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Dec 6
MSBM Awards Top Performers of Graduate Programmes
  The Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) Graduate Awards Ceremony took place on November 28, 2024 at the UWI Regional Headquarters under the theme “Celebrating Excellence”.  The ceremony is held each year to recognize and award those students who receive a distinction in their programmes as well as the top performers in each Graduate Programme. In addition, student groups who performed best in the Final Field Project/Paper received awards and commendation for their h ››Read More
MSBM Launches Innovative Entrepreneurship Competition, Bridging Academia and Industry
Mona School of Business and Management, UWI Mona, launched the 2024 staging of its flagship entrepreneurship initiative, the Vincent HoSang UWI Venture Competition on September 25, 2024  marking a significant milestone in fostering innovation across diverse academic disciplines. Entrepreneurship, traditionally the domain of business students, is now being revolutionized through the Vincent HoSang Entrepreneurship Programme (VHEP) which is managed by the Mona School of Business a ››Read More
UWI Vincent HoSang Venture Competition Set to Inspire Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
Annual Competition Launches September 25, 2024, with  Strong Partner Support  The University of the West Indies (UWI Mona) is proud to announce the upcoming launch of the  2024 Vincent HoSang UWI Venture Competition on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at the  Mona School of Business and Management North, UWI Mona Campus. This prestigious event  continues to be a beacon of innovation and fostering of entrepreneurship, engaging over 100  students annually from diverse faculties.  T ››Read More
Winners of the The UWI Vincent HoSang Venture Competition travel to New York to get first hand exposure to Jamaican Businesses
    The annual UWI Vincent HoSang Venture Competition has once again showcased the remarkable entrepreneurial talent within the University of the West Indies (UWI) community. The 2023/2024 edition, which concluded in January 2024, featured a diverse array of winning ventures, each addressing unique societal needs. This year's victorious business was Sim's Seasonings/Sim's All-Purpose Pimento Liquid, led by sole proprietor Ms. Shanya Francis, an Human Resource Management major at ››Read More
Building Trustworthy Learning with AI
  Building Trustworthy Learning with AI The recent dramatic evolution of AI, has given rise to Generative AI and its poster child, ChatGPT. This new breed can adapt, analyze data, and create content and is rapidly becoming a game-changer for business. MSBM hosted a series of events during the week of May 27, 2024 to help Businesses assess current tools and invest in human-AI collaboration and continuous learning. The series included three sessions. The first session was held ››Read More
MSBM undergraduate students advance to Sustainable Hospitality Challenge Finals in Dubai
A team of four undergraduate students  from Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) have qualified to advance to the Sustainable Hospitality Challenge (SHC) Finals which will be held in Dubai from September 30-October 2, 2024. The team of four second year students, comprising three Tourism majors and one Accounting major will give a pitch about an innovative sustainable solution for the hospitality industry before a Jury of tourism industry leaders. The members of the MSBM/UW ››Read More
MSBM 10th Anniversary Undergraduate Scholars awarded
  Five very bright and ambitious undergraduate students were awarded the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) 10th Anniversary Scholarships in recognition of their excellent academic records and  their involvement in the UWI/MSBM community. As part of the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the merger of the former Mona School of Business and the Department of Management Studies, the School offered ten scholarships (five undergraduate and five graduate) in celebra ››Read More
MSBM MBA Student, Natalie Fowler clinches top spot in Well Cell Project of University at Buffalo’s Global Leadership Programme
  Congratulations to Natalie Fowler, MBA student, who was one of the five top performers in the Well Cell Project of the 2023-24 University at Buffalo’s Global Leadership Programme.  The top performers won  prizes sponsored by Well Cell Global, a pharmaceutical company based in Houston, Texas. Natalie was a member of one of the lead teams that produced the top project proposals to introduce a pharmaceutical product to their local markets.   The competition started out with 16 t ››Read More
MSBM Ranked Among Best Hospitality and Hotel Management Schools for 2024, for BSc Tourism Management Programme
The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica, BSc. Tourism Management programme is on the list of Best Hospitality and Hotel Management Schools for 2024, ranked by CEOWORLD Magazine. According to Caroline, JD, Esq., Chief Economist & Senior Analyst of CEOWORLD, the “Mona School of Business and Management at The University of the West Indies, Jamaica was ranked No. 118 in 2024, and for the first time, a School from the Caribbean has appeared in our ranking. Congratu ››Read More
14th AIB-LAC Conference Wraps Up a Resounding Success in Kingston
The 14th Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business – Latin America and the Caribbean (AIB-LAC) Chapter, held at the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel , concluded on a high note on March 22, 2024. The conference, themed "Rethinking and Reshaping the Role of Business in Creating a More Sustainable and Resilient Latin America and the Caribbean," brought together leading academics, bus ››Read More
Jamaica one of two Caribbean countries in World Economic Forum's Groundbreaking 'Future of Growth Report'
    In 2023 the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced a strategic shift in its publication approach, discontinuing the Global Competitiveness Report in favor of two new flagship reports: the “Global Risk Report” and the “Future of Growth Report”.  The Global Competitiveness Report (GCR), published between 2004 and 2020, relies on the results of an Executive Opinion Survey, completed by at least 80 companies per country, which has been administered in Jamaica by Mona School of Bu ››Read More