Redefining the Purpose of Management for the 21st Century

Dominic Ashley-Timms and Laura Ashley-Timms17 June 2025

Global employee engagement is plummeting, burnout is rampant, and half of all employees are considering leaving, with "poor management" a...

Reimagining Business Schools for a Regenerative Future

Johan Roos18 February 2025

Business schools must radically transform to meet today's unprecedented global challenges. In this thought-provoking article, Johan Roos - business school...

A Challenge in Curriculum Design

Peter Lorange and Karin Mugnaini11 June 2024

Technology and digital media allow information to continuously cascade through our lives, so it is no wonder that many of...

Is small beautiful? An exploration of micro-credentials

Keith Pond16 January 2023

Since the pioneering days of credentialing, micro-credentials have become synonymous with short, flexible, stackable, affordable, inclusive qualifications focused on skills...

Shifts in student interest before and after the pandemic

Cara Skikne25 May 2022

Cara Skikne outlines a new report from Studyportals that presents insights into lasting shifts brought on by the pandemic.

Standardising admissions: Building a club Groucho Marx would proudly join

Sangeet Chowfla18 October 2021

Integrity, diversity and fairness are the key to building the right cohort in business schools, argues Sangeet Chowfla

Pivoting towards an innovative executive education ecosystem in business schools

Daphne Halkias13 October 2021

Nowadays, when you can seemingly learn anything online for free, how can business schools best prepare the next generation of...

Ecosystem orchestration: Much more than strategic alliance management

Pia Neudert and Markus Kreutzer1 July 2021

In today’s interconnected world, building and growing a company requires one not only to offer a solid value proposition to...

Leadership in the era of self-managed organisations

Peter Thomson16 February 2021

What we have learned from enforced home working is not just that many jobs can be performed remotely but that...

Tomorrow starts here

Andrew Crisp29 August 2020

Traditional degrees are not about to disappear, but the content of these degrees, the way these degrees are earnt, the...

Student views

Andrew Crisp29 August 2020

Students responding to the See the Future study already knew the future would be different, that they would work longer...

See the future 2020

Andrew Crisp29 August 2020

Stuck at home for recent months, many people have had a lot of time to think about the future of...

The complexity of business schools

Kai Peters and Howard Thomas2 June 2020

Kai Peters and Howard Thomas wonder how long business schools can survive the growing complexity of their industry.

The future of business schools: shut them down or broaden our horizons?

Ken Starkey and Howard Thomas5 June 2019

Ken Starkey and Howard Thomas report on a groundbreaking workshop that debated the mounting criticism of business schools and where...

The challenge of change

Bert van der Zwaan5 June 2019

Throughout history, people have thought that theirs was a truly transformative time. In hindsight, they were often wrong but, says...

See the future

Andrew Crisp3 February 2019

In 2019, EFMD will again work with CarringtonCrisp to run the See the Future study.

Is your business school fit for the world of AI?

Prabhu Guptara18 October 2018

The impact of technology, already hugely significant, is about to become even more intense. Prabhu Guptara asks if business schools...

Appropriate civilisation versus the new despotism

Jeremy Leggett21 June 2017

Jeremy Leggett takes a personal look at what needs to be done to avoid a potentially dangerous and depressing clash...

Dean déjà vu

Herman Berliner21 June 2017

What is it like to become a business school dean for a second time after a break of 25 years?...

Casting light in the shadows

Johan Roos19 January 2017

Do not be lulled by today’s strong management education market, says Johan Roos. Business schools still need to find a...

What does business want from business schools?

Richard Lambert26 July 2016

Sir Richard Lambert suggests four key issues. What does business want from business schools? The answer is: “exactly what it...

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...

The six principles

Dil Sidhu28 January 2016

Business schools and business itself are both facing a challenging future. But, suggests Dil Sidhu, there is much that business...

Ask a guru how to build a better business school

EFMD18 June 2015

What’s the formula for a great business school? Take some high-quality research, add in some exceptional faculty, mix with great...

Graduate management education in disruptive times

Rachel Edgington1 January 2014

A new book, Disrupt or Be Disrupted: A Blueprint for Change in Management Education, examines these disruptive forces that are...

Business schools face the future

Kai Peters1 January 2014

Globalisation and technological developments are changing the business of business schools and presenting new opportunities to innovate, says Kai Peters.