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Going Global: What's Next? by Sharon Shinn W estern business schools have been looking east for at least ten years as they sought ways to expose their students to business in China and other Asian countries. But as the world's economies grow more complicated and interconnected, business schools are searching for ways to give students and faculty more extensive and meaningful experiences overseas. The goal is to make sure tomorrow's busi- ness leaders develop a truly global awareness that will see them through careers likely to play out over multiple postings on multiple continents. To discover how business schools are preparing their students for the next phase of international education, BizEd talked to institutions that have had a strong presence in Asia for a considerable period of time. Inevitably, they have changed their programs to meet the chang- ing demands of business. But even more important, they have developed initiatives that will embed these programs more deeply in Asian culture, and they are planning expansions to other parts of the world. As business education becomes more global, rep- resentatives from these business schools emphasize that they too have added an element of "more" to everything they do. They're bringing more complexity, more investment, and more sophisti- cation to their curricula—and expect even more to come. Now that leading business schools have spent more than a decade running programs overseas— particularly in Asia—what knowledge have they gained that will help them fine-tune international education over the next decade? 40 BizEd MAY/JUNE 2010