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Business education, put to work

Ivey MBA students apply strategy and analysis to the needs of community organizations.

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The context

Where the work begins

Entrepreneurship is not only about starting a company. It is also the habit of seeing an organization's constraints clearly and designing a more useful next move.

The takeaway

What follows

The Ivey students' community work makes that broader definition visible: business skills become valuable when they are accountable to a real partner and a real problem.

Source reporting

Business education, put to work

Western News / official source page · August 10, 2026

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