Berlin School of Business and Innovation

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Berlin School of Business and Innovation (BSBI)
Berlin School of Business and Innovation situated in Alte Post building, constructed in 1906
TypePrivate, for-profit
Established2014
Parent institution
Global University Systems
Key PeopleSagi Hartov
(Executive Chairman)
Location
Berlin
,
Germany

WebsiteOfficial website

Berlin School of Business and Innovation (BSBI) is a business school run by private, for-profit education company Global University Systems in Berlin, Germany.[1] The dominant approach for the provided programmes is to encourage participants to effectively shape the future through an entrepreneurial mindframe which is formulated with three concepts in sight, enterprise, leadership, and the digital world, where theory is combined with practice to keep students up-to-date with the latest industry trends.[1][2]

History[edit]

Berlin School of Business and Innovation was founded in 2014 by Global University Systems (GUS), a for-profit education company.[3] According to Berlin Senate, "The Berlin School of Business and Innovation (BSBI) is a franchise institution operated by Global University Systems (GUS), which was reported in 2014 in accordance with §124a BerlHG in the state of Berlin."[4][5] BSBI does not hold degree-awarding powers in Germany and its programmes are validated by private Italian distance learning institution UniNettuno International Telematic University.[3] In November 2019, BSBI announced that it had partnered with Concordia University Chicago to deliver programmes at its Berlin campus.[6] BSBI also offers courses from the University for the Creative Arts in the United Kingdom.[4] The institution is headed by Sagi Hartov, Israeli cellist and BSBI Executive Chairman, and Aaron Etingen, British-Russian businessman and Global University Systems CEO.[7][8]

In June 2020, BSBI became an official signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN-PRME) initiative.[9][10] It is also a member of the "Business Graduates Association" and "The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)".[11] Webometrics, a ranking for university web visibility, ranks BSBI 10,725th worldwide.[12]

Academics[edit]

Programs are designed with all the knowledge and skills needed for attendees to make an impact on the modern business world. It offers industry-relevant programs that focus on developing the practical business skills required for professional success.[2]

As of 2023, BSBI has multiple additional campuses in Paris, Athens, Hamburg, and Barcelona, besides its main campus in Berlin with students from more than 80 countries, which secures its status in academic excellence.[13][2]

It is a member of several organizations including the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the United Nations - Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN-PRME), and the Business Graduates Association (BGA). Memberships demonstrate academic prevalence, enriching students' learning experience and providing them with access to a growing industry network.[2]

BSBI has integrated the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) within the scope of their teaching and e-learning practices, where students are able to access a "virtual room" as either a duplicate or an extension of their physical classroom.[14] BSBI's paid-partner university UniNettuno is additionally currently implementing a metaverse based university system called "Island of Knowledge".[15]

As the current priority, BSBI is pioneering further attempts to revolutionize traditional means of education either by change in structural hierarchy or the medium of collaboration. In BSBI Dialogues, the goal of creating an exotic virtual platform where students and experts could share knowledge reconsidered, while for having balanced degrees, BSBI provost, in UN Chronicle brought forth the idea of having a Global Degree Project, where accompanying degrees be awarded by an "International Academic Treaty" based on "International Academic Credit" (IAC).[11][16][17]

As a private university, BSBI awards scholarships to relevant candidates based on either merit or financial need, or both.[18][19] Classes are held in English, but to assist students' integration into German society, BSBI offers German study support to all students, even though English is widely spoken in Berlin.[18][14]

Criticisms and controversies[edit]

In 2018, an MBA Journal article report claimed that BSBI's admission requirements were "extremely low" and that the institution was cooperating with a university of "very low standards", but in turn BSBI's parent company Global University Systems’ chief academic officer Maurits van Rooijen defended BSBI, saying, "We want to offer different access options (academic and financial) and different learning formats for different target groups."[20]

In November 2018, BSBI appointed Prince Paul of Romania and Princess Lia of Romania as the school's Patrons, and Princess Madeleine of Bentheim and Steinfurt as Honorary Patron.[21][3] In December 2020, BSBI's patron Prince Paul was sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison by the Supreme Court of Romania.[22][23][24][25] He is no longer listed as one of its patrons.[26]

Poets & Quants revealed that the BSBI campus in Berlin was a shared floor having most of their inventory on the campus, while the respective institution moved out a year after BSBI's launch and took all its inventory with it.[27] On 22 May 2019, MBA Journal reported that students had told the publication that they had written to BSBI management accusing the institution of impaired "quality of teachers and teaching, learning materials and assignments."[28] In July 2019, BSBI students wrote to Poets & Quants, sharing with the education publication that they had written to the institution's management in March 2019 calling their attention to "substandard classes and coursework".[27]

Gallery[edit]

  • Entrance Hall
    Entrance Hall
  • Business Development Office
    Business Development Office
  • Open Area Passage
    Open Area Passage
  • Reading Hall
    Reading Hall
  • Auditorium
    Auditorium
  • Scientific Journals
    Scientific Journals
  • Cafeteria
    Cafeteria
  • Classrooms facilitated for virtual interaction
    Classrooms facilitated for virtual interaction
  • Outside Panoramic View
    Outside Panoramic View

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "About us". BSBI. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Berlin School of Business and Innovation". Top Universities. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Ethier, Marc (13 July 2018). "New B-School Born in Berlin". Poets & Quants. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b Schwertfeger, Bärbel (15 March 2021). "Gisma Business School verlegt Sitz nach Potsdam • MBA Journal". MBA Journal (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  5. ^ Hale, Thomas (12 March 2021). "Inside the university recruitment machine". Financial Times. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  6. ^ Kennedy, Kerrie (18 November 2019). "BSBI announces new programs with CUChicago". The PIE News. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  7. ^ "BSBI: Our Team". Berlin School of Business and Innovation. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  8. ^ "GUS: The Team". Global University Systems. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Berliner Wirtschaftsschule BSBI tritt der UN-Initiative für verantwortungsvolle Bildung bei". Finanz Nachrichten (in German). 11 June 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  10. ^ "LSBF Singapore expands Uni of Greenwich partnership". Study Travel Magazine. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Germany: BSBI launches series to explore distance learning". thepienews.com. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Search | Ranking Web of Universities: Webometrics ranks 30000 institutions". www.webometrics.info. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Campuses". BSBI. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Why Study at BSBI?". BSBI. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  15. ^ "L'università del futuro è digitale, ma non chiamatela Dad: l'esperienza di UniNettuno". Skuola.net - Portale per Studenti: Materiali, Appunti e Notizie (in Italian). 8 April 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  16. ^ Nations, United. "The "Global Degree" Proposal: A New Institutional Model for Higher Education". United Nations. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  17. ^ "BSBI Featured in United Nations Publication With 'Global Degree' Project". www.businesswire.com. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  18. ^ a b "Berlin School of Business and Innovation (BSBI)". MBAGRADSCHOOLS. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  19. ^ "Berlin School of Business and Innovation Scholarships 2024". School Drillers. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  20. ^ Schwertfeger, Barbel (23 July 2018). "GUS mit neuem Billig-MBA in Berlin". MBA Journal (in German). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  21. ^ "Berlin School of Business and Innovation Officially Launches with Opening Event in Berlin". PRNewswire. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  22. ^ Chirileasa, Andrei (18 December 2020). "Romanian prince becomes wanted person to serve jail sentence in corruption case". Romania Insider. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  23. ^ Popescu, Ana; Ionescu, Alin (17 December 2020). "BREAKING Verdict final în dosarul Ferma Băneasa: Remus Truică – 7 ani, Benjamin Steinmetz și Tal Silberstein – câte 5 ani, Paul al României – 3,4 ani, toți cu executare/ Dan Andronic – 3 ani cu suspendare" [BREAKING Final verdict in the Băneasa Farm trial: Remus Truică – 7 years, Benjamin Steinmetz and Tal Silberstein – 5 years, each, Paul of Romania – 3.4 years, all with enforcement/ Dan Andronic – 3 years with suspension]. G4Media (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  24. ^ Pirv, Cosmin (17 December 2020). "Condamnări definitive în dosarul fermei Băneasa. Ce pedeapsă a primit Remus Truică". Mediafax (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  25. ^ de Natal, Frederic. "Le prince Paul-Philippe de Hohenzollern condamné à la prison ferme". Monarchies et Dynasties du monde (in French). Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  26. ^ "Patrons of BSBI". Berlin School of Business and Innovation. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  27. ^ a b Ethier, Marc (16 July 2019). "Is This Berlin B-School A Scam? Some MBA Students Say Yes". Poets & Quants (in German). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  28. ^ Schwertfeger, Barbel (22 May 2019). "BSBI: Massives Missmanagement". MBA Journal (in German). Retrieved 14 February 2021.

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