Posts by Friedemann Schulze-Fielitz
Navigating uncertainty together: What to expect at the 2025 EFMD Annual Conference
We are living in uncertain times. For business schools navigating uncertainty, the speed of technological change (including the rapid rise of AI), a shifting geopolitical landscape, economic volatility, and evolving policy regimes such as pushback against DEI efforts are converging to challenge long-held assumptions across sectors. The result is an acceleration of complexity—and a growing…
Read MoreCreating memories together: Why you should support EFMD conference and events
EFMD conferences are platforms for collaboration, sensemaking, and innovation. They create the networks and experiences that drive our industry forward as we tackle the challenges of our time. Have you been to the Annual Conference in Bologna? Do you remember the classic Italian orchestra playing in the gardens of Bologna Business School? Or perhaps you…
Read MoreSincere Thoughts & Condolences from EFMD – Debapratim Purkayastha
On behalf of the EFMD members and staff, we were deeply saddened to hear of Debapratim’s death. Debapratim, Director of ICFAI Case Research Center and Professor at ICFAI Business School (IBS) in India, recently passed away from COVID-19. He was a winning author of many editions of the EFMD Case Writing Competition, hosted each year…
Read MoreCome together, share and (re)-connect!
Many of us cannot wait for the moment when we come together again and interact with those many friends and colleagues that we have met over the years at different EFMD activities. The warmth and joy of connecting with people is what many of our conference participants see as the number one reason why they come…
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