By Kathy Kotiadis, Kent Business School, University of Kent; Antuela A. Tako, School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University; Christine S.M. Currie and Bhakti Stephan Onggo, CORMSIS, University of Southampton Business schools could play a crucial role in helping governments prepare for the next pandemic by developing the next generation of the modelling and simulation community. Simulation…

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Richard R. Smith, Ph.D. is a Professor at Singapore Management University where he also serves as Deputy Dean for the Lee Kong Chian School of Business. While Singapore was the location of the film Crazy Rich Asians, a more current view of the city-state might be better described as Crazy Vigilant Singaporeans! The COVID-19 pandemic…

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Ahmed Abdel-Meguid is the associate dean for undergraduate studies and administration, and an associate professor of accounting at the American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Business. He discusses five main effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on business schools, companies and accreditation and ranking bodies in his article published in the Business Forward, the AUC School…

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Over the past weeks, I have been reflecting on my next theme for this blog. The last one, months ago, suddenly became obsolete since it was written in the pre-COVID era, and the world is no longer the same! Like so many, I have been dedicating a great deal of time to taking in the…

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Johan S. Roos, Chief Academic Officer of HULT & co-inventor of LEGO Serious Play, makes a call on academia and intellectuals to engage in public debate, and help policymakers & company leaders make informed decisions rather than imposing singular quick fixes. The Covid-19 pandemic is testing every thread in the fabric of humanity – our…

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The business education sector is a hub for innovation, but how can schools best share their progress? Account Director Stephanie Mullins, from specialist business education PR consultancy BlueSky Education, shares her thoughts.  Across the globe, business schools have been introducing technology into their programmes in order to meet the educational needs of students, destined for an…

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Researchers of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) have created a digital assessment tool and first virtual training program that will help businesses to evaluate capabilities and readiness to operate in the international market and develop competencies needed for this. Target group – CEO and owners of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), startups and prospective entrepreneurs…

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Yes, the year’s end looms over our heads weeks before it actually happens, with accumulating tasks on our to-do list. There is the urgent and the important; the postponed and what we don’t want to carry over to next year, and what would be so nice to finish. In midst of that frenzy it’s easy…

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This is a question that many business schools ask themselves in order to assess to what extent the programmes and teaching they deliver and the research and projects they undertake contribute to the advancement of responsible, ethical and sustainable management. Not only schools but individuals might get caught up in formulating what social impact means…

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KTU School of Economics and Business prof. Max von Zedtwitz’s book “Responsible Product Innovation: Safety first” written with Andy Yunlong Zhu and Dimitris G. Assimakopoulos was identified as one of the best New Product Innovation eBooks To Read In 2019. The list is made annually by BookAuthority – the world’s leading site for nonfiction book recommendations, helping…

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