Wharton School

Wharton and INSEAD Renew Alliance for Three More Years

April 2004 — Patrick Harker, dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Gabriel Hawawini, dean of INSEAD, announced the renewal of the partnership between the two schools for three more years. The initial success of this alliance, one that is broader and deeper than any other business education partnership, prompted its renewal. The mission of the alliance is to offer a number of capabilities unmatched by any business school or combination of business schools in the world.

First, the Alliance will offer broadened and enhanced course offerings (in both content and geography) for MBA and PhD program participants. Second, the alliance will expand the delivery of global open enrollment and company-specific executive education programs for multinational clients. Third, global research opportunities for faculty from both schools will be expanded.

Harker said, “With our initial success, especially in the areas of student exchanges and joint faculty research, we have proven the potential of our two institutions working together. We are confident that our partnership will continue to produce outstanding achievements in knowledge creation, teaching, and the development of global business leaders.”

Hawawini stated that “the extension of the Alliance is the result of a genuine understanding and shared vision of the opportunities for clients, faculty, students and alumni through a global learning network.”

The deans agreed that the next three years will be an exciting, innovative period, starting with the publication of The Alliance on Globalizing, the first in a series of books written by the faculties of the two schools, in September 2004 and followed-up by a high profile Alliance-associated Economist Conference on Globalization scheduled to take place in London on September 30, 2004.