During the recent Business School Impact System (BSIS) Virtual Symposium, Jérôme Caby, Delegate General, FNEGE, moderated the session on Rankings and Impact and he summarises his conversation with the three panellists here. Enhancing business efficiency, growth and productivity was the traditional mission of business schools. However, their expected contribution to society’s prosperity has been recently expanded…

Eva Cools, DBA Manager & Research Manager of Vlerick Business School and co-chair of the 2021 EFMD Doctoral Programmes Conference (DPC), shares her reflections from the conference. Recently I had the honour to co-chair the 2021 EFMD Doctoral Programmes Conference (DPC), together with Christine Unterhitzenberger from the University of Leeds. Although we already chose the…

How are you planning to continue to demonstrate the impact of your business school once your BSIS label expires? Are you planning to continue your BSIS journey, taking it to the next level? What benefits would there be in reassessment? And how will BSIS work for you into the future? Business School Impact System (BSIS)…

Michel Kalika, Director, BSIS, shares conclusions of the recent Business School Impact System (BSIS) Virtual Symposium The 2021 BSIS Symposium was organised through eight sessions that covered all the topics that business schools face today. During the last two weeks of April, 25 experts participated in the sessions and shared their experience on the impact…

We are pleased to announce that Fundação Getulio Vargas Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (FGV EAESP) has completed the rigorous Business School Impact System (BSIS) assessment process and received the BSIS label. Warm congratulations to the institution! FGV EAESP was founded in 1954 and currently has around 3,580 students. It is Brazil’s most…

The societal aspects of education provide some of its main benefits, its purpose being to contribute to society’s welfare. Universities should accordingly produce responsible and accountable leaders in their respective domains through education. However, higher education’s quest for revenue and reputation has led universities to sideline or even neglect this stated societal purpose. While it…