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…

The business education sector is full of intrigue – with surprises about a campus, a building, history or even a name, still arising out of the blue. Associate Director Stephanie Mullins at specialist business education PR consultancy BlueSky Education uncovers some insights into nine institutions. Good stories help to craft a business school’s reputation. Given our long and successful…

On 23 April, EFMD Global hosted an online panel discussion called Reflections on Social Impact During a Global Pandemic. The panel brought together leaders from business schools worldwide to talk about their view of social responsibility, their institutions’ goals and actions to make a positive impact, and how the COVID-19 pandemic affected those things. Dana…

An online EFMD Sharing Best Practice Workshop hosted by METRO on 26 March. This online workshop was prepared and delivered in partnership with CLIP accredited Metro AG. After an overview of METRO and its House of Learning, provided by Christian Rippl, the participants from across Asia and Europe discussed the following three topical issues of…

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…

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…