The EDUNIVERSAL International Scientific Committee
The EDUNIVERSAL Official Selection of the 1,000 Best Business
Schools worldwide is the work result of the Eduniversal
International Scientific Committee (ISC) that has established a
global mapping system meeting the criteria of universality and the
international reputation of each academic institution.
The International Scientific Committee is composed of 11
members: 2 executive members: SMBG's managing director and
Eduniversal's international coordinator; 9 independent expert
members who represent the nine academic zones: Africa, North
America, Latin America, Central Asia, Eurasia and Middle East,
Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Far East Asia, Oceania.
The role of each member of the ISC is significant and valuable,
as all of them are the guarants of the Official Selection of the
1000 Best Business Schools Worldwide. The members of the ISC are
responsible for the elaboration of the EDUNIVERSAL Official
Selection, monitor the Deans' Voting processes and work for the
improvement of EDUNIVERSAL's Business Schools Ranking Methodology.
The International Scientific Committee meets:
- to modify the Official
Selection, two years after the first Selection, then every four
years, depending on changes and global trends;
- to publish the Eduniversal
Palmes results each year, based on the internalization criteria
and the Deans' Vote results.
THE 9 EXPERT MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
COMMITTEE
All the nine expert members are experienced and prominent
personalities in the academic field of their geographical zone:
AFRICA
Prof. Eon Smit is the former
Director of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (South
Africa). He is also the former president of SABSA (South African
Business Schools Association), a founding member of AABS
(Association of African Business Schools). He is a Chairman of the
Bureau for Economic Research as well as the Institute for Futures
Research at the University of Stellenbosch and the member of the
Board of USB-ED. Prof.Eon Smit is an Advisory Board member
of the University of Hull Business School in the UK and a member
of the EQUIS Quality Committee in Brussels. He has chaired more
than twenty international audit teams for accreditation agencies
such as EQUIS, AMBA and the CHE.
CENTRAL ASIA
Prof. Dr. Aneeta Madhok (PhD, CMC, GPHR) is the
Director at Open Spaces Consulting and has been the Dean
(Center for Human Resources) at S.P. Jain Center of Management,
Dubai and Singapore and Dean (School of Business) NMIMS University
in India.
She is the Chairperson of the International Council of
Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) over 47 countries
worldwide, and is a global expert on Professional Development and
Knowledge in the areas of Management Education, Human Resources
and Management Consulting.
EASTERN EUROPE
Dr. Virginijus Kundrotas is a
Dean of Adizes Graduate School (USA) and Vice- President for
Europe of Adizes Institute (USA). He was a Founding President of
ISM University of Management & Economics (Lithuania) and
worked in this position for 9 years. Specialized in business
ethics, leadership and change management, he is also President of
BMDA (Baltic Management Development Association), vice-president
of CEEMAN (Central and East European Management Development
Association), and member of the EQUIS accreditation committee.
EURASIA & MIDDLE EAST
Prof. Nehme Azoury holds
the position of Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration of
the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (Lebanon). In addition, he is
the Secretary General of the Arab Society of Faculties of Business
Administration. Former consultant, he is now the editor of the
electronic magazine of USEK-AUF, the agency of French-speaking
world universities, and has been the editor of Arab Economic
Business Journal. He also lectures in the fields of marketing and
strategy.
FAR EAST ASIA
Prof. Sung Joo Park is
the former Dean and Vice president of KAIST (Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology). He is currently a professor
at KAIST Business School. Holding a PhD from Michigan State
University, he was also the founding president of AAPBS
(Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools,) and served as a
board member of the AACSB. He is now a board member of the GFME
(Global Foundation for Management Education).
LATIN AMERICA
Prof. Edson Luiz Riccio is a
well-established Researcher and an Associate Professor at the
University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), where he holds many
responsibilities, including: president of the international
Cooperation Office of the faculty of economics and management
(FEA-USP), and director of TECSI, a research laboratory on
technology and information system.
NORTH AMERICA
Dr. Charles Moyer serves as Dean of the College
of Business at the University of Louisville. He is also Dean
Emeritus of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake
Forest University. Dr. Moyer held the GMAC Insurance Chair in
Finance at Wake Forest University and has been a director at King
Pharmaceuticals since 2000. He currently serves on the Corporate
Governance Committee and chairs the Audit Committee. He is also a
director of Metacyte and of the Kentucky Seed Capital Fund. He is
a member of the Board of Advisors of Capital South Partners, LLC.
and a member of the Kentucky Tax Increment Financing Commission.
OCEANIA
Prof. Michael Wood is
currently Professor of Management in the School of Business at
Notre Dame and the director of Mike Wood Consulting. He retired as
Executive Dean of the Curtin Business School in May 2007, after
nearly 8 years in the position. He has had extensive experience in
the public and private sectors: he has worked in four Australian
universities, held the most senior position in the public sector
and conducted profitably his own business. Professor Wood was
formerly chair of the Wood Consulting Group and he has held
leading positions in the Western Australian Public Sector. He was
Public Service Commissioner from June 1990 to August 1993,
Secretary for Local Government from 1984 to 1990, and Chairman of
the Local Government Grants Commission from 1983 to 1985.
WESTERN EUROPE
Mr. Axel Schumacher is Associate
Dean for International Relations at the EBS Business and Law
Schools of the EBS Universität fur Wirtschaft und Recht i.
Gr. (EBS University for Economics and Law) in Oestrich-Winkel and
Wiesbaden (Germany). Before joining the EBS team he held the
position of Director International Programmes at WHU, Otto
Beisheim School of Management (Germany). For more than 20 years he
has been working in the field of International Relations. Over
this period he initiated more than 200 university cooperations
with more than 45 countries around the globe, including at least
40 dual degree agreements at both undergraduate and graduate
levels. Mr. Axel Schumacher published several research papers
focusing on the concept of private institutions of higher
education in Germany. Furthermore internationalization strategies
for business and law Schools comprise his research interest.
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE - Eduniversal Masters
Ranking branch
During the annual ISC meeting that was held in Beirut, Lebanon
in March 2011 it was decided to create a new branch of the
International Scientific Committee focusing specifically on the
Eduniversal Worldwide Masters Ranking development. The first
member of this branch is Prof. GEORGE M. JABBOUR.
MASTERS RANKING
Prof. GEORGE M. JABBOUR
currently holds the position of the Director, MS Finance Program
at The George Washington University Washington, DC.
Degrees : Ph.D.,George
Washington University, 1989 ; M.B.A., George Washington
University, 1983 ; B.B.A., Lebanese University, Lebanon,
1979 ; B.S. Lebanese University, Lebanon,1973.
Area of Expertise:
Investments; Derivative securities; Financial engineering; Option
valuation
Editorial Positions:
Journal of Business and Economics Research
Professional Activities:
Center of Excellence in Management, Kuwait; Notre Dame University
in Lebanon; University of Balamand, Lebanon; International
Training Center for Bankers, Budapest, Hungary