Revisiting Dubai's Business School Mania

This paper continues the ongoing dialogue in AMLE on business school hubs and addresses Rogmans (2019) paper by evaluating the applicability of Dunning’s OLI advantages – Ownership (O), Location (L), Internalization (I) – in explaining Dubai’s emergence as a global education hub. Since business schools typically possess few transferable Ownership-advantages, Dunning’s OLI advantages theory appears simplistic and decontextualized when applied to the global business school field. This commentary contributes to existing research on business school hubs by providing some guiding points for future discussions seeking to develop a better understanding of international branch campuses.