Centre for Business and Development Studies

24/04/2025

📢 New Blog Post Alert 📢

Here it is: Part 2 of the blog post “Frelimo and the fate of Mozambique”!

The October 9, 2024 general election in Mozambique has triggered a deepening political crisis, leading to hundreds of deaths, injuries, and arrests. In the new CBDS blog post, Pedro Alarcón examines the origins of the crisis and what it means for the country's future.

Read the continuation of the blog post here: https://cbds.cbs.dk/frelimo-and-the-fate-of-mozambique-part-2/

Centre for Business and Development Studies Copenhagen Business School

The general election of 9 October 2024 in Mozambique triggered a political crisis in which hundreds of Mozambicans have been killed, injured or arrested. This blog post seeks to explain its origins and implications.

19/04/2025

📢 CBS-MUBS Collaborative Field Course: Bridging Theory and Practice in Uganda 📢

From March 30 to April 17, 30 students and 3 professors from Copenhagen Business School (CBS) traveled to Uganda to participate in the field-based course “Field Study: Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development in Uganda.” Hosted by Makerere University Business School (MUBS), the CBS group was joined by 30 MUBS students and 4 course facilitators for an immersive and collaborative learning experience.

Now in its 12th edition, the course was born out of the Danida-funded Youth and Employment: The Role of Entrepreneurship in African Economies (YEMP) project, which ran from 2009–2014 and involved several MUBS faculty members. It was originally designed in response to students’ desire for more hands-on, real-world learning experiences. The course aims to bridge academic theory and practice, strengthen students' research and methodological skills, and cultivate intercultural competencies.

Over the three-week program, students formed mixed groups of four—two from CBS and two from MUBS—and engaged in an intense learning journey. The first week included lectures on intercultural collaboration, research methods, and fieldwork ethics. Students then designed their own research questions and developed instruments for field data collection.

📍Fieldwork took place across diverse entrepreneurial environments in Kampala, with supervision from MUBS and CBS facilitators. In the final week, students analyzed their data, prepared research reports, and presented their findings to peers and faculty.

This year’s student research projects explored a wide range of pertinent topics, including:
✅ The empowerment of women in the clean cooking sector
✅ Resource mobilization strategies in community-based organizations
✅ Working conditions of garbage collectors and waste pickers
✅ Recycling plastic into art and craft products
✅ The adoption of digital technologies in small-scale fashion retail
✅ The evolution of fintech business models
✅ Boda boda riders’ access to microfinance
✅ Experiences of female performers in Kampala’s entertainment industry
✅ The gig economy's impact on tour guides in Uganda.
✅ Social capital in young coffee roasters' entrepreneurship
✅ Informal entrepreneurs' strategies against Chinese supplier dominance
✅ Empowerment of disenfranchised women through social enterprises

Students conducted their research in a variety of settings, from markets and low-income neighborhoods to retail shops, home-based enterprises, music studios, and offices of government agencies, microfinance institutions, and tech companies. Their research methods ranged from surveys and semi-structured interviews to focus group discussions and participatory drawing techniques.

🚀 For more insights check out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbs_mubs_uganda/

18/03/2025

📆 SAVE THE DATE: GREEN TRANSITION CONFERENCE 2025

💡 How can the private sector take responsibility and help ensure that the world's escalating need for renewable energy and critical minerals does NOT exacerbate the global inequalities that the climate crisis is already creating?

Oxfam Danmark and Copenhagen Business School invite you to a full-day conference, where a number of leading experts and actors from the private sector, academia, civil society, and public authorities will discuss the dilemmas and problems we face and how they can best be solved.

📍 When and where?
08 April 2025
09.30-16.00
CBS Ovnhallen, Porcelænshaven 20
2000 Frederiksberg

Click here for the program: https://gtconference.com/

🔗The conference is free and includes lunch! All you need to do is register here: https://cbs.nemtilmeld.dk/1159/

Registration deadline: April 2.

Please note that there are a limited number of seats available.

💡 How can the private sector take responsibility and help ensure that the world's escalating need for renewable energy and critical minerals does NOT exacerbate the global inequalities that the climate crisis is already creating?

13/03/2025

INVITATION: Mexico’s Sustainable Energy Policy

🌍 What are the key drivers of Mexico’s energy transition? How is the country balancing energy security, sustainability, and economic growth?

The Centre for Business and Development Studies (CBDS) at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), in collaboration with the Embassy of Mexico in Denmark, invites you to a special guest lecture as part of the course Energy Transition for Sustainable Development in Latin America. This session will explore Mexico’s evolving energy policies, sustainability strategies, and its role as a key player in the global energy sector.

📅 Date: 25 March 2025
⏰ Time: 13:00–14:15
📍 Venue: Copenhagen Business School, Finsensvej 6D – FV6.0.22, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark

🔹 Hosted by: CBS & the Embassy of Mexico in Denmark
🎤Speaker: Lino Leopoldo Santacruz Moctezuma - Head of the Economic & Cooperation Section, Embassy of Mexico in Denmark

Lino Leopoldo Santacruz Moctezuma brings extensive experience in international economic cooperation, trade, and sustainable development. His insights will highlight Mexico’s commitment to sustainability, the regulatory landscape, and opportunities within the energy sector.

Key Topics of Discussion
✅ Mexico as a key player in the international energy sector
✅ The significance of the energy industry in Mexico’s economic development
✅ The country’s path toward sustainable energy transition
✅ Current state of energy policies and regulatory frameworks
✅ Challenges and opportunities for renewable energy expansion

⚡ Join us for this engaging session to explore the complexities and opportunities within Mexico’s energy sector and its transition toward a more sustainable future.

👥 Who should attend?
Students, faculty, policymakers, industry professionals, and anyone interested in energy policy, international cooperation, and sustainability.

📩 For inquiries, contact: Jacobo Ramirez at [email protected]

🔗 We look forward to seeing you there!

11/03/2025

INVITATION: Mexico’s Sustainable Energy Policy

🌍 What are the key drivers of Mexico’s energy transition? How is the country balancing energy security, sustainability, and economic growth?

The Centre for Business and Development Studies (CBDS) at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), in collaboration with the Embassy of Mexico in Denmark, invites you to a special guest lecture as part of the course Energy Transition for Sustainable Development in Latin America. This session will explore Mexico’s evolving energy policies, sustainability strategies, and its role as a key player in the global energy sector.

📅 Date: 25 March 2025
⏰ Time: 13:00–14:15
📍 Venue: Copenhagen Business School, Finsensvej 6D – FV6.0.22, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
🔹 Hosted by: CBS & the Embassy of Mexico in Denmark
Speaker
🎤 Lino Leopoldo Santacruz Moctezuma, Head of the Economic & Cooperation Section, Embassy of Mexico in Denmark

Lino Leopoldo Santacruz Moctezuma brings extensive experience in international economic cooperation, trade, and sustainable development. His insights will highlight Mexico’s commitment to sustainability, the regulatory landscape, and opportunities within the energy sector.

Key Topics of Discussion
✅ Mexico as a key player in the international energy sector
✅ The significance of the energy industry in Mexico’s economic development
✅ The country’s path toward sustainable energy transition
✅ Current state of energy policies and regulatory frameworks
✅ Challenges and opportunities for renewable energy expansion

⚡ Join us for this engaging session to explore the complexities and opportunities within Mexico’s energy sector and its transition toward a more sustainable future.

👥 Who should attend?
Students, faculty, policymakers, industry professionals, and anyone interested in energy policy, international cooperation, and sustainability.

📩 For inquiries, contact: Jacobo Ramirez at [email protected]
🔗 We look forward to seeing you there!

04/03/2025

A GREEN AND JUST TRANSITION FOR ALL. Can the private sector deliver?

The green transition is crucial to combat climate change, and the private sector has an important role with its knowledge and financial capabilities.

But this must not come at the expense of human rights, environmental protection and social justice in low-income countries and some of the most sensitive natural areas in the world.

We have invited some of the world´s leading experts and key stakeholders from civil society, private sector, human rights organizations and Danish government to discuss how the private sector take responsibility and help ensure that the world's escalating need for renewable energy and rush for critical minerals does NOT exacerbate the global inequalities and social injustice that the climate crisis is already creating.

Conference website: https://gtconference.com/

📍 Time and place
08 April 2025
09.30-16.00
Copenhagen Business School, Ovnhallen, Porcelænshaven 24
2000 Frederiksberg

A green and just transition for all

27/02/2025

📢 New Blog Post Alert 📢

For 40 years, Band Aid has profited from African suffering to fuel Western compassion. If Ethiopian suffering creates value in the charity economy, Ethiopians should be paid for it.

Read Lisa Ann Richey’s powerful argument here: https://cbds.cbs.dk/bob-geldof-pay-your-ethiopian-workers/

Centre for Business and Development Studies The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE

For 40 years now, Ethiopians specifically, and Africans in general, have been doing the work of being worthy recipients for band aid. Now, they should be recognized for that work and rewarded as workers. As I have argued here, Africa has become a market for profiting from Whiteness. Thus, the reason...

06/02/2025

📢 New Policy Brief Alert 📢

In this new policy brief, Lucas Kitula, Peter Kragelund, Daudi Mukangara, Lisa Richey, and Consolata Sulley examine the role of elites in everyday humanitarianism.

Copenhagen Business School
University of Dar es Salaam

👉 Read the full policy brief here:

06/02/2025

📢 New Policy Brief Alert 📢

In this new policy brief, Line Engbo Gissel, Herbert Hambati, Hamudi Majamba, and Esther Mlingwa explore everyday humanitarianism in disaster response.



👉 Read the full policy brief here:

04/02/2025

📢 New Policy Brief Alert 📢

In this new policy brief, Rosemary Msoka, Yvette Ruzibiza and Simon Turner explore everyday humanitarianism in refugee-affected areas and its implications.

Copenhagen Business School
University of Dar es Salaam

👉 Read the full policy brief here:

04/02/2025

📢 New Policy Brief Alert 📢

How do perceptions of deservingness shape everyday humanitarian support in Tanzania?

In this new policy brief, Herbert Hambati, Mogens Kamp Justesen, Innocent Pantaleo, and Lisa Ann Richey investigate this question and share the results. ( )

Copenhagen Business School
University of Dar es Salaam

👉 Read the full policy brief here:

28/01/2025

📢 New Blog Post Alert 📢

Read the new CBDS blog post in which Cornel uncovers three overlooked financial strategies driving China’s EV dominance – and what Europe must do to stay in the race.

👉 Dive into the full blog post here:

Explore the financial strategies driving China's EV dominance and cleantech innovation. From targeted monetary policies to public infrastructure investment and coordinated financing, learn how Europe risks lagging behind without bold financial interventions.