LAHORE (PR) - The Karachi School for Business & Leadership (KSBL) and Cambridge Judge Business School have entered into a strategic partnership whereby Cambridge provides faculty to teach Executive Education courses at KSBL. Cambridge has taken a lead role in setting up the graduate management programme including strategic guidance, faculty recruitment, teaching methodology, curriculum design, technology support and research development. There were thought-provoking presentations and inspiring discussions on various aspects, difficulties and similarities of strategic corporate management between Western and Pakistani companies. The professors and participants talked about how many of the issues faced between these two are similar. Dr Munir highlighted issues related to implementing good strategy in the Pakistani context. He pointed out the importance of the cultural context in implementing any growth strategy. Dr. Ansari emphasised the idea of Blue Ocean Strategy where innovative thinking can create completely new business lines and markets. KSBL Dean Robert Wheeler stressed the importance of this event for Pakistan; This was Cambridge faculty teaching Cambridge courses with a South Asian focus right here in Karachi. Our participants had the opportunity to learn from the faculty who are the experts in this field, and these participants will be able to help their companies gain a competitive edge as a result. Of the nine Executive Education courses being offered by KSBL this year, the next two are Leading Innovation Strategically on November 30 - December 1 and Futures Thinking on December 7-8, 2010.