On August 26, 2024, Riga Business School launched its Orientation Week (O-Week) for first-year students, marking the beginning of an exciting journey into academic life. The week-long event, running from August 26 to August 30, 2024, serves as an essential introduction to the next three to four years at Riga Business School (RBS). Throughout the week, students will have the opportunity to engage with RBS alumni, the Student Union, faculty members, and staff, all of whom will share crucial information to support them during their [...]

On August 12, 2024, Dr. Claudio Rivera announced that he would change his role in the Riga Business School. As of August 15, 2024, Claudio Rivera will become Director of the undergraduate program, chair of the Leadership Development Practicum course (Executive MBA course), faculty member, and strategic advisor on key projects for the Education Innovation Laboratory. He will also be involved in Riga Business School initiatives in Executive Education, international linkages, and potential doctoral program development. Voldemārs Innus, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Riga [...]

Today, we often hear provocative questions about whether education in the form we are used to it still has meaning and value. The provocative question is influenced by a rapidly changing business environment, a constantly evolving technological landscape, new types of risks. Questions about the ability of traditional education and teaching to keep up with these changes and to provide knowledge and experience that is ahead of its time are therefore legitimate. These pressures are leading to a panic search for new knowledge about what [...]