Global Collaborations

At the Sawyer Business School, we don’t just talk about global business. We are global business. With partnerships at universities, think tanks, and professional associations in countries like China, NS India, you’ll learn about global business from the experts who have experienced it first-hand.

Partners and Memberships

Asia-Pacific & Middle East

  • Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, China
  • College of Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  • College of Business, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Europe, North America & South America

  • Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • School of Management Fribourg (HEG), Switzerland

  • Professor Alexis Montecinos has been a macroeconomics advisor for the government of Chile and is currently member of two commissions in the Chilean Senate.
  • Professor Sokol Celo maintains a close relationship with Co-Plan, Institute for Habitat Development (NGO based in Albania) as the chairman of the Advisory Board until June 2018 and as a strategic collaborator and advisor and member of the Advisory Board after that.
  • Professor Cristian Chelariu has been an Advisory Board member for the Association of Romanians in New England (ARNE), a cultural not-for-profit organization since 2016.
  • Dean Amy Zeng serves on the International Advisory Board of Zagreb’s Faculty of Economics and Business since 2020. In addition, she mentored Hunan University School of Business for their initial AACSB accreditation, which they were accredited successfully in 2021, and has been mentoring East China Normal University Faculty of Economics and Management and Beijing Normal University School of Business for their initial AACSB accreditation.
  • Dean Zeng is serving on the Peer Review Team for the initial AACSB accreditation review visit for the University of Pannonia in Hungary in mid-November, 2024.

Teaching

Faculty Headshot imageJane Zhu’s partnership with Shanghai University of International Business and Economics is a vital component of her Global Product Innovation course in Boston.

Her students work virtually throughout a semester with students in China to complete consulting projects for business clients. Communicating on Wechat, emails, and Zoom calls, students collaborate across cultural boundaries and time zones to learn how user needs and innovation practices vary around the world.

Faculty Headshot imageAroon Manoharan specializes in public administration and management research with a focus on global and comparative perspectives.

As a highly regarded speaker, Aroon has been invited to give lectures around the world on topics such as e-government, public management, comparative public administration, state capacity, and public communication. Additionally, he recently taught a course on public sector technology during a summer session at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Faculty Headshot imageCarlos Rufin, a senior associate at the Institute for International Urban Development, has served as a visiting scholar at Pontifícia Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro and Harbin Engineering University in Harbin, China.

Additionally, he has taught at ESAN Business School in Lima, Peru, and Instituto de Empresa Business School in Madrid.

 

Professional Engagement 

Jodi Detjen

Associate Dean of Innovative Education and Programs, Executive Director of the MBA Program, and Associate Professor of Practice Jodi Detjen worked with a professor from the Goa Institute of Management to write a book chapter on managing corruption in India.

Ric Thomas

Before he joined Suffolk University as an Instructor in 2019, Ric Thomas was the global head of investment strategy and research for State Street Global Advisors in Boston, after serving as the global head of quantitative equity portfolio management. Currently, Ric serves as a senior advisor to the World Bank, where he works with both the Disaster Risk Finance and Asset Allocation groups.

Visiting Scholars

The Sawyer Business School welcomed eight delegates from the Technical University of Moldova in August 2023.

Professor George Kassinis hosted a discussion on sustainability while looking at the culture and history of Cyprus in November 2022.

Professor Akrom Omonov gave a lecture on the banking system of Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation in November 2022.

What's Happening at Suffolk and Beyond

Business On the Other Side of the World
Sawyer Business School MBA students travel to Vietnam

Reclaiming the Past
Students help restore a pre-WWII Jewish cemetery in Poland

The Health of A Nation
Business School Healthcare Administration graduate student and professor strive to improve patient outcomes in the Georgia Republic

A World of Difference
Senior Stephanie Bulega-Nasuna earns two highly competitive study abroad scholarships to Asia

A Fulbright Future
Lauren Muro-Belandria, BA ’23, will spend nine months on a teaching assistant fellowship in Spain

Faculty Scholars Bound for Finland, Cyprus
Sawyer Business School professors research marketing and business strategy during Fulbright fellowships.

Diving Deep
For a dozen Suffolk students, a weeklong journey to Rwanda to explore the economics of water yields powerful lessons about how the country has rebuilt itself, 30 years after the genocide.

Healthcare At Home and Abroad
Sawyer Business School global travel seminar returns to England for a deep dive into the UK’s National Health Service
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