Archive for December 2021
Initial EQUIS accreditation for Kemmy Business School and Newcastle Business School and eight schools receive re-accreditation
We are pleased to announce that Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick in Ireland, and Newcastle Business School, The University of Newcastle in Australia have received their initial EQUIS accreditations. Congratulations and welcome to both schools! Alfons Sauquet, Quality Services & EQUIS Director, commented, ‘Sincere congratulations to both our newly accredited schools and re-accreditations. We are thankful to…
Read MoreInitial EFMD Programme Accreditation awarded to HSE Graduate School of Business (Moscow), the Institute of Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge and the School of Management, Universidad del Rosario
Warmest congratulations to HSE Graduate School of Business (Moscow), the Institute of Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) – National Research University, Higher School of Economics (HSE) and the School of Management – Universidad del Rosario for successfully completing the EFMD Programme Accreditation process. Reacting to the Schools’ recent accomplishments, Barbara Sporn, Director of…
Read MoreThe results of the project BIC4SME are now available online
Small and micro-enterprises are the backbone of the European economy and important players in the recovery process from past or future economic crises. They employ more than one-third of the European workforce and produce more than 20% of economic added value[1]. The positive correlation between SMEs activity and economic growth has been proven by numerous…
Read MoreAssessing the impact of research in business schools: seven good reasons to work with BSIS to build the full picture
How does your School demonstrate the impact of its research? Is it all about the metrics? Or do you look at the bigger impact picture? And what role could Business School Impact System (BSIS) play in assessing the impact of your research? There are many reasons why BSIS could feature in your research impact measurement…
Read MoreSeason’s greetings and best wishes from EFMD Global
After another challenging and full year, we at EFMD would like to extend our gratitude and thanks to all of our member institutions, Steering Committee members, Board of Trustees, peer review teams, speakers, moderators, thought-leadership contributors, partners and staff for helping us rethink and adapt to the new normal and successfully continue the journey towards…
Read MoreHEC Liège Management School receives BSIS label
We are pleased to announce that HEC Liège Management School has completed the Business School Impact System (BSIS) assessment process and received the BSIS label. Warm congratulations to the school! Michel Kalika, Director, BSIS, commented, ‘Congratulations to HEC Liège. We are impressed by the school’s involvement in the regional community and forward-thinking societal focus with…
Read MoreEFMD welcomes 14 new members
‘It is not more bigness that should be our goal. We must attempt, rather, to bring people back to the warmth of community, to the worth of individual effort and responsibility, and of individuals working together as a community…’ – Robert F. Kennedy We are thrilled to announce that 13 institutions have been reviewed…
Read MoreRethinking faculty models for impactful schools and resilient careers
Wilfred Mijnhardt is the Policy Director for Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Chair of the new EFMD Faculty Management Programme. Follow him on Twitter. Impact has landed in the missions and strategies of business schools and in the standards of accreditation agencies. Impact is core business, together with the creation of new…
Read MoreOur research model might be broken, but we have the tools to fix it
Internal practices within organisations and companies have, for good or bad, the ability to transcend and shape not only the present of those organisations but the future of the sector they represent. Business schools and other management development institutions are no different, and, as we have observed in our recent research, some practices could be…
Read MoreChairs at business school offer innovative ways to tackle challenges
As business schools look for fresh ways to empower future leaders and implement transformation in their own schools as well as society, Associate Director Stephanie Mullins and colleague Ariella Durban at specialist business education PR consultancy BlueSky Education explore how Chairs can be a way to encourage research and teaching to revolutionise different societal and economic challenges. Placed under…
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