Banco de Chile and Babson College Chilean Entrepreneurship Educators Program
June 17-19, 2009, Santiago

Building on its legacy to advance entrepreneurial thought and action for the world, Babson College teamed up with Banco de Chile to immerse 26 faculty members from 13 Chilean institutions into the rigorous art of entrepreneurship case writing and teaching.

The Banco de Chile - Babson College Chilean Entrepreneurship Educators Program ran June 17-19^th in Santiago, Chile. The intensive three-day course and supplemental online learning session will culminate with the publication of a Chilean entrepreneurship teaching case collection. 

Babson College President Leonard A. Schlesinger—who embodies the Babson mission to create great economic and social value on a global level—led the introductory session.  Other teaching Babson faculty included:  Trish Costello, Director, Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship; and Heidi M. Neck, Faculty Director and Jeffry A. Timmons Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies. 

Participating Chilean institutions:

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Universidad Católica del Norte
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez

Universidad de Tarapacá

Universidad de Talca

Universidad del Desarrollo

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Universidad de la Serena

Universidad de Atacama

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Universidad de los Andes

Universidad Diego Portales

Universidad Católica del Maule

The next workshop for these case-writing participants will take place from December 2-4, 2009 in Santiago.