and cutting-edge integrated network, whose products shall be employers of labor and creators of wealth, that would herald the industrialization of the Southeast and South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria in particular and Nigeria/Africa at large.

Globally, as well as locally, the socio-political environment of business is becoming more intriguing and complex as businesses continue to face diverse problems that require Business Schools with the right mindset, and knowledgeable faculty, to act in unusual ways, as they deploy new theoretical models, strategies and best practices to transform these businesses and give them sustainable lease of life. Today, Nigeria, over the years has been steeped in economic and socio-political crises, including but not limited to, the problems of decreasing productivity, collapsing companies and businesses, poor liquidity ratio and declining value of the national currency, hyperinflation, growing unemployment, scarcity of essential food items, widening poverty in the land as more than 65 percent live below the poverty line.

All of these seemingly complex problems which are situated in the business, economic and sociocultural landscapes require multi-disciplinary interrogation. Indeed proffering solutions to these problems may demand the jettisoning of existing paradigms and the evolution of new insights about how to effectively organize, and motivate people, how to build sustainable businesses, and how to be entrepreneurial.