societal impact

Towards impact culture: Three schools renew BSIS label

We are delighted to announce that Corvinus University of Budapest, Sasin School of Management, & Tallinn University of Technology, School of Business and Governance have renewed the Business School Impact System (BSIS) assessment and received the BSIS label. Warm congratulations to the schools! François Bonvalet, Director of BSIS, commented, ‘The renewal of the BSIS label…
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The broader impact of research – beyond its citation index

broader impact of research
Manuela Brusoni, Dean’s Delegate for Accreditation and Paola Egi, Accreditation Manager, SDA Bocconi School of Management, share their experience with BSIS.  As our Dean, Giuseppe Soda explained in his contribution to the book BSIS: A Decade of Impact, the reasons why SDA Bocconi School of Management decided to go for BSIS were based on multiple…
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BSIS – measuring and communicating the institution’s impact for over ten years

BSIS measuring and communicating impact
In 2022, the Business School Impact System (BSIS) celebrated ten years since the launch of the impact assessment system, which helps business schools measure and communicate the impact on their impact zone. Run as a joint venture between EFMD Global and FNEGE (French Foundation for Management Education), BSIS has come a long way from a…
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5 reasons for academics to focus on ESG and more: Q&A with Dr Ana Nacvalovaite

Q&A with Dr Ana Nacvalovaite
As researchers within higher and business education become evermore interested in the welfare of people and planet, we speak with Dr Ana Nacvalovaite, Research Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford’s Centre for Mutual and Co-owned Business, about her focus on sustainability.  Dr Nacvalovaite believes it’s right for academics to pay attention to ESG. She tells…
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Sustainability at the core of new student competition with Microsoft Italia and three top business schools

INNOVA Europe from Microsoft Italia
A competition aiming to tackle societal, economic, and environmental challenges has been launched by three major European academic institutions – POLIMI Graduate School of Management, EDHEC Business School, and ESMT Berlin. Supported by Microsoft Italia, INNOVA Europe invites students from bachelor to master’s level to submit innovative proposals that address any one of the specific…
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What are business schools doing to meet the challenges of 2023 and beyond?

challenges of 2023
Another year has gone by, and as we turn the page on 2022 and shift our focus to the year ahead, Jonny Stone and Stephanie Mullins from specialist business education PR consultancy BlueSky Education take a look at the one question that sits at the forefront of everyone’s minds: what will 2023 have in store?…
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