In this edition of Impactful Insights, we explore Professor Socrates Karidis’ professional journey in education building, based on an academic foundation in economics. Socrates reflects on his extensive academic and leadership career in the UK, US, and Greece and explores the crucial role of education in today’s society while identifying the Business School Impact System…

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…

Ivey Business School, at Western University in Canada, has launched a new brand vision to reimagine experiential business learning for a rapidly evolving global landscape. Building on Ivey’s legacy of case-based education, the school’s renewed direction expands on its commitment to transforming business education for greater impact, accessibility, and relevance in the modern world. As…

We are pleased to announce that China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) has successfully completed the Business School Impact System (BSIS) assessment process and has been granted a renewal of its BSIS Label. The BSIS review team found compelling evidence of CEIBS’s broad and growing contributions across all key dimensions of the BSIS framework, fully…

In the current macroeconomic and labour market climate, new GMAC research reveals aspiring business students care first and foremost about the return on their investment. With more than 15 years of survey responses representing all world regions, the GMAC Prospective Students Survey has provided the world’s graduate business schools with critical insights into the decision-making…

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…