Posts by Donkor Nawaah
FinTech, BigTech, and the future of banking: Rethinking curricula and competencies in management education
In 2025, more people access financial services through a mobile screen curated by a technology platform than through a bank branch (Chaudhari, 2025; Pazarbasioglu et al., 2020). FinTech firms are unbundling services with speed and precision, while BigTech giants such as Amazon, Tencent and Google are embedding financial products into everyday consumer ecosystems. Banks, once…
Read MoreHow university rankings impact academic freedom and institutional autonomy
During an era of data-driven decision-making in institutional strategy, global university rankings have emerged as powerful tools affecting not just the idea of academic excellence but also the fundamentals of governing higher education. Influential agencies such as Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), and the Times Higher Education (THE) have changed the landscape…
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