University of Notre Dame/Universidad de Guadalajara
Country:
Mexico
Award Date:
2004
Award Amount:
$299,738.00
Cost Share:
$347,515.00
Other Partners:
Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Notre Dame; Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas
This partnership is creating better economic and business opportunities for the small agricultural producers in the rural areas surrounding Guadalajara by giving them the skills and information they need to capture the gains brought by NAFTA. As a first step in preparing Mexican faculty to teach entrepreneurship to the graduate students who will create new opportunities for small agricultural producers, two professors from Universidad de Guadalajara (UG) traveled to University of Notre Dame (ND) and participated in entrepreneurship courses. They will take new insights and skills back to their classrooms and their department at UG. Both professors took part in the selection and training process for ND MBA graduate students who will intern with UG MBA students at UG in summer 2005. UG also designed a new specialty in entrepreneurship and agricultural business that will be offered in the College of Business and a new certificate program in this field intended to train Mexican professionals to become managers, consultants, and researchers in the rural sector.