Learning & networking
The role of business education in an unstable, unpredictable and unsustainable world
Diana Grote provides a preview of the upcoming 2023 EFMD Annual Conference, where we will discuss the role of business education in today’s world. Our world is constantly changing, and the number of challenges we are facing, both as individuals and as institutions, is continuously growing. Business education is strongly impacted by the geopolitical context…
Read MoreDeveloping or rethinking a sustainable strategy for online education
Business school leadership has gained a lot of experience with different kinds of emergency measures to keep their students’ learning journey on the right track. So now is the right time for institutions to develop or rethink their strategy for online education. There are different tools available to tackle that rethinking in a structured way.…
Read MoreLooking back on the 2021 EFMD Annual Conference
Nicola Kleyn, Dean, Executive Education, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and 2021 EFMD Annual Conference Chair, shares her thoughts on the 2021 EFMD Annual Conference. At the beginning of the EFMD Annual Conference, I challenged the audience to take a step back from our normal busyness and customary behaviour, to reflect on what is…
Read MoreDriving impact through repsonsible investing conference- opportunities for business and business schools
Organised by ABIS – The Academy of Business in Society, you are warmly welcome to the 20th Annual Colloquium “Driving impact through responsible investing” conference. The conference will create a dialogue between practitioners and academics centering on the question: how to enhance positive business impact on society through responsible investing? The conference welcomes responsible investing professionals,…
Read MoreCall for papers for the ABIS 20th Annual Colloquium “Driving impact through responsible investing”
In order to strengthen the dialogue between practitioners and academics on the challenges in enhancing business impact on society through responsible investing, at ABIS- The Academy of Business in Society, we are inviting paper proposals which will be presented during the 20th Annual Colloquium “Driving impact through responsible investing”. We invite academic researchers and practitioners…
Read MoreThe current situation of Lithuanian manufacturing is assessed better than future prospects. Why?
Mantas Vilkas is a researcher of the project “Industry 4.0 Impact on Management Practices and Economics (IN4ACT)”, a professor of KTU School of Economics and Business. A few years ago, Continental and Hella established production sites in Lithuania. Several days ago, Yazaki announced the closure of the plant in Lithuania. It is worth looking more…
Read MoreABIS Knowledge Into Action Festival
ABIS convenes its annual Knowledge Into Action Forum as a Festival experience for the first time. The 2021 Knowledge into Action Festival (KIAF) will take place on April 27-29, 2021 online and registration is open. The event responds to our the networks´ interest in understanding the rapidly evolving sustainability discourse and practice, including developments and…
Read MoreABIS Horizon Europe Webinar Series
The first expected calls for Horizon Europe will be announced this April. The new research and innovation framework programme comes with a lot of novelties that you need to know before applying. One of the novelties is an even stronger focus on IMPACT of the projects outcomes. Many proposals fail because of inadequately addressing the…
Read MoreInvitation: Accelerating Education for the SDGs in the Universities
At the SDG Academy, the educational initiative of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, we are pleased to circulate this invitation by the SDSN Networks to the event “Accelerating Education for the SDGs in the Universities“. Please join us and feel free to share it with other colleagues. Universities and other higher education institutions have a…
Read MoreGlobal Leaders Gather Two Days After U.S. Election to Discuss Leading at the Edge
The 22nd ILA annual virtual conference 5-9 November is a crossroads of global leadership professionals from different disciplines and sectors – all working to advance leadership knowledge and practice for a better world. Leadership experts from around the world will gather live and online 5 – 9 November for the International Leadership Association’s (ILA’s) virtual…
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