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2026 annual research issue: foreword
2026 Annual Research Issue: Foreword
Download PDF Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE: A Pioneer in the Field of Organisational Psychology and Health in Business Schools:...
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2026 annual research issue introduction: an editorial overview
2026 Annual Research Issue Introduction: An Editorial Overview
Download PDF Editorial Overview to the Special Issue on Addressing Health and Wellbeing Issues in the Contemporary Business School The...
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Targeting impactful cultural shifts at the university level: insights about building the people and cultural agenda at the university of exeter and its business school
Targeting Impactful Cultural Shifts at the University Level: Insights About Building the People and Cultural Agenda at the University of Exeter and its Business School
Professor Rajani Naidoo is a leading and widely cited scholar in higher education management and the social sciences, with a...
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Postscript: success and failure of workplace wellbeing initiatives
Postscript: Success and Failure of Workplace Wellbeing Initiatives
The papers in this volume represent the continued emergence of an international learning community centred on health and wellbeing in...
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Business schools and the internal environment: what should schools do now?
Business Schools and the Internal Environment: What Should Schools Do Now?
In our previous article, we set out to explore external factors (Brexit, the pandemic, technological change and nationalism) which have...
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Business schools and the external environment: where are they now?
Business Schools and the External Environment: Where are they now?
The article, the first of a two-part series, takes a look at the external environment facing business schools today. Major...
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Efmd’s view of critical issues of gender equality and diversity in business schools
EFMD’s View of Critical Issues of Gender Equality and Diversity in Business Schools
Since its foundation in 1971, EFMD has maintained a resolute and firm belief in socially responsible management education. Over that...
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Finding purpose in higher education: insights from the distinctive career of professor rajani naidoo
Finding Purpose in Higher Education: Insights from the Distinctive Career of Professor Rajani Naidoo
Howard Thomas explores Professor Rajani Naidoo’s inspiring journey in higher education, marked by advocacy, leadership, and a commitment to social...
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Celebrating professor rita mcgrath: winner of the ck prahalad outstanding scholar / practitioner award, strategic management society, us 2022: a conversation with howard thomas
Celebrating Professor Rita McGrath: Winner of the CK Prahalad Outstanding Scholar / Practitioner Award, Strategic Management Society, US 2022: A Conversation with Howard Thomas
This article highlights Rita McGrath's extraordinary career and contributions to management thinking, particularly at the intersection of strategy and innovation....
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Making an impact while ‘muddling through’: conversations with anne tsui
Making an Impact While ‘Muddling Through’: Conversations with Anne Tsui
This article chronicles the inspiring journey of Anne Tsui, a leading management scholar and advocate for responsible research. Born in...
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Efmd and societal impact
EFMD and societal impact
Papers on Positive and Societal Impact from an EFMD Perspective: Since its foundation over 50 years ago, EFMD has maintained a...
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Introducing business school research and positive impact
Introducing business school research and positive impact
The first inaugural EFMD annual research volume, ‘Perspectives on the impact, mission and purpose of the business school’, was launched...
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The impact of business school research
The Impact of Business School Research
Producing high-quality research has long been an important strategic objective for business schools. Faculty research has typically been evaluated by...
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Leading a business school: changing roles and challenges
Leading a Business School: Changing roles and challenges
Julie Davies, Howard Thomas, Eric Cornuel and Rolf D. Cremer highlight key insights on leading a business school in different...
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Business school sustainability revisited: sustainable no more?
Business school sustainability revisited: Sustainable no more?
Kai Peters and Howard Thomas reflect on their 2011 Global Focus article, “A Sustainable Model for Business Schools”, and 2018...
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Perspectives on the impact, mission and purpose of the business school
Perspectives on the impact, mission and purpose of the business school
The business school has been an important success story in the evolution of the modern university. Yet it is increasingly...
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Business schools should be schools of management: An evolutionary perspective
Business schools should be schools of management: An evolutionary perspective
What is management actually all about and why do practising managers need “schools of management” rather than “business schools”?
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Singapore Management University (SMU): Tracking the strategy evolution of a start-up university
Singapore Management University (SMU): Tracking the strategy evolution of a start-up university
Singapore Management University (SMU) exists in an ecosystem for higher education that is quite unlike what one might find in...
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A zero-based cultural perspective on dealing with the hybrid reality of teaching in business schools
A zero-based cultural perspective on dealing with the hybrid reality of teaching in business schools
Susan Fournier and Howard Thomas explore a new business school future, question existing approaches and identify and examine five core...
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Asia’s social entrepreneurs and inclusive growth: do well, do good… do sustainably
Asia’s social entrepreneurs and inclusive growth: Do well, do good… do sustainably
Sheetal (Mittal) Bhardwaj, Havovi Joshi and Howard Thomas explain how social entrepreneurship creates both economic and social value, driving inclusive...
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A sustainable model for business schools?
A sustainable model for business schools?
Kai Peters and Howard Thomas argue that the current business model of business schools is financially unstable and probably unsustainable.
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Examining business school leadership
Examining business school leadership
Views from EFMD’s webinar on business school leadership, by Julie Davies, Ewan Ferlie, Heather McLaughlin and Howard Thomas.
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The complexity of business schools
The complexity of business schools
Kai Peters and Howard Thomas wonder how long business schools can survive the growing complexity of their industry.
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How to develop collaborative projects that drive innovation
How to develop collaborative projects that drive innovation
Boston University’s Questrom School of Business is creating an innovative approach to identifying co-operative ways to improve business education. 
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Apply liberally: towards a model of liberal management education
Apply liberally: Towards a model of liberal management education
Howard Thomas argues the case for integrating the liberal arts into management education so that the existing curricula emphasis on...
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What should business schools be for?
What should business schools be for?
Howard Thomas and Kenneth Starkey report on a new initiative that looks to business schools to re-orient themselves to a...
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The future of business schools: shut them down or broaden our horizons?
The future of business schools: shut them down or broaden our horizons?
Ken Starkey and Howard Thomas report on a groundbreaking workshop that debated the mounting criticism of business schools and where...
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Enabling models of inclusive growth: addressing the need for financial and social inclusion
Enabling models of inclusive growth: Addressing the need for financial and social inclusion
To advance inclusive and sustainable growth, we need to address the puzzle of a simultaneous increase in wealth disparity and...
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The missing shifts
The missing shifts
Saumya Sindhwani, Jerry Connor and Howard Thomas argue it is time to change the way we develop leaders – and...
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Latin america: management education’s growth and future pathways
Latin America: Management education’s growth and future pathways
A new book looks at some of the key findings from a study of the evolution of management education in Latin...
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