student visit Japan with a ten-day summer program. With a launch of an Executive MBA program, GSBA created a new study abroad program, which better corresponds to the needs of its students. The program of November visit included visiting and meeting with top-managers of leading Japanese companies: ITOCHU, SONY, SUZUKI, and TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE. EMBA students also visited Parliament of Japan and got a chance to learn more about Japanese political system. At Aoyama Gakuin University, and old academic partner of GSBA MSU, EMBA students attended classes of Professor Maeda “Global Strategies of Japanese Companies” and Professor Suda “Japanese System of Human Resources Management” and met with the Japanese students of Aoyama Business School’s EMBA program.

GSBA MSU hosted MBA in Marketing students from Barcelona Management Institute. The BMI group spent a week in Moscow, taking advantage of early autumn days. The Barcelona students took a chance of visiting Evraz Group where they got a most relevant update on the business processes in this Russian-based company perusing a multinational strategy. Visiting Hewlett Packard Russia helped the students to realize what the opportunities and threats international companies face working on the Russian market. To get a broader idea of marketing in Russia, the BMI students chose to participate in a seminar in Fashion Business that GSBA MSU organized.

EDUNIVERSAL in Paris announced its 2008 Top1000 business schools rating results. GSBA MSU was granted a palm of a Top Business School Internationally Known – a highest recognition achieved by Russian business-schools. The rating lists 13 business schools from Russia. The complete list and methodology of the rating may be consulted at: http://www.eduniversal.com/business-school-ranking/country/russia-nw-central/241

Edward Elgar, a leading international academic publisher in economics and management, has recently published a collection of six in-depth case studies on innovation and enterpreneurship in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The case study presenting Russia in this collection is written by GSBA faculty members Alexander Naumov and Irina Petrovskaya in collabaration with a professor of Notheastern University (USA) Sheila Puffer. The publication presents an overview of Russia’s key economic indicators and the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), followed by a case study of a successful SME.

GSBA MSU hosted a group of EMBA students from Sungkyunkwan University (Seoul, Korea, est. in 1398). The program of the visit included seminars on Russian economic and political system, Russian business culture and consumer behavior.

In July 2008 students of GSBA MBA programs took part in a study tour in Japan. This tour gives its participants opportunities to learn more about Japanese management style and culture. It also provides them with a fresh view on their own businesses and environment. Students acquire a broader understending of the global world addressing both Western and Eastern experiences. Students had a chance to visit Toyota automobile plant and see the famous Toyota Production System afoot; meet with Executive Board of ITOCHU Corporation; visit and learn about Tokyo Stock Exchange and Japan Parliament.

Bentley, a leading business school located near Boston, USA, hosted GSBA BBA students during three weeks at the International Summer Institute. GSBA students had an opportunity to learn about the business environment in the United States, as well as American history and culture through academic seminars, meetings with business executives, and cultural activities. "Entrepreneurial Thinking: A U.S. Context" was the most impressive course in the students' opinion. Besides Russian students enriched their international experience communicating with students from Austria, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Australia that did the same course at the International Summer Institute at Bentley.

Modular Executive MBA program in GSBA includes one module that is held in the partner school outside Russia. In 2008 EMBA students deepened their understanding of global business at Northeastern University College of Business Administration (USA; the College was rated № 82 among the best ЕМВА programs by Financial Times in 2006) and SDA Bocconi School of Management (Italy; rated № 48 among best МВАs by Financial Times in 2008). Study tours included classroom studies, visiting leading local companies and meetings with American and Italian business experts and top managers.

Since 2003 an annual bowling tournament for all Moscow-based business schools

Kaizen Management System is one of the bases of GSBA MBA in Operations Management

80 student teams from around the world take part in this Game, organized by Carnegie Mellon University

Cases based on Russian and international experience are included in each learning program

Institute for Complex Strategic Studies research covers a broad range of economic and social issues. ICSS is supported by leading Russian private sector firms and has contractual relations with several ministries.

The "Management" University textbook become a bestseller and run through several editions by now.

QS Top MBA included GSBA in its global and European lists of best business schools.

Organized in 1916, AACSB International is the premier accrediting agency for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting.

With more than 650 member organizations in 75 countries, EFMD provides a unique forum on innovation and best practice in management development.

The program was launched at the Moscow State University in 1993

Created in 2005, the association unites business schools from around the world and is aimed to advance education in business schools on a global basis

GSBA and European Business School (Germany) agreed to launch a joint German-Russian MBA in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Both partnering universities are ranked among the top institutions in their respective countries.

Survey was held in 2007 by the leading Russian business magazine “Secret Firmi”. Rating is based on the grades given by business schools' alumni.

According to the survey held by the leading Russian business magazine “Secret Firmi” GSBA MSU is ranking 1 in the Top 20 Russian Business schools.

In order to boost academic exchanges, available to the students and faculty of our partnering business schools, GSBA MSU is announcing the launch of English Semester.

The Ljubljana Summer school