WE DEVELOP ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERS
FOR FAST-MOVING ECONOMIES

Entrepreneurial Leaders

SKOLKOVO will help you turn yourself into that special type of leader that is desperately needed, but seldom found. You will be part of that next generation of leaders which will have to lead and manage change and uncertainty.

This generation of leaders will not only be unafraid of change, but will be made up of active and effective agents and drivers of change. Thriving in uncertainty and adversity, these people will be able to recognize potential where others see only challenges and difficulties.

For SKOLKOVO, entrepreneurial leadership is a holistic concept; what is important is not so much where our graduates go, but that they make an impact when they get there. Whether you go on to start your own business, move into public sector management or put your leadership abilities to work at an established business, you will make a difference.

The idea that “most businesses are over-managed, but under-led” is especially true in fast-moving and rapidly changing business environments.  We want our graduates to lead, and to leave their footprints where it matters.

Fast-moving economies

Fast-moving economies will provide most of the global economic growth over next few decades. Countries like Russia, China and India will be the world’s growth engines.

This is where multinationals will see most of their growth in the next 20 years, meaning that this is where they will need the most managerial talent. That demand for talent will only increase with the new emerging champions that will come out of these markets. Companies need leaders to help them harness this rapid growth.

Because of the challenges these markets present, they also require and are producing a lot of creativity – they are laboratories for new ideas. It is from these areas – and not the United States and Europe – that new business models will come. Micro-finance is just one example. SKOLKOVO will make sure you are there as it happens.

These fast-moving economies share a specific group of characteristics: uncertainty, dynamism, institutional and infrastructural gaps, talent gaps and shortages, rapid change and underdeveloped technology. No other business school in the world today prepares you mentally, emotionally and physically to turn these challenges into opportunities.

At SKOLKOVO, you will become an entrepreneurial leader able to manage change and create success in frontier markets. In particular, we focus on Russia, India and China – the “RICH” countries:

• Rich in history
• Rich in culture
• Rich in resources
• Rich in diversity
• Rich in energy and dynamism