As China implements its Belt and Road Initiative to finance and build both infrastructure and political influence around the world, business schools are taking steps to explore the implications.
Five years after President Xi Jinping unveiled the BRI, a number of business schools in Asia have begun exploring it as a theme for: teaching, research, to attract students and to forge deeper academic partnerships with regional counterparts.
At the same time, progress is gradual as schools seek clarity over what exactly the policy is, which countries it covers, the extent of public and private sector commitment and the practical challenges of competing priorities and scarce resources in developing their activities.