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 Seoul Declaration for Asia-Pacific Business Education

Whereas : The economy of theAsia-Pacific region has taken historic strides in recent decades to become oneof the most significant drivers propelling global economic growth.

Whereas : Asian business practices arewidely acknowledged as having come of age and now offer inspiration to businesspractices globally.

Whereas : Asian business schools are ideally endowed to develop such theories, frameworks, modalities and casestudies due to their cultural understanding, shared values, language skills,geographic access and alumni networks to facilitate this endeavor.

Whereas: The Asia-Pacific Region isour home and thus we have the responsibility and obligation to contribute toits prosperity and progress.

We highly resolve at this historic summitof the first ever gathering of deans representing business schools across theAsia Pacific Region to acknowledge the following roles of business schools:

1. Guiding the content and direction ofuseful research, in part through the establishment of the Asian Business Case Journal as a practical resource.

2. Determining the most appropriate contentto impart and the most effective pedagogical approaches to achieve that goal.

3. Promoting collaborative research andteaching activities to capture latent cross-cultural synergies inherent in theAsia-Pacific Region.

4. Creating more effective career development programs to overcome the challenges facing the region’sever-growing workforce in the 21st century.

5. Reinventing the region’s businessschools so that they may more effectively promote the entrepreneurshipnecessary to confront and prosper from the challenges posed by growingpopulations and decreasing natural resources that will characterize the 21stcentury.

Promulgated this day of 26 September 2013 atthe Korea University Business School