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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.

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...
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Disrupting Higher Education – ChatGPT and Generative AI

By Nancy W. Gleason The way we assess learning and credential talent is disrupted by ChatGPT. It is forcing higher education to strip down and...

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...
Educators

3 Things Educators and Edtech Suppliers Need to Talk About

By Sandra DeCastro The advancements in technology are reshaping how we teach and learn, bringing new opportunities and challenges. To address such challenges, a concerted...
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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...

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...

Leading Change: How SDA Bocconi Transforms the MBAs Experience

Bridging tradition and innovation to redefine leadership evolution What does it mean to prepare leaders in a world where change is constant and increasingly complex?...

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

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,...
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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...

How Sustainability Reporting Levels the Playing Field 

By Ries Breijer and Michael Erkens Despite facing criticism, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) represents a significant step in holding companies accountable for their...
Why Marketing Leadership Needs to be Agile and Customer-focused

Why Marketing Leadership Needs to be Agile and Customer-focused

By Mairead Brady Why do we use Zoom and not Slack or Skype? Post photos with Instagram and not Kodak? And why do we watch Netflix...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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How Organisations Can Create Meaningful Innovation and Lasting Social Change 

By Irene Bengo   In the last decades, we have witnessed a profound change in the way of doing business because companies have been increasingly asked...
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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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...
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A Nordic Model for Powering the AI Revolution Sustainably

By Eva Sóley Guðbjörnsdóttir A Nordic blueprint for AI infrastructure demonstrates scalability and sustainably, combining clean energy, efficient cooling and heat reuse, to balance technical...
Day-One Rights vs Six-Month Threshold: Employment Bill

Day-One Rights vs Six-Month Threshold: Where the Employment Rights Bill May Land

By Alex Hodson During the most recent general election, the Labour Party pledged to abolish the two-year qualifying period required for employees to bring an...
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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...
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The Executive Education Conundrum: Insights from Survey “Navigating Executive Education Preferences and Needs in...

This article marks the third installment in a series of five articles to be published in our survey report for our recent survey, “Navigating Executive...

50+20 Management Education for the World: PART 2: Understanding the Core of the Vision

By Katrin Muff, Thomas Dyllick, Mark Drewell, John North, Paul Shrivastava & Jonas Haertle This article continues from Part I (in the last issue of...

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,...

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...
Transforming Business Education Through Sustainability and Innovation

Transforming Business Education Through Sustainability and Innovation

By Dr. George Sammour This article explores how business schools can transform education by embedding sustainability and innovation across curricula, research, teaching, and operations. Drawing...
New Top Executive Education Survey

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...
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...
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...

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...
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...

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...

Strategic Planning & Execution in an Uncertain World

Setting business strategy used to be as simple as defining what the organization wanted to achieve and then laying out the steps to get...
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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...
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How Do 200-Year-Old Institutions Innovate? The Example of Business Schools

By Fernanda Arreola and Dr. Gregory C. Unruh When we think of innovation, our minds often jump to startups or young tech firms. But what...

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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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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How Can Leaders Stay in the Know?

By Dr. Maja Korica, Warwick Business School (WBS) As a senior leader, do you know what’s really going on in your organisation? Are you on...
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...

Adapting to the Digital Age: Teaching Blockchain and Cloud Computing 

By Lokesh Vij  In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, the fields of blockchain and cloud computing are transforming industries, from finance to healthcare, and creating...
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...

Where do you Begin with your (Big) Data Initiative?

By Joe Peppard While “Big data” has garnered a lot of attention over the last number of years, many managers struggle in deciding where to...

The Power of Corporate Culture — and How to Harness It

Culture change is hard to do. Just look at Ron Johnson’s attempted transformation of JCPenney in 2012. Or go back a few thousand years...

We Need a Greater Focus on the Benefits Women in Top Executive Roles Bring...

By Sucheta Nadkarni Recruiting women to corporate boards and top executive roles helps businesses find the best people and reach key consumers. There’s a risk...
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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,...
UK–India School Partnerships

Developing Future Business Leaders: The Impact of UK–India School Partnerships

By Professor Liz Warren UK-India school partnerships play a vital role in preparing the next generation of global business leaders. By providing cross-cultural learning experiences,...
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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...
AI into Marketing Strategies

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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