Internationalizing Business Education in Latin America: Issues and Challenges

Both authors have made equal contributions to the writing of this article. Their names appear in alphabetical order.

The authors would like to express their thanks to the School of Business, Quinnipiac University, for providing a summer research grant to conduct this study.

Abstract

This article examines the extent of internationalization of business education in Latin America and identifies the key challenges facing the Latin American business schools. Based on a survey of the business schools that are members of CLADEA (Consejo Latinoamericano de Escuelas de Administracion—Latin American Council of Management Schools), and also from available information from various public sources and the literature, this study finds that most Latin American universities recognize the importance of internationalization of curricula and have undertaken measures to provide a business education that creates a global awareness among students and sensitizes them to differences across countries. The study also identifies the areas that need further attention and resources for widening the extent of internationalization of business education in Latin America and recommends ways to address these challenges.

Keywords:

• business education
• Latin America
• internationalizing

Notes

Both authors have made equal contributions to the writing of this article. Their names appear in alphabetical order.

The authors would like to express their thanks to the School of Business, Quinnipiac University, for providing a summer research grant to conduct this study.

1. This Global Survey reported that out of 151 surveys received, 102 responses came from the United States, 29 responses came from Europe; only 20 responses came from the rest of the world including Latin America. The study did not specify the exact number of Latin American responses.

2. The authors would like to thank an anonymous reviewer for providing this very pertinent set of information based on records obtained from the U.S. Department of Education.

3. This information can be found at the official Web site of the Fundacão Getúilio at http://eaesp.fgvsp.br/. The information was also verified by means of telephone inquiries from different U.S.‐based faculty who are originally from Latin America. The founding of the program by Michigan State University was reported by Guthery et al. (1993).