Why Customisation and Skills Will Define the Future of MBAs

Renata Blanc17 June 2025

Renata Blanc argues that traditional MBA programs must evolve to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world. With nearly...

Walking the Tightrope: Why MBA Directors are Challenged with AI Adoption in MBA Education Change

Mairead Brady, Martin Fellenz and David Lefevre17 June 2025

There has been rapid but shallow integration of AI and generative AI in European MBA programmes, revealing that while 83%...

Reinventing the MBA: Why Specialisation is the New Standard

Mathias Falkenstein, Karl Baldacchino and Cara Skikne18 February 2025

The demand for business education is shifting as industries become more complex and interconnected. Multidisciplinary MBA programmes are on the...

The MBA and the value of practitioner engagement

Sarah Hardcastle25 May 2022

Sarah Hardcastle discusses the vast advisory ecosystem that enables programme teams to better understand the fast-changing business environment and improve...

A zero-based cultural perspective on dealing with the hybrid reality of teaching in business schools

Susan Fournier and Howard Thomas25 May 2022

Susan Fournier and Howard Thomas explore a new business school future, question existing approaches and identify and examine five core...

The future of MBAs

Ivana Marinkovic, Saša Žiković and Sotiris Karagiannis15 February 2021

Sotiris Karagiannis of University of New York in Prague and Saša Žiković of Faculty of Economics and Business University of...

An African MBA fit for purpose

Hayley Pearson2 June 2020

Hayley Pearson explains the rationale behind a major re-thinking of one of South Africa’s leading MBA programmes.

Motivations: Balancing the differing needs of students

Stuart Robinson10 February 2020

Diversity is not just about gender and nationality it is also about the reasons that students study an MBA. Stuart...

On the right track: Developing an innovative and evolving MBA curriculum

Ajoy Kumar Dey3 February 2019

Ajoy Kumar Dey explains how the MBA curriculum is kept fresh and relevant at a leading Indian institution.

Developing world-class students in Peru

Percy Marquina Feldman11 June 2018

Percy Marquina Feldman outlines the innovative approach to using artificial intelligence to enhance the student experience at CENTRUM Católica Graduate...

Building a global presence

Julia Balogun15 October 2017

Julia Balogun describes how commitment and a successful partnership are helping a UK management school anchor and build its diverse...

What should the future business school look like?

Giselle Weybrecht21 June 2017

Sustainability is increasingly not only a part of business as usual, but companies are engaging as key players in the...

Making a management education partnership

Daniel Scheu and Sabine Kuschel14 October 2016

Daniel Scheu and Sabine Kuschel explain how two very different business schools in two countries created a winning EMBA partnership

Case by case

Stephanie Hussels28 July 2016

Stephanie Hussels describes how Cranfield uses case study writing as a means of integrating research, teaching, and practice in the...

The age of uncertainty

Andrew Crisp26 July 2016

The latest EFMD/CarringtonCrisp Tomorrow’s MBA survey shows an MBA marketplace that is more diverse, confused and uncertain than ever. Andrew...

Designed to connect

Michael Page and Roy Wiggins29 January 2016

Michael Page and Roy Wiggins describe an innovative MBA programme aimed at answering the criticisms that have been made of...

Masters programmes: The North American view

Mark Vandenbosch26 May 2015

Mark Vandenbosch looks at shifting preferences for business education in North America and explains why the market domination of the...

From rankings to ratings

Robert S. Rubin20 May 2015

Over the past three decades, business schools have undergone significant changes due in part to the work of media ranking...

Being different: Ashridge’s new MBA

Martin Lockett11 May 2015

This article shares Ashridge’s experience in rethinking the Ashridge MBA and the challenges faced in making it happen.

Eureka. The new corporate MBA

Dan Pontefract29 January 2015

Dan Pontefract demonstrates how true partnership between business and academia can create learning opportunities that benefit an organisation, its employees...

Mindfulness: The antidote to macho leadership?

Dianne Bevelander and David Bond29 January 2015

Most students love the buzzy, busy atmosphere of an MBA programme. But is it the right way to teach them...

Transferring western management knowledge to China

Mahmood Zaidi and Thomas Norman1 January 2014

Mahmood Zaidi and Thomas Norman report on how team teaching and virtual international student teams have proved vital ingredients in...

The disappearing classroom

Michael Desiderio1 October 2013

What does the disappearing classroom look like? It is one whose boundaries are no longer defined by location or even...

Employers still in love with MBAs

Christophe Lejeune and Michelle Sparkman Renz1 October 2013

Management education is increasingly valued by companies worldwide, according to the 2013 Corporate Recruiters Survey. Christophe Lejeune and Michelle Sparkman...