MBA & Executive Education

The MBA and Executive Education feature series explores leading business programmes and learning opportunities from around the world. Through industry perspectives, programme insights, and conversations with faculty leaders and academic directors, the series aims to provide transparent, in-depth perspectives that help professionals make more informed decisions about leadership development, career advancement, and lifelong learning.

LSE

How LSE is Equipping C-suite Executives with the Skills to Successfully Navigate and Integrate...

AI is no longer science fiction. It’s here and it’s here to stay. And while the hype is loud – AI is already reshaping...
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Why Cultural Intelligence is the New Soft Skill in Global Business

KEY TAKEAWAYS Cultural Intelligence is a critical soft skill to navigate cultural differences and thrive in global business environments. High CQ fosters stronger relationships,...
Board Membership

Board Membership: Navigating the New Uncertainties

Remember when there was an invisible line separating business from political and social movements? Corporate leaders largely kept quiet about their beliefs and values, trying...
Digital transformation

Top 10 Executive Education Programs for Digital Transformation

Is your company ready for a technology-first global economy? Yesterday’s crucial technology may not deliver the same exceptional results tomorrow as customer demands evolve....
NUS EMBA

Thought Leadership, Frameworks, Tools and Immersion: Interview with Dr Prem Shamdasani of NUS Business...

A tough future in which the only constant is change awaits those who aspire to leadership in the world of business. To prepare these...

After After-Sales: New Business Models Tempt, Fail Industry

By Olaf Plötner The after-sales-based business models of industrial enterprises are endangered. Simultaneously, modern data-based technologies enable the development of complex service solutions – so...

Knowledge Architects Wanted

By Tammi L. Coles Organisations that embrace cross-domain knowledge can attain sustainable agility. In this article, the author highlights the significant yet often overlooked difference...
emba X: Europe’s Most Relevant Executive MBA

emba X: Europe’s Most Relevant Executive MBA

Two of Switzerland’s leading universities, ETH Zurich and the University of St.Gallen, have joined forces to create an innovative Executive MBA experience. Combining perfectly technology, leadership and...
University of St.Gallen’s IEMBA

Leading Through Uncertainty: How the University of St.Gallen’s IEMBA Shapes Leaders for a Complex...

Far from being another EMBA, the University of St.Gallen’s IEMBA (International EMBA) is a distinctively crafted programme, merging rigorous academics, global immersion, and peer...
Sarah Grant

How IMD is Using AI to Make Executive Learning More Human

What does meaningful learning look like when you're balancing a demanding role, international responsibilities, and a rigorous EMBA program?  With today’s geopolitical uncertainty, economic volatility,...

5 Myths about Employee Learning

Here are some common misperceptions about corporate education— and how to get beyond them. Under what circumstances do organizations embrace a learning culture? Often, it’s when...
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Top Executive Education Courses in AI Coming Out This 2024: Nurturing Tomorrow’s AI Leaders

By putting AI and data at the centre of their capabilities, companies are redefining how they create, capture, and share value — and are...
IMD MBA: From the Sports Field to the Boardroom

From the Sports Field to the Boardroom

How an athletic mindset is shaping tomorrow’s business leaders in the IMD MBA class of 2025. At 6 a.m., while most of his IMD MBA...
Elevating Leadership

Elevating Leadership: A Deep Dive into Coaching Programs and their Integration with Executive Education

Summary By seamlessly integrating coaching and executive education, organisations create a powerful synergy that nurtures exceptional leaders capable of navigating today’s global business landscape. Introduction Leadership coaching...
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Senior Leadership: Learning to Embrace Uncertainty

“The only constant you’ll have in your career is uncertainty.” – Ian MacMillan, The Dhirubhai Ambani Emeritus Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Wharton...

Wharton: Where Entrepreneurs Learn the Business of Business

Max Baumann’s company Just Chill started with an idea for a beverage that could help people stay cool and calm. “Stress is the number...
MBA

The Power of Sustainability and the MBA Effect: How MBAs are Changing the World

Business programmes once taught the importance of maximising profit, with their only responsibility to make as much money for shareholders as possible. Now, leading...

Managing Customer Satisfaction Better

By Johannes Habel Many companies draw the wrong conclusions from their customer surveys. There is a simple method that can provide a remedy, leading to...

New Models and the Changing Contexts of Business School

By Peter Lorange, Jagdish N. Sheth and Howard Thomas The traditional models of many business schools are being questioned given their serious...
Business School ESMT Berlin

Online or on Campus? Germany’s Top Business School ESMT Berlin Offers the Best of...

Modern business is global. The trend, increasingly turbocharged by the pandemic, of the world of business getting smaller due to the increases in digital...

Overcoming the Triple Hurdle of Diversity Management

By Winfried Ruigrok Diversity management is a key instrument to position your company as a preferred employer. Fail to recite this mantra and you risk...

The Role of EdTech in Executive Education: Insights from Survey “Navigating Executive Education Preferences...

Presented by the editors of The European Business Review This article marks the final installment in our series of five articles to be published in...
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“Navigating Executive Education Preferences and Needs in Contemporary Leadership” (Part I): Revealing the Executive...

By The Editors of The European Business Review Welcome to the first installment of insights based on the results of our recent survey, "Navigating Executive...

Culture Is Still ‘‘a Thing’’: On Why It’s So, but Shouldn’t Be

By Ernst Graamans The time has come to see culture in business settings in a new light – not as a ‘‘collective programming of the...
Üniversite Merkezi

Empowering Women Leaders from the Heart of Istanbul

At Sabancı University’s Executive Development Unit (EDU), leadership is reimagined through a uniquely inclusive lens. HER LEGACY, a bold three-day program, is transforming senior...
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MBA vs MiM: Key Differences Explained

This article compares the MBA and Master’s in Management (MiM) degrees, outlining their key differences in structure, audience, and career outcomes to help you...

The EU Now Regulates Internet Services. But What Does that Mean, Exactly?

By Martin Schallbruch Internet access has become crucial to the functioning of our most important systems. The Directive on security of network and information systems...

Collaborative Creativity: Leading High Performance through Theatre

By Quinn Bauriedel & Jeff Klein Like the multitude of teams in any organization, theatre works under tight timeframes, combines many individuals with different talents,...
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Employers Everywhere are Using AI – but Business Schools aren’t Preparing Students for the Shift

By Murugan Anandarajan and Stacy Kline Artificial Intelligence has become part of routine business operations, as employers across most industries use AI for tasks ranging from...
Beyond Borders A Comparative Analysis of Executive Education Programs

Executive Education Dilemma: Going Global or Staying Local?

Discover the pivotal choice between global insights and local expertise in executive education, and how it can shape your career's trajectory. Introduction The globalisation phenomenon poses...
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Top Executive Education Courses Coming Out This 2024

As we near the curtails of 2023, businesses across the globe are set to encounter a dynamic and ever-changing landscape in 2024.   Introduction As we...
Pratham Mittal

How a Global Startup School Is Reinventing Business Education

Interview with Pratham Mittal Higher education is being rebuilt from the ground up. In this interview, Pratham Mittal explains why traditional business schools no longer...
Bath MBA

The Bath MBA. Practical. Personal. Progressive.

Great leaders see the bigger picture. We show you how. Challenge yourself and develop as a confident and ambitious leader. Whether you’re considering a career change,...
Kedge

The Executive MBA, A Formidable Gas Pedal Of Personal Development

Interview with Stéphane Calvarese, KEDGE Executive MBA graduate and Panaget Industrial Director "My name is Stéphane Calvarese, I'm 48 years old and I'm Industrial Director at Panaget. I...

Leadership Development and The High Performing Team: The Wharton Leadership Program

By Jeff Klein One thing that I’ve never needed to convince an incoming Wharton MBA student is that they should become a leader. By now, our...
US MBA Rankings 2025

Bloomberg US MBA Rankings 2025: Stanford Extends Its Reign, Haas and Wharton Rise

In a time of global economic uncertainty and shifting priorities in business education, American MBA programs are reassessing what defines long-term leadership. Even as...
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The Future of MBAs: From the Switch of Employer’s Perception to AI Redefinition and...

By Marcelina Horrillo Husillos, Journalist and Correspondent at The European Business Review The MBA, also known as a Master of Business Administration, has been the business degree...
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From Products to Solutions – Mastering Sales Force Incentives

By Johannes Habel and Olaf Ploetner As B2B companies strive to become providers of solutions rather than products, sales managers face significant challenges. Among them:...
LSE

How LSE is Equipping the Executives of Today to Lead the Businesses of Tomorrow

Diverse and divided, unstable and uncertain, the world of today is a uniquely challenging environment for businesses. LSE Executive Education is leading the way,...
Q&A How Can Executive Education Strengthen My Negotiation and Influencing Skills

Q&A: How Can Executive Education Strengthen My Negotiation and Influencing Skills?

By Pamela Martinez Summary Have you noticed that nearly everything in life requires compromise and some degree of negotiation to get more of what you want...
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Australia’s Visa Advantage for MBA Graduates

KEY TAKEAWAYS Australia's student visa allows international MBA students to work part-time during studies and full-time during breaks. Australia offers international graduates strong long-term...
Transform From a Spectator to a Game-Changer: Warwick Business School

Transform From a Spectator to a Game-Changer: Warwick Business School

Learn the language of finance and drive business success Do you ever feel that limited financial knowledge is holding you back? In today's data-driven business...
University in the Age of A

Should Your Child Still Go to University in the Age of AI? A Reality...

By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor Your teenager is staring into a decision that used to feel straightforward: university, degree, career - a tried and...
Designing Results-Oriented Leadership Development Programmes

Designing Results-Oriented Leadership Development Programmes

By Camelia Ilie, Guillermo Cardoza and Schon Beechler In business, one would typically not make a large investment without an idea of how to gauge...

Negotiating Advice for Women: The Problem-Solving Conversation

“You can’t improve on a skill that you’re avoiding,” says Wharton management professor Nancy Rothbard. “Many people shy away from negotiations because they associate...
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Wharton: Where Entrepreneurs Learn the Business of Business

How Wharton Executive Education gave one European entrepreneur the business skills to launch his company After more than 20 years in R&D management positions –...

Leading Innovation through Executive Education

Interview with Professor Saul Estrin, LSE In today’s fast-changing global environment, business leaders need new tools to face new challenges like never before. Innovation is...
Designing For Impact

Designing For Impact: A Results-driven Perspective For Executive Education

By Christoph Burger, Edward W. Boon and Nora Grasselli A typical story Jane is a manager at a large telecom company. Three months ago, she was...
Executive Leadership

FAQ: How Does Executive Education Contribute to My Legacy as a Senior Leader?

By Pamela Martinez To leave a lasting legacy, continuous learning is key. Introduction As a senior executive, you have likely spent years honing your skills, gaining experience,...
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MBA vs Skills-Based Learning: What Employers Really Value Now, According to the International Career...

By Mike Infante Hiring managers face a crowded field of credentials, from traditional MBAs to short skills courses and micro-credentials. The question of what they...

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