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2009-06-22 Business Investment Session
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2001-12-31 Leaders Return to Macedonia
The LEADER Project
LEADER is an economic development program, founded in 1991 by MBA students from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.
Each year LEADER sends teams of approximately 30 business students from Ivey to developing and emerging economies around the world to teach foundational business decision making and entrepreneurial skills to students and entrepreneurs.
The Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario ranks as one of the top business schools in North America. Its mission is to develop business leaders who think globally, act strategically and contribute to the societies within which they operate.
Since Ivey?s inception in 1922, the case study method has been the keystone of the school?s approach to learning. The case method is active learning by doing. Each case provides the student with an opportunity to stand in the shoes of the decision-maker, analyzing the business issue presented, making judgments and determining a course of action.
Proven success
Since its inception, LEADER has taught over 6,500 students in emerging economies around the world how to take ownership of business decisions. LEADER has helped to give these students the tools to improve their economic condition. Many of LEADER?s students have gone on to start successful entrepreneurial ventures in Media, Finance, and Professional Services to name a few.
LEADER now has a network of over 650 instructor alumni, all graduates of the Ivey Business School. Many of LEADER?s alumni occupy some of the most senior roles at the world?s largest banks, management consulting firms, and NGOs. Each of them frequently draws upon the rich cross-cultural and leadership knowledge they gained during their time on LEADER.