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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.

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...
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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...

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...
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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...
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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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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...

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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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...

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...

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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Beyond the Survey: How Synthetic Research Is Changing Consumer Insight

Interview with Andreas Duess, Founder and CEO of FishDog Here’s how to mind the “say-do” gap in your marketing surveys by enlisting the help of...

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?...
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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...
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...
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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...

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...

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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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...

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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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...
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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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...

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...

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...
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A Beauty Premium and a Plainness Penalty: Attractiveness at Work

By Adrian Furnham Are physically attractive people seriously advantaged at work? Are they more likely to be selected, promoted, and given higher salaries? Does being physically...

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...

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...
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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...

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...

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...

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,...
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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...
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...
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,...
Navigating the Business Horizon

Navigating the Business Horizon: 10 Essential Insights from The European Business Review

By Pamela Martinez “In this moment, we must all be learners – figuring out not how to simply make the best of it, but how to...
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...

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...
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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It is Time to Take an Honest Look at Higher Education in the Age...

By Mariah Levin Higher education is facing unprecedented disruption as artificial intelligence reshapes the global workforce. Mariah Levin examines how AI is breaking the link...

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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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...
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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 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...
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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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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...
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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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...

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...
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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...