November 19, 2009
WDI’s Development Consulting Services has been selected to provide strategic advice to Kazakhstan Economic University (KazEU). The award was given by the European Foundation for Central Asia (EFCA), which conducts the work of the Eurasia Foundation in Central Asia. A WDI team of consultants will travel to the Kazakhstan city of Almaty in the coming weeks to make recommendations for modifying the university’s mid-term and long-term strategic plans. This will strengthen the university’s market position, enhance its educational services, and improve its management structure.
November 13, 2009
The first group of graduates from the Goldman Sachs Entrepreneur Certificate Program recently met for a reunion. The reunion was an opportunity for the 29 women, who graduated from the program in February 2009, to receive additional business training, network with other program graduates, learn about funding opportunities, address specific challenges they’ve faced, and complete a detailed survey on their professional and personal development since graduating from the program. The survey results were positive - three-fourths of the women with a business at the start of the program reported a growth in profit since graduation with a majority of the women reporting growth of at least 10%.
November 9, 2009
The director of GE Healthcare’s Rural Health Research and Development will speak at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12 in Room E1550 at the Ross School of Business. A reception will follow. Rex Widmer’s talk, “A Rural Health Initiative for the Base of the Pyramid: GE Healthcare’s Vision and Strategy,” is part of the
WDI Global Impact Speaker Series.
November 5, 2009
WDI's
Development Consulting Services, along with several partners in Jordan, is organizing the first international conference on natural resources management in that country. The aim of the conference is to address integrated natural resources management by gathering all the stakeholders and decision makers to discuss why it is important for the sustainability of the ecosystem.
October 29, 2009
Ted London’s MBA course on business strategy and poverty alleviation at the
base of the pyramid begins Nov. 3. For the second year in a row, the fall B class will be offered at night. Growing interest by Evening MBA students prompted the Ross School to make the class available then. About 100 students are expected to take the class.
March 27, 2009
WDI Executive Director Robert Kennedy is interviewed by Wall Street Journal reporter William Bulkeley for a March 27, 2009 article on IBM's employment plans in the U.S. and India. Click the "More Details" button to read the article.
March 5, 2008
Ann Arbor News reporter Dave Gershman wrote an article about WDI's new partnership with Goldman Sachs. Read the article
here.
October 31, 2007
WDI Executive Director Robert Kennedy was interviewed by Detroit Free Press business reporter John Gallagher about the state of the domestic auto industry and its future prospects. To read the article, click
here.
Chronicle of Higher Education, August 24, 2007
WDI Director of Consulting Services Khalid Al-Naif is interviewed in the Aug. 24 issue of Chronicle of Higher Education on new USAID rules to ensure money does not go to support terrorism.
Global Services magazine, October 13, 2006
WDI's work with the outsourcing and insourcing advisory firm EquaTerra on a "location attractiveness index" is profiled in a recent edition of the magazine Global Services. WDI Research Manager, Globalization of Services, Ajay Sharma is interviewed for the article. The index looks at both the demand and supply sides of business process outsourcing and what countries are best suited for certain work.
Global Services magazine, October 9, 2006
While visiting India this summer to do research for his book and his MBA course on the globalization of services, WDI Executive Director Robert Kennedy was interviewed by Global Services magazine. Kennedy talks about different aspects of the globalization of services and gives a preview of his upcoming book.
September 27, 2006
Crain's Detroit Business wrote a Sept. 7 article about WDI's engagement with the Government of Rwanda. WDI Executive Director Robert Kennedy and WDI Director of Executive Education Amy Gillett are interviewed by reporter Sheri Begin for the article.
Women's Wear Daily, September 20, 2006
The trade deficit and how it impacts the global economy is the subject of a Sept. 19 article in Women's Wear Daily by reporter Evan Clark. WDI Executive Director Robert Kennedy is interviewed by Clark for the article.
September 19, 2006
Grand Rapids Press reporter Ed Golder writes about the high-profile Michigan gubernatorial race and a series of ads that has split voters. WDI Executive Director Robert Kennedy speaks with Golder about the issue surrounding whether candidate Dick DeVos offshored work to China. To read the article, click
here.
Crain's Detroit Business, September 7, 2006
The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan has spent the past 14 years teaching management skills to corporations, nonprofits and entrepreneurs in foreign countries with transitional and emerging market economies. But the institute’s newest contract, which begins today in the formerly worn-torn African country of Rwanda, will target, among others, a new set of students — the country’s top 100 government employees. “There’s a real lack of management talent there,” said Robert Kennedy, executive director of the institute and professor of business administration at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at UM.
November 23 - November 25, 2009, Kigali, Rwanda
The Goldman Sachs Entrepreneurship Certificate Program is designed for women across Rwanda who are interested in either starting a business or expanding their start-up. The program will equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to launch or expand a successful enterprise in Rwanda.
For more information, please click here.
November 23 - November 24, 2009, Panama City, Panama
This program is designed for managers who are involved in identifying, developing, and growing strategic accounts within their companies. Participants will develop a structured plan to deliver “win-win” business solutions against these high potential accounts and return with actionable tools to their organizations. It will provide a methodology to build profitable and sustainable relationships with major customers, in order to increase loyalty and satisfaction levels.
The program is conducted in Spanish.
December 03 - December 03, 2009, 4:30 p.m. Room E1550 Ross School of Business
Luiz Ros, manager of the Opportunities for the Majority Initiative at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will be the Global Impact Speaker on Dec. 3. Click here to learn more.
December 21 - December 23, 2009, Kigali, Rwanda
The Goldman Sachs Entrepreneurship Certificate Program is designed for women across Rwanda who are interested in either starting a business or expanding their start-up. The program will equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to launch or expand a successful enterprise in Rwanda.
For more information, please click here.
January 21 - January 22, 2010, Bratislava, Slovakia
The Winter 2010 workshop will be held in Bratislava, Slovakia at the Hotel Devin on January 21-22. Dan Denison will be presenting "Leading Change in Time of Crisis".
February 17 - February 19, 2010, Ross School of Business
WDI's Base of the Pyramid (BoP) research initiative will conduct a workshop on impact assessment. Click
here to learn more.