🎤 In this edition of the EFMD Case Writing Competition 2025 Interview Series, we feature Yuan Ding, Jingyuan Hu, and Xiayan Huang from CEIBS, winners in the Belt-and-Road Cases category for, "Overseas Acquisition of a Vietnamese Factory: The Implementation Journey of Man Wah’s ‘China +1’ Strategy."

2025 EFMD Case Competition Winners Interviews: Belt-and-Road Cases

We are pleased to feature Yuan Ding, Jingyuan Hu, and Xiayan Huang from China Europe International Business School, winners in the "Belt-and-Road Cases" category.

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🏆 What are 5 key factors that make a good case study? A joint case by Réka Vas and Isabelle Fagnot received international recognition at The Case Centre’s 36th Global Awards and Competitions. Now, the French-Hungarian teacher duo shares insights into the most important factors of effective cases.

5 factors that make a good case study: Advice from an award-winning French-Hungarian teacher duo

The joint case study by Dr Réka Franciska Vas, Associate Professor at Corvinus University of Budapest, and Isabelle Fagnot, Dean and Professor of Management

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🇳🇬 Sunday Selection: African business schools are navigating the tension between global accreditation ambitions and the need for supportive workplace cultures. In Global Focus, Enase Okonedo examines how fundamental values contribute to faculty wellbeing, trust, and collaboration.

Building Wellbeing Through Culture and Collegiality

Growth ambitions in business schools can strain culture and wellbeing, yet values like collegiality and Ubuntu offer pathways to more supportive and balanced institutions.

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👩🏻‍💻 A new Docsity survey of 350 higher education students across six English-speaking countries finds that 91% use AI in their studies. Stephanie Mullins-Wiles at @blueskyeducation.bsky.social looks at how students are using AI for reading, brainstorming, simplifying, critical thinking and more.

Docsity Survey: 91% of students study using AI

Docsity was founded by Riccardo Ocleppo, also the founder and director of OPIT – Open Institute of Technology, after struggling to access quality study notes

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🇦🇺 Climate action is increasingly reshaping the role of business schools. In Global Focus, Fara Azmat and Ameeta Jain demonstrate how @deakinuniversity.bsky.social is translating climate ambition into institutional practice through a framework of leadership, curriculum, research, and partnerships.

The Climate Action Imperative: Moving Business Schools from ‘Why’ to ‘How’?

Climate action is becoming a strategic priority for business schools, shaping curriculum, research, and leadership development.

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🌟 We are pleased to announce that ERG Corporate University (ERGCU) has successfully completed the EFMD Corporate Learning Improvement Process (CLIP) and received CLIP accreditation for a five-year period. 🌟

ERGCU awarded CLIP accreditation for 5 years

“Congratulations to ERG Corporate University on achieving EFMD CLIP accreditation. In a remarkably short period, ERGCU has established a strong foundation as

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🎤 In this week's edition of the EFMD Case Writing Competition 2025 Interview Series, we feature Benoit Leleux from @imdbusinessschool.bsky.social, winner of both the “Entrepreneurship" and the "Finance & Banking” categories for his case, "DSS+: Carving Out a Sustainability Consulting Leader." 🌟

2025 EFMD Case Competition Winners Interviews: Entrepreneurship & Finance and Banking

We are pleased to feature Benoit F. Leleux, IMD, winner in the "Entrepreneurship" and "Finance and Banking" categories.

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🇪🇺 Europe’s business schools are strengthening their position by emphasising academic quality, diversity, and critical thinking rather than scale or brand recognition. In @poetsandquants.bsky.social, three deans explain how Europe’s educational model is designed for uncertainty and AI-driven change.

European B-Schools Push Back On U.S. Dominance: ‘We’re Redefining Leadership’

3 European deans say the region’s edge isn’t scale or brand – but depth, diversity, and a model built for uncertainty & AI-driven change.

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🔬 Sunday Selection: In Global Focus Magazine, Singapore Management University President Lily Kong calls for a shift from a "publish or perish" culture towards one centred on "purpose and people" to support research that addresses complex real-world challenges through creating meaningful impact.

Shifting Research Paradigms: From ‘Publish or Perish’ to ‘Purpose and People’

How can universities build healthier research cultures? Rethinking metrics, rankings, and impact to support integrity, transparency, and researcher wellbeing.

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⏰ We’re organising a selection of global conferences, workshops, and professional development opportunities in the months ahead. Consult the list and QR codes below to start planning your autumn calendar. 🗓️Events: ╰┈➤ bit.ly/EFMD-Events 📚Activities Portfolio: ╰┈➤ bit.ly/EFMD-Portfolio

🌊 #Climate volatility and geopolitical uncertainty are redefining the concept of risk. In Global Focus, @heclausanne.bsky.social Prof Valérie Chavez examines how climate-related risks are reshaping management education, calling for curricula that integrate them into leadership strategies.

Business Schools in an Age of Extremes

Climate risk is challenging business schools to move beyond sustainability and prepare leaders for an age of extremes.

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📊The 2026 "Knowing Me Knowing You" report from Roe Communications, CarringtonCrisp and EFMD reveals that marcoms professionals in business schools face mounting pressures from shrinking budgets, competing priorities, and growing geopolitical uncertainty. 📲 Download the full report: bit.ly/KYKM-2026

Insights for marcoms professionals in Business Schools

For additional insights, announcements and perspectives for marcoms professionals, visit the conversation on Marketing Communications in Business Education.

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🎤 In the latest edition of the EFMD Case Writing Competition 2025 interview series, we feature Deval Kartik, HEC Paris Doha, and Siddharth Wadehra, IIM Ranchi, winners in the Short Cases category for their case, "From TikTok to Turbulence – Fix Chocolate’s Viral Surge at Strategic Crossroads."

2025 EFMD Case Competition Winners Interviews: Short cases

We are pleased to feature Deval Kartik, HEC Paris Doha, and Siddharth Wadehra, Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi, winners in the "Short Cases: Real Decision, Deep Learning" category.

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👩🏻‍💻The 13th EFMD Global Fairs by Highered connected students from member schools worldwide with leading employers through a new CareerOS-powered experience. 📚 Discover insights: bit.ly/GlobalFairs-Ebook 🗓️ Don't miss the 14th EFMD Global Fairs returning 23-24 October: bit.ly/GlobalFairs-2026

What the 13th EFMD Global Fairs revealed about the future of graduate hiring

The 13th EFMD Global Fairs by Highered brought together member students worldwide with recruiters and leaders from some of the world's largest employers.

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𐦂𖨆𐀪𖠋 Sunday Selection: Meaningful cultural change in higher education cannot be achieved through isolation. In Global Focus, the authors demonstrate how purposeful leadership, collaboration, and strategic alignment can foster an inclusive culture where both individuals & institutions can thrive.

Targeting Impactful Cultural Shifts at the University Level: Insights About Building the People and Cultural Agenda at the University of Exeter and its Business School

A leading scholar’s journey into university leadership shows how cultural shifts and people-focused strategies can translate academic insight into wellbeing and institutional change.

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🎓In HBI, Andreas Kaplan warns that as #AI shortens the relevance of knowledge and reshapes careers, traditional degrees risk losing credibility if they cannot demonstrate graduates' capabilities. By complementing disciplinary expertise with verified skills, universities can maintain their relevance.

🇨🇴 In Global Focus, María Consuelo Cárdenas de Santamaría examines Universidad de Los Andes' Self-Knowledge Course, a leadership development programme which positions self-reflection and interpersonal learning as pivotal capabilities that remain uniquely human in #AI-enabled education.

The Self-Knowledge Course: A Pedagogical Model for Student Leadership Development

Self-knowledge is the foundation of effective leadership, helping students develop self-awareness, empathy, and better decision-making.

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🤝 In @poetsandquants.bsky.social, POLIMI Assoc Dean Mauro Mancini explains how business schools and industry are building closer, purpose-driven partnerships to develop leaders capable of addressing social, environmental, and technological challenges.

How Business Schools & Industry Can Collaborate To Support Societal Impact Leadership

The most effective partnerships are not defined only by program structure but built through shared values and a common sense of purpose.

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🎤In this edition of the 2025 EFMD Case Writing Competition Interview Series, we feature Sophie Bacq, Valerie Keller-Birrer, & Ruth Kinyua @imdbusinessschool.bsky.social, winners in the African Business Cases category for "The New Protein Buzz: Can Legendary Foods Africa Feed the World with Insects?"

2025 EFMD Case Competition Winners Interviews: African Business Cases

We are pleased to feature Sophie Bacq, Valerie Keller-Birrer, and Ruth Kinyua, IMD, winners in the "African Business Cases" category.

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🏢🔀🏫 Executive education is competitive, yet many business schools differentiate themselves through bespoke programmes developed in close partnership with organisations. Learn more about the collaborative approach at four schools from Stephanie Mullins-Wiles @blueskyeducation.bsky.social.

What the most effective executive education partnerships have in common

What sets their custom executive education apart? In conversations with four schools recognised for their custom work recently, a consistent answer is that

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💫 Sunday Selection: Business schools are criticised for neoliberal priorities and low #wellbeing; however, cultivating it is difficult yet necessary. In Global Focus, Gina Grandy explains why trust varies between dean appointments, continuous improvement is essential, & leadership requires balance.

Clarity and Contradiction in Care: Cultivating Wellness in Business Schools

In today’s business schools, neoliberal pressures challenge wellbeing, yet a culture of wellness can emerge through care, leadership, and reflective practice.

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📚 Case Focus, published by The Case Centre, presents peer-reviewed teaching cases focusing on management and business issues in the Middle East and Africa. Its new Issue features 10 cases spanning industries, highlighting the depth and quality of regional case writing in practice today.

Case Focus Issue 7 showcases ten new teaching cases from the Middle East and Africa

Case Focus continues to highlight the breadth and quality of case writing emerging from the Middle East and Africa, providing educators with engaging,

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👵🏼 In the new issue of Global Focus magazine, Dan Pontefract contends that business schools have prepared leaders for digital transformation and globalisation, yet many have overlooked one of the most predictable workforce shifts: ageing populations and declining birth rates. ⏳

The Demographic Reality Business Schools are Ignoring

The demographic shift from ageing populations to shrinking workforces demands a new approach to leadership and management education.

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🌄 African business schools are gaining global visibility through rankings, accreditation and international partnerships. While historically grounded in regional networks, institutions are now positioning themselves within global management education. Stephanie Mullins-Wiles @ BlueSky Education.

All eyes on African business education

The shift is reflected in international rankings, accreditation achievements, and a new generation of partnerships connecting African schools with

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🎓 The latest Alumni Matters study by CarringtonCrisp, produced in association with EFMD Global, finds that business school #alumni remain proud of their institutions, but their sense of connection is declining. Marc Ethier gives an overview of the report's other findings in Poets&Quants.

Alumni Stay Proud But Grow Distant As B-School Grads Demand More

A new CarringtonCrisp study finds alumni sentiment cooling across nearly every measure, with grads wanting more networking.

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🇲🇽 Sunday Selection 🇲🇽 IPADE Business School places #wellbeing at the centre of its mission, viewing it as an ethical responsibility. In Global Focus, the authors explain how IPADE's approach spans physical, emotional, social, financial, occupational, intellectual, and spiritual wellbeing.

When Purpose Drives Culture... and Wellbeing! The IPADE Experience in Mexico

This article presents IPADE Business School as a unique case of a purpose-driven institution where wellbeing is embedded in its culture, not treated as an add-on. Rooted in a humanistic and Christian…

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🌍 Last week, EFMD contributed to #RMEWeek2026 in Cairo through panel discussions and an interactive workshop, joining the global responsible management education community to explore practical ways of strengthening ethics, responsibility, and sustainability across diverse institutional contexts.

🔄 In early 2026, six major consulting firms published reports on agentic AI that converge on a single message: competitive advantage now depends on redesigning organisations around AI. In Global Focus, Johan S Roos notes that #AI adoption can follow two trajectories, erosion or amplification.

The Missing Question in the AI Agenda

AI is transforming organisations, but lasting success depends on strengthening, not replacing, human capabilities.

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🌟 We are pleased to announce that PLN Corporate University (PLNCU) has completed the EFMD Corporate Learning Improvement Process (CLIP) and received CLIP re-accreditation for five years. 🌟 CLIP is a premier quality management tool for corporate learning.

PLNCU awarded 5-year EFMD CLIP re-accreditation

PLN Corporate University (PLNCU) is the corporate learning function of PT PLN (Persero), Indonesia’s state-owned electricity company. Established in 2012, it

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🌟 We are pleased to launch this year’s blog interview series for the EFMD Case Writing Competition. The first edition features Frantz Jean-Baptiste, Laurie Ferranda and Sheri Lambert, winners for their case, "Dooney & Bourke: Continuing to Tap into the Lucrative Chinese Luxury-goods Market."

2025 EFMD Case Competition Winners Interviews: Continuous Improvement: the Journey to Excellence

This interview features Frantz Jean-Baptiste, Laurie Ferranda and Sheri Lambert, winners in the “Continuous Improvement: the Journey to Excellence" category.

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