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How business schools maintain impact during the pandemic
How are business schools managing their impact during the Covid-19 pandemic? We invite all deans to take part in the survey and learn more! The comprehensive Business School Impact System (BSIS) assesses an institution’s impact based on seven dimensions and helps institutions set new strategies and communicate clearly with their stakeholders. The current situation, however,…
Read MoreA new team of researchers selected by ERA Chair (IN4ACT) is starting to work 1st of October
Kaunas University of Technology School of Economics and Business (KTU SEB) finished the selection of the ERA Chair project “Industry 4.0 impact on management practices and economics” (IN4ACT) research team. The selected candidates will start to work from 1st of October, 2020 (duration of the contract: 3 years). The ERA Chair research team is comprised…
Read More2020 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards winners
EFMD and Emerald Publishing announce with great pleasure the winners of the 2020 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards (ODRA) – an awards scheme designed to celebrate excellence in doctoral research. This year, 191 entries were received from authors based all around the world. Ten winning papers have each won €1,000 across the following ten subject areas: operations and production…
Read MoreFrom Adaptation to Innovation: How the Corona Pandemic Changed Business Education
Written by Andreas Rasche, Associate Dean of Copenhagen Business School and EFMD Executive Academy Alumni and Jordi Diaz, Dean of EADA Business School and Director of EFMD Executive Academy How did the Corona pandemic affect business schools around the world? How do schools prepare for an uncertain Fall Term? Seeking answers to these questions, EFMD…
Read MoreCorporate Recruiters Survey Shows Optimism for the Hiring of B-School Graduates
The global economic outlook reversed its course to pessimism and uncertainty in a matter of months due to COVID-19. This shift has also reset the demand and supply of talent at many levels. How has COVID-19 impacted the skill demand and hiring projections for MBA and Business Master’s graduates? The Graduate Management Admission Council™ (GMAC™)…
Read MoreGrenoble Ecole de Management focused on the key principles of agility and security to organize the 2020/2021 school year.
Grenoble Ecole de Management focused on the key principles of agility and security to organize the 2020/2021 school year. Up until December 2020, classes will be taught online using a two-month cycle that will be re-evaluated according to the evolution of the epidemic. Interview with Jean-François Fiorina, Deputy Director and Program Director at GEM. Why did…
Read MoreLatest corporate recruiters trends. Join GMAC webinar on 1 October 2020
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) is a global, mission-driven association of leading graduate business schools. Founded in 1953, GMAC is actively committed to advancing the art and science of admissions by convening and representing the industry and offering best-in-class products and services for schools and students. See the original post here. GMAC conducts the…
Read MoreCOVID, The Teacher: We, The Clever
In my last blog I mentioned how every day I was discovering new things that COVID was teaching me, and ended with a thought-provoking question: What insights and discoveries are you making? So let’s take it a few steps further. Ninety-three year old Chilean philosopher Gaston Soublette observes that our civilization is increasingly being externalized,…
Read MoreWhat does the ‘new normal’ for business school teaching need?
Change Until there is a vaccine for Covid-19, and perhaps even after that, health guidelines will make in-person teaching impossible for large groups. Universities are impelled to implement a flexible approach that assumes students will need to switch between online and campus-based teaching throughout the coming academic year. Accordingly, all university staff now need to…
Read More“We want to be in the FT…”
In over 20 years as a media relations professional, I think I must have heard this phrase hundreds of times from business schools wanting media coverage for a particular story. But all too often, the FT is not actually the best outlet for what they want to achieve. Don’t get me wrong. The Financial Times…
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