Future of Business Schools Purpose, Action, and Impact
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Edited by Rico J. Baldegger, Dean and Professor, School of Management Fribourg (HEG-FR), University of Applied Sciences & Arts Western Switzerland, Ayman El Tarabishy, President & CEO, International Council for Small Business (ICSB), Deputy Chair, Department of Management, School of Business, The George Washington University, US, David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, US and the Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Klagenfurt, Austria, Dafna Kariv, Professor of Entrepreneurship; Head of the dual degree Entrepreneurship-Business Administration, Adelson School of Entrepreneurship, Reichman University (RUNI), Herzliya, Israel, Katia Passerini, Provost and Executive Vice President, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, US and Wee-Liang Tan, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Lee Kong Chian School of Management, Singapore Management University, Singapore<i>‘In a timely volume, Professors Baldegger, El Tarabishy, Audretsch, Kariv, Passerini, and Tan have demonstrated that the future of business schools is now. Business schools can and should play a critical role in economic and talent development worldwide, and this book shows us the path forward. Filled with strategic and operational insights, this is a book useful for all internal and external business schools stakeholders, including students, faculty, university leaders, alumni, governments, policymakers, and society at large.’</i>
- Herman Aguinis, The George Washington University School of Business, US,
The Future of Business Schools discusses these issues in the context of three critical areas: complexity, sustainability, and destiny. How do we prepare students for a new and complex world, how can business schools focus on the planet's sustainability, and how will they shape a better future for everyone? The chapters present views and suggestions of business school professors, researchers, and leaders from different contexts and countries as well as ideas for business school stakeholders, on topics from program structures, course content, and teaching materials to research topics. In addition to examples of innovations, there are tools offered to help universities navigate complexity and prepare for uncertainty.
The material will assist business school faculty, staff, and administrators as well as professionals, policymakers, and organizations in identifying new directions for business schools in this evolving field.