You may want to get in contact with Howard University in Washington, DC,
North Carolina A & T or Florida A & M. If you respond to me directly I
will give you the names of direct contacts. An will further explain why
I think they are a good place to start.
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>From: Charles Despres[SMTP:
despres@UNIV-AIX.FR]
>Sent: Saturday, October 04, 1997 4:13 AM
>To:
MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>Subject: Africa & MBA
>
>Greetings to all;
>
>
>I've just signed on to this list and so: am American, PhD Org Theory, prof at
>l'Ecole Superieure de Commerce Marseille-Provence (http://escmp.fr),
>researcher / consultant with Theseus (http://www.theseus.fr), so on and so
>forth. Once, even held a job as corporate director of management
>development.
>
>
>Here's my question:
>
>
>The ESC is interested in developing an world-class MBA that responds to needs
>in Africa. We have several advantages in this regard: (a) situated in
>Marseille, facing Africa, hence cultural awareness as well as knowledge of
>people & places across the Med; (b) Francophone, consistent with many African
>educational systems but also Anglophone to the extent we're an international
>and multicultural institution; (c) a graduate business school with a track
>record, wanting to develop internationally.
>
>
>Putting the above together, I'm searching for contacts in North or South
>America that are interested in discussing the issue of a healthy /
>world-class MBA that has black Francophone Africa as its market. Schools
>like Emory in the US come immediately to mind, in this way: the ESC and Emory
>develop a partnership where we build an AACSB-level curriculum, profs do an
>international exchange thing, black Africans come here & go there, so on and
>so forth.
>
>
>Time, money and effort have been consecrated to this effort. It is, in other
>words, serious and moving forward.
>
>
>Any thoughts, contacts or comments are welcomed.
>
>
>Best to all.
>
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>
>
<smaller>Charles Despres
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>13790 Peynier, France
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>despres@romarin.univ-aix.fr
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></smaller>tel / ans / fax: +33 4 42 53 13 19
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