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This category is Industry Insights, offering expert analysis on market trends, business strategies, and sector-specific developments. It features in-depth perspectives on innovation, challenges, and opportunities shaping industries in an ever-evolving global economy.

Decision Making

The Consistency Trap: How to Make Better Decisions

By Dr. Tim Mullett, Reader, Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School Repetitive strain: Consistency bias can blind decision-makers to key factors when making similar choices. Practice makes...
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Why Your Business Needs to Implement AI into Marketing Strategies

By Marc Mazodier With AI, developing more targeted and sustainable marketing strategies is no longer an impossible task. Here are ways AI can revolutionize your...
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Navigating Executive Education Preferences and Needs in Contemporary Leadership Part 2: Strategic Emphases for...

Presented by the editors of The European Business Review Following our exploration of geographical preferences in executive education, we now delve into the strategic emphases...
Executive Learner

The Rise of the Executive Learner: No Growth. No Edge. No Excuse.

By Bart Tkaczyk Amid today’s complexity, continuous learning is leadership’s core discipline. This article reframes executive development as enterprise-critical, introducing the “executive learner” archetype—leaders who...

Developing Values in Business Education

By Nigel Duncan This article considers how we might best prepare students for ethical business practice. It considers recent developments in evolutionary research and neuroscience...
Economic Opportunity

COVID as an Economic Opportunity: Lessons From the Subprime Crisis on Resilient Businesses

By Jorge Sá Most businesses were taken completely off-guard when the COVID crisis hit. The absence of historical data on such an event meant that...
Collaborative Leadership

The Seven Key Competencies for Collaborative Leadership

By Dr. Dimitrios Spyridonidis, Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Warwick Business School New ideas: collaborative leaders give their teams the freedom and tools to...
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Introducing New Article Series: Future Forecasting Tools and Megatrends

By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor of The European Business Review AI hype, war and geopolitical chaos, climate change, and fragile supply chains. An overall...

How Political Intelligence Sets Successful Leaders Apart

By Gerry Reffo and Valerie Wark Leadership Alert! There are times when the classic development of leaders no longer fully equips them or their organisations...
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Future Forecasting Tools and Megatrends: Scenario Planning

By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor In the article series on how to strategize in an unpredictable future, we’ve reached scenario planning. This article explores...
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Fail Faster, Learn Smarter: Why Mastering Failure is the Key to Thriving in the...

By Matthew Egan In today’s AI-driven economy, mastering failure is becoming as critical as mastering success. Matthew Egan highlights how embracing setbacks accelerates learning and...
Shaping Learning with AI

The Leading Edge of Edtech: Shaping Learning with AI

Interview with Beatriz Arnillas, VP of Product Management at 1EdTech Beatriz Arnillas, VP of Product Management at 1EdTech, a nonprofit consortium for educational institutions and edtech suppliers, discusses her journey from...
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We Stopped Teaching Like its 1985. Here’s What Happened.

By Nitish Jain SP Jain School of Global Management transformed its approach to business education by integrating AI into the learning process. Nitish Jain outlines...
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How to Lead if You Inherit a Bad Situation 

By Michael Watkins As businesses navigate market disruptions, technological innovations and an increasingly turbulent world, leaders will frequently find themselves taking control of a team...

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...

The Search for Innovation Leadership

By Jeff Gaspersz What do we need to do to build the leaders that are equipped for the new innovation challenges?   In all the years I...
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Putting Wellbeing at the Heart of Leadership – Expert Insights for World Mental Health...

As mental ill health becomes the leading cause of workplace absence, leadership must redefine its priorities. For World Mental Health Day, experts share practical...

Onboarding Immigrant Employees Amid Growing Far-Right Support

By Dr. Max Reinwald In the global context of mass migration and aging workforces, immigrant newcomers play a vital role in the labour markets of...
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Attention to the Third Success Factor is Always Necessary

By Prof. dr. ir. Anke van Hal In the energy transition, there is always attention to affordability and technology. However, attention to an important third...

50+20 Management Education for the World: PART 1: Designing a Radically New Vision of...

By Katrin Muff, Thomas Dyllick, Mark Drewell, John North, Paul Shrivastava & Jonas Haertle Extracts from chapter 5 of the forthcoming book “Management education for...
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Future Forecasting Tools: The Delphi Method

By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor Developed during the Cold War for military applications, the Delphi Method is a popular forecasting tool across various sectors,...
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Why Threats to Academic Freedom are Growing – And How Universities Can Respond to...

By Dr Kirsten Roberts Lyer Recent accusations that China pressured a UK university into pausing research on alleged human rights violations have raised questions about...

The Missing Puzzle Piece? How Action Learning Can Help Solve the Dual Challenge of...

By Alex Makarevich, Christian Acosta-Flamma and Simon L. Dolan To win in the “war for talent”, companies can no longer rely on conventional recruitment methods...
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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...

What Did 2023 Teach Us About Leadership? An Answer in the Form of Three...

By Martin Gutmann After his takeover of Twitter in October of 2022, Elon Musk admonished his staff to be “extremely hardcore.” Many heeded the call,...
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Unconventional Alternative Media TreAs the U.S. Elections Unfold

New Report Exposes the Impact of Alternative Media Across the Western Worldnds Voices in Europe and the US With Americans heading to the polls today,...
Exposing the Racial Bias that Influences Day to Day Business Transactions

Exposing the Racial Bias that Influences Day to Day Business Transactions

By Redzo Mujcic, Associate Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School Racial bias may not always be overt. Indeed, individuals may not even be...
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Hospitality Industry Need to Utilize Data to Become More Sustainable 

By Dr. Carlos Martin-Rios The hospitality industry is responsible for 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and according to the Global Hotel Decarbonization Report published...
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...

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...

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...
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“Does Everyone Hear Me OK?”: How to Lead Virtual Teams Effectively

By Sergey Gorbatov In today’s world, virtual teams are no longer the exception – they’re the norm. Whether your team is fully remote or operating...
Executive Education

How B2B Marketers Can Stay Customer-Centric

By Mairead Brady, Warwick Business School (WBS) WBS Core Insights: Future of Work To adjust to the new post-pandemic normal it is vital that businesses move...

Beyond Good Intentions – Bringing Strategy To Giving, Impact Investing, and Corporate Responsibility

By Olga Almqvist Value-driven leaders and people with means have an array of options for giving back to society. But whether through philanthropy, impact-driven investments,...

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...
Teamwork & Culture: Strengthening Global Aviation Safety

Advancing Teamwork and Culture to Strengthen Global Aviation Safety Practices

Interview with Dr Simon Bennett of the Civil Safety and Security Unit Aviation safety and risk management demand more than theory; they require lived experience...
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Innovative Learning Paths Revolutionizing Executive Education: Insights from Survey “Navigating Executive Education Preferences and...

Presented by the editors of The European Business Review This article marks the fourth installment in our series of five articles to be published in...
Championing Triple Ownership Programs

Championing Triple Ownership Programs (TOPs) in Executive Education: How Participant and Sponsor Ownership Leads...

By Christoph Burger, Bianca Schmitz and Bethan Williams What do you associate with the word “campus”?  For most of us, besides the happy student memories, there...

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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The Evolving Face of Executive Education Learning: Global Trends and Topics

By Pamela Martinez At a time when the business world is challenged by radical advances in technology, volatility, and disruption, it’s encouraging to see how...

What’s the No. 1 MBA? Why Business Deans Invest in Rankings, Knowing They Miss...

By Catherine Heggerud When Harvard Business School tumbled to sixth place in the U.S. News MBA rankings in 2020, the reaction was swift. Critics questioned the methodology,...

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...

Embedded Values and Induced Spirituality in Management Education

The Case of Two Successful Business Schools in Barcelona By S. L. Dolan, Y. Altman, B. Capell and M. Raich
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How Operational Research is the Hidden Gem of Business Decision-Making 

By Bob Scott  In today's data-driven world, where the buzz around AI and analytics dominates boardroom discussions, there is a forgotten hero quietly transforming business...
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Methods to Navigate Complexity: SWOT Analysis

By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor of The European Business Review Forbes calls SWOT analysis the “Most Overlooked Business Tool”. Here, we guide you on...

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...
Top Tech Summits for Business Leaders

Tech Events Dominating Europe: A Guide to Top Tech Summits for Business Leaders

From Generative AI to cloud security and everything in between, the range of tech events taking place each year can be overwhelming. Introduction There are a...
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As ChatGPT Turns Two, Business Schools Double Down on AI Integration in Classroom

GMAC’s survey shows most business programs now have curricula focusing on AI RESTON, Va., Nov. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than three quarters of...
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The Creativity Quotient: Can Business Schools Really Teach What AI Will Never Learn?

By George Sammour A new pedagogical methodology is emerging in business education, forcing a fundamental question: Can you teach someone how to be creative, and...

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...