Welcome to Latvia

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Welcome to Latvia!

• 21 ST BUSINET ANNUAL CONFERENCE
• Effective Networking in the New Europe
• 13 - 17 November 2007, Riga

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BA School of Business and FinanceFor the Growth
of Creative Personality !

• Riga, Latvia
• 15th of November, 2007

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Dynamics of students in HEI,1990 2006/2007
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No of students per 10 000 inhabitants
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of students for budget places and selfinancing
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BA School of Business and Finance

• BA SBF was founded in 1992 as a Latvian Banking
  College initially offering studies in 2 areas
  banking and finance to 216 students
• Over its first decade it has developed into a
  modern Business School providing studies for more
  than 2600 students in 8 study programms up to
  doctoral level

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BA School of Business and Finance
VISION
We develop personalities
by providing excellent
business and finance education
CORE VALUES
RESPONSIVE
OPEN
PROFESSIONAL
With our national and international business and
finance education and our financial stability we
ensure continuous development of our students
and a high reputation in the society of Latvia
and abroad
MISSION
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Doctoral studies
Doctoral studies
Business Administration
Master Degree
Post graduate studies
1.5 years
Finance
MBA
International Finance and Banking (in
cooperation with Swiss Businee Shool)
Finance
MBA
Undegraduate
Bachelor Degree
4 years
1st level professional HE
1st level professional HE
2,5 years
2,5 years
2 years
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Dynamics of numberof students
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BA School of Business and Finance Business and
Financial Research Centrewww.businessresearch.lv

• Vision
• To become an internationally recognized research
  center for business and financial excellence

• Values Professionalism
• Creativity
• Responsibility

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Membership in the international networks

• BMDA Baltic Management Development Association
• (41 member from 14 countries) (co-founder)
• CEEMAN - Central and East European Management
  Development Association (169 members from 40
  countries in Europe, North America, Africa and
  Asia)
• EURASHE - the European Association of
  Institutions in Higher Education (members from 14
  countries)
• PRIME Networking (members from more than 10
  countries)
• SPACE Association promoting business studies,
  foreign languages, and intercultural
  communication
• LEO-NET - Leonardo Network for Academic Mobility

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Effective Networking in the New Europe

• Networking is not about accumulating power or
  creating self-importance, but about helping each
  other by sharing, learning supporting.
• (Jan Vermeiren, the Networking Coach)

http//asthaparmar.spaces.live.com
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We are open for further cooperation!
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• Thank you for attention!
• Dr. Tatjana Volkova
• BA School of Business of Finance, Rector
• tatjana.volkova_at_ba.lv
• www.ba.lv