Despite being the subject of criticism and negative news, business schools do a lot of good for society, a veteran business professor explains in a new book.
Black and Hispanic business school professors are few in number.
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Business schools have vast and diverse expertise to contribute to rebuilding better in a post-pandemic world, but the problems it has laid bare require business schools to change too.
As statues topple, business schools must begin seriously decolonizing.
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Contemplating the future of the business school means we must decide what kind of society we want our students to create and what reforms are needed to enable them to do so.
Latinx students majoring in business are underrepresented in higher education.
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Reforming the business school is the next step in the radical revolution needed in higher education.
In this April 2013 file photo, Bangladeshi rescue workers search for victims amid the rubble of a collapsed building in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. A new study shows a gender gap in how female and male business students viewed the role that business played in the disaster.
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In a recent survey, Alberta business students believed that sustainability should be embedded in business education. That could signal a shift in views on the integration of profit, planet and people.
The Frank Gehry designed UTS business school, in Ultimo, Sydney. It is possible to teach ethics.
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In trying to be values-free (like physics & chemistry), business schools have succeeded in justifying amoral behaviour. No more! We’ve seen the results in the Banking Royal Commission.
Through their text and graphic design, business-school logos are signs that “speak” to their stakeholders and the public at large, communicating identity, values and promises.
Ken Starkey defends the importance of business schools, while Martin Parker says ‘bring in the bulldozers’.
Management academics often face students in their classrooms with more practical experience in the business world than they have. But management is an important inter-disciplinary field that has a lot to offer business executives.
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Those who study, research and teach management are often viewed skeptically, even by their students, who might have more experience than they do in the business world. Here’s why that’s wrong.
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.
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In current context of financial uncertainty and political upheaval, it easy to question the purpose and activities of business schools. But before jumping to conclusions, there is a more nuanced story.
Harvard Business School classroom.
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Since the financial crisis, business schools have been accused of every evil – inequality, oppression, environmental devastation. So why should management schools be preserved?
African business school need to achieve a tricky balance between local realities and global demands.
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The ongoing Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal has generated big headlines, but consumer and marketing research have long questioned the actual effectiveness of psychographic segmentation.
Confucius deemed reflection the best way to wisdom.
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The ancient Chinese teacher called reflection the best way to become wise, yet we rarely consider it a core trait of a great leader. It’s time for that to change.
LeWeb 2014 start-up competition finalists. The popular conference went on hiatus for 2015.
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Paris generates nearly a third of France’s GDP, yet the city falls short as a destination for immigrant entrepreneurs.
Qian Yingyi, Dean of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (left) and Ilian Mihov, Dean of INSEAD (right), celebrated the signing of a partnership between the two institutions on June 14, 2016.
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The education of managers and executives is a growing challenge in 21st-century China, but changes in how the country monitors of universities could threaten recent advances.
When the environment and businesses meet, who will make sure one doesn’t suffer at the hands of the other?
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Though business and industry are significantly contributing to climate change, business schools across the country are not preparing our future leaders for the dramatic shift this planet needs.