Table of contents - Special issue for the 2014 EFMD annual conference: transforming business school futures: business model innovation and the continued search for academic legitimacy
The business school model: a flawed organizational design?
J.C. SpenderThere has been considerable discussion recently about business schools’ shortcomings and how their curriculum should be changed. Many presume discipline-wide agreement that…
From relevance to relevate: How university-based business school can remain seats of “higher” learning and still contribute effectively to business
Robert ChiaThe purpose of this paper is to tease out the real value-adding contributions university-based business schools can make to the business community and to society at large without…
Implementing liberal management education through the lens of the other
Tom Estad, Stefano Harney, Howard ThomasThe purpose of this paper is to explore the prerequisite conditions for implementing a liberal management education and for fostering ethical students using examples from the core…
Engaging with engagement: how UK business schools could meet the innovation challenge
Richard Thorpe, Richard RawlinsonThe purpose of this paper is to explore how business schools can better engage with business practice, building on literature that highlights their lack of impact and questions…
Global leadership development, strategic alignment and CEOs commitment
Jordi CanalsGlobal corporate strategy has moved faster than global leadership development in many companies. This outcome has created some leadership problems: global companies may not have…
Future scenarios for management education
Howard Thomas, Michelle Lee, Alexander WilsonBusiness schools are facing unprecedented challenges, ranging from financial sustainability in some quarters to waning demand for the MBA to the potentially disruptive impact of…
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0262-1711Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Associate Professor Magnus Larsson