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  • Home
  • Teaching
    • Negotiations >
      • Schedule
      • Resources: Slides Readings
      • Course Format
      • Course Materials
      • Grading
    • Frontiers Business Initiative >
      • Our Team
      • Our Objective
      • IGAD Home
      • Course Information
      • Frontiers of Business Blog
    • Organizational Behaviour >
      • Course Format
      • Grading
      • Schedule M/W
      • Course Materials
    • Business on the Frontlines
  • Research
  • Personal
  • Contact
  • OMT Membership Group
    • OMT Cafes
    • OMT Drinks
    • OMT Eats
    • OMT Events
    • OMT Yoga
    • OMT Runs
    • Featured OMT Program Events
    • Volunteer for OMG
    • OMT New Member Guide
    • OMG Ambassadors
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Program Overview

The Frontiers of Business Initiative serves our partners to create lasting fundamental changes in frontier markets while providing students with life-changing front-line experiences in global markets. 

This program's objectives are listed by stakeholder: 
For Businesses 
  • Improving performance 
  • Enhancing conditions for future operations​ 
For Partners
  • Multidisciplinary skills 
  • Actionable results 
​For Communities 
  • Building livelihoods 
  • Increasing stability 
  • Subsidiary
  • Impact
For Students
  • Real world problem solving in uncertain environments 
  • Opportunity for imapct 
  • Enduring mindset 

2019 Projects

Team Ghana has partnered with Global Partners in Care, the African Palliative Care Association, and the Rotary Club of Sunyani East to evaluate Elder Care in Ghana. Follow along here.
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Team Philippines has partnered once again with World Vision Philippines to collect information on out of school urban youth in Manila and Cebu. Follow along here.
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2018 Projects

#TeamGhana has partnered on the Inmates Empowerment collaboration project with  the Rotary Club of Sunyani East, Rotary Club of Vancouver Island, and the Brong Ahafo Research and Extension Centre (at the Sunyani Technical Univeristy to help create positive change for Sunyani prisoners. Follow along here.
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#TeamPhilippines is working with World Vision Philippines to help prevent the Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC). Follow along here.
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Past Projects - IGAD Regional Cancer Center of Excellence 

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Our Team 
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Our Objective

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Professor Emily Block

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Team Blog 
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Course Information


The up to date schedule for this course is on google calendar:  Please add tiny.cc/Block412 to your university calendar.
See an overview of the calendar below (Note: not all materials will be available if you do not add the calendar)