Brits will send some students from disadvantaged backgrounds who show
entrepreneurial spark to Ivy League universities to dismay of Laura Tyson of
the LSE:
"... business schools reacted angrily. Laura Tyson, dean of the London
School of Business, ranked as one of the best business schools in the world,
told The [London] Times newspaper: 'The implication of this, whether
intended or not, is that if you want to be a good entrepreneur you have to
go to the United States.' 'I was surprised, I was dismayed, I think it is
misguided, I think it is ironic. It is not just that we have our own
entrepreneurship faculty. We have everything here... We have the entire
gamut, including special summer schools for entrepreneurship. It is really
hard to imagine what kind of entrepreneurship training we don't have.'"
Full article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1088508,00.html
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An Indian B-school's approach is to join the undergraduate athletics group
that really is what the "Ivy League" refers to:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?msid=290560
Cybercollegially,
Charles Wankel
Mg-Ed-Dv List Director
RMED series http://management-education.net