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4 On behalf of all the faculty and staff, current students and alumni, welcome to the Waseda Business School (WBS) learning community!WBS is both uniquely Japanese and highly international. We draw stu-dents, ideas and challenges from around the world and, together, through our teaching and learning, our research and our consulting, we discover new knowledge that can be shared and applied globally. Aca-demic as well as practical knowledge (in other words, actionable man-agement knowledge) can be created through interactions in a learning community of diverse experiences and perspectives. Therefore, all of you are expected to create actionable knowledge.ties that await you at WBS.When you join any program at WBS, in addition to your experiences on campus, you also have access to our alumni network which is well over 5,800 alumni strong, and which is joined by around 300 new grad-uates every year. Additionally, the global WASEDA University alumni net-work includes over 660,000 current members.At WBS, we strongly believe that we have an obligation to develop the next generation of global leaders and financial professionals. Thanks to its people, facilities, and location in the heart of central Tokyo, WBS is a place with numerous opportunities for insightful and personal devel-opment. Interact with International MBA students from around the globe and Evening MBA students who are working as business manag-ers in Japan, or study abroad at our partner schools if you like. All these options are what make your campus life rich and exciting.We look forward to helping you take advantage of the opportuni-Actionable knowledge unlocks your potential.Waseda Business SchoolDeanProf. Hitoshi TAKEHARA