Babson College Recognized As A Finalist At The 2015 PRWeek Global Awards

WELLESLEY, Mass., May 8, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PRWeek celebrated revered winners and finalists at its recent 2015 Global Awards ceremony in London, including Babson and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) as one of the top two Global Partnerships in the world. Babson - honored to come only second in its category to the renowned 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, was among a diverse group representing the most forward-thinking organizations and initiatives focused on building brands and trust across international borders.

Last year, Babson and accredited National Teams from more than 70 other participating countries worked collaboratively to garner an estimated 8.8 billion media impressions and more than 2,600 media mentions worldwide through the promotion of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) - the largest and longest-standing, globally-focused entrepreneurship research program in the world.  For more information, visit http://bit.ly/1zR4luH  

The cross-cultural team worked seamlessly to earn top-tier media coverage in order to help advance the goals at the heart of the project:

• To identify factors determining entrepreneurial activity and policies aimed at enhancing such activity;
• To help establish knowledge about the way entrepreneurship relates to economic growth and development; and
• To influence entrepreneurial ambition, stimulating economies across the globe.

"We're pleased to be recognized as finalists, and to continue to help publicize GEM's groundbreaking efforts," said Director of Babson College Public Relations, Michael Chmura. "This global partnership is a true testament to worldwide collaboration, not only through research, but also by harvesting meaningful media relations to promote such potentially impactful economic wisdom."

About PRWeek Global Awards

The PRWeek Global Awards honors the transformative work that crosses borders, building brands and trust, enabling the growth of international enterprise. It is the only awards program that benchmarks the most important work going across markets around the world. Finalists are those producing transformational work and running first-rate organizations of all kinds.

PRWeek honored finalists and winners at a gala on April 28, 2015 in London, and as part of a multi-day event, the organization convened exemplary players in best global practice and trailblazing work in international public relations.

About the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is a not-for-profit academic research consortium that has as its goal making high-quality information on global entrepreneurship activity readily available to as wide an audience as possible. GEM is the largest single study of entrepreneurial activity in the world. Initiated in 1997 by researchers at the London Business School, UK and Babson College, USA, GEM has now conducted research in over 80 economies all over the world.

About Babson College

Babson College is the educator, convener, and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds(r). The College is a dynamic living and learning laboratory, where students, faculty, and staff work together to address the real-world problems of business and society--while at the same time evolving our methods and advancing our programs. We shape the leaders our world needs most: those with strong functional knowledge and the skills and vision to navigate change, accommodate ambiguity, surmount complexity, and motivate teams in a common purpose to create economic and social value. As we have for nearly a half-century, Babson continues to advance Entrepreneurial Thought and Action(r) as the most positive force on the planet for generating sustainable economic and social value.  Visit Babson.edu

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CONTACT: Michael Chmura, 781-239-4549, [email protected]

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