Business schools often serve as hubs for international mobility, where both faculty and student bodies are highly international. Political tensions can disrupt this, with significant implications for universities, the private sector, and society at large, as it risks losing the benefits of attracting international talent. Yet, despite its importance, migration is often overlooked in business…

In today’s digital age, businesses rely more on data to understand customer behaviour, and as a result, neuromarketing has evolved as a cutting-edge technique that combines neuroscience with marketing. Neuromarketing investigates how customers’ brains respond to diverse marketing stimuli, providing knowledge about emotions, preferences, and subconscious reactions that standard research methods sometimes ignore. This interdisciplinary…

Nicolas Mottis is a Full Professor in the Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department at École Polytechnique Paris, where his research centres on strategic control and innovation management. In addition, he holds the position of President of the Fondation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors Without Borders Foundation). Prof. Mottis is also an expert in the…

Across the globe, total applications to graduate business school programmes in 2024 increased an impressive 12 per cent from 2023 to 2024. This is a sharp reversal from the previous two consecutive years of declines, which followed a small pandemic-related boost in 2020-2021, according to an annual survey of global business schools conducted and published…

This October, the historic city of Boston hosted the EFMD Americas Annual Conference at Hult Business School. With a focus sharply centred on “Impact Unpacked,” the conference gathered thought leaders from diverse sectors to deliberate on defining and amplifying the influence of business schools in today’s rapidly transforming world. Innovation and Leading Through Challenge The…

As I reflect on the recent EFMD Global Americas Annual Conference in Boston, I’m struck by how far we’ve come in transforming business education – and how far we still have to go. The theme “Impact Unpacked” couldn’t be more relevant, as business schools grapple with defining and demonstrating their value in a rapidly evolving…