Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine whether one can infer the identities of specific business and management coursework topics that owner/managers of wineries want to have addressed by a wine industry‐specific educational institution by assessing upstream and downstream...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer an approach to global business education that offers a transformative experience for students and results in greater confidence and expertise. Design/methodology/approach – A model of global business competence is described, as well as an...

Purpose – This paper seeks to present an analysis of the historical emergence of international business and management studies (IBMS) within the context of the post‐World War II USA. It seeks to show how certain conditions of this time and place shaped the orientation of foundational IBMS...

Purpose – Studies indicate that a managerial pro‐male bias still exists. While managers and females have begun to view women as possessing managerial attributes, male students, on average, still tend to stereotype the managerial role using a pro‐male bias. Based on research by Heilman and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how the Balanced Scorecard approach, a performance management system, could be implemented at a college of business. Design/methodology/approach – The authors' own college of business is used as an example, to present how a successful Balanced...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is two‐fold: first, the degree to which career adaptability, career optimism, and career knowledge predict career decisiveness in China, Germany, and the US is to be examined; second, the effect of the five personality traits on the determinants of career...