INCAE Business School and Smith School of Business-Queen's University in Ontario, Canada signed a new cooperation alliance on March 28. Smith thus becomes the second partner school of INCAE in Canada with a bilateral exchange agreement.
This is one of the schools that recently joined the Partnership in International Management (PIM) network of which INCAE has been a member since 2013.
"This agreement with the Smith School of Business has a lot of potential for collaboration and learning in different areas. Among other things, we are pleased that there is access to exchange scholarships for Latin American students, who otherwise would not be able to have that experience," said Dean Kilian.
Through this agreement and the Smith School of Business' Centre for International Management, MBA students at INCAE will be able to benefit from the Scotia Bank of Americas Award. At the same time, the Heller Smith Foundation will offer outstanding Costa Rican students the opportunity to apply for the Costa Rica Exchange Award for their exchange at Smith.
"I am excited to sign an exchange agreement with INCAE Business School. This partnership will be one more way to network and learn from the Global South. We look forward to organizing possible collaborative research projects with faculty and experiential learning opportunities for our professional master's students," said Dr. Costen of the signing of this agreement.
In addition to the deans, Prof. Carla Fernández, Director of the MBA and Global MBA programs, and Alexandra Esquivel, Director of International Programs of the Full-Time MBA, participated on behalf of INCAE; and Angela James, Director of the Centre for International Management of the Smith School of Business-Queen's University.
It is worth mentioning that 2020 marked the 100th anniversary of official relations between Costa Rica and Canada, and Smith School of Business has contributed to strengthening ties between the two nations. For this work, the school received a commemorative medal from the Costa Rican Ambassador to Canada.
We hope that this agreement will further contribute to fostering collaboration between Canada and Latin America.
