Posts Tagged ‘economics’
“Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so”
Questioning the choice of what we measure or how we measure it is at the centre of many discussions and debates both in society and within organisations.
Read MoreThis is what we mean by a double whammy!
The impact of Brexit and the pandemic on UK business schools and economists, by James Walker, Chris Brewster, Rita Fontinha, Washika Haak-Shaheem, and Fabio Lamperti.
Read MoreBridging divides: Turf, Truth & Trust
Jan-Christian Sorensen introduces the Victoria Forum, a global platform for building consensus toward common goals.
Read MoreAccepting refugees raises income per capita and wages in the long term, finds new research
A study by economists Antonio Ciccone and Jan Nimczik examines the long-term economic consequences of the inflow of refugees in Germany after World War II.
Read MoreA sustainable model for business schools?
Kai Peters and Howard Thomas argue that the current business model of business schools is financially unstable and probably unsustainable. At the core of each business school, a dialectic takes place between two distinct purposes – the goal of producing knowledge and the goal of educating students. Individual institutions have different views.
Read MoreHow applying indigenous culture to deliver entrepreneurship education contributes to economic reconciliation
– GOLD WINNER OF THE 2019 EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICE AWARDS – Over 200,000 Indigenous people in 203 distinct First Nations live in British Columbia, Canada. Their ancestors lived there thousands of years before it became a province in 1871. While each Nation has its own unique history and traditions, they all experience ongoing personal, cultural, ecological,…
Read MoreLearning from experience – UK government and Lancaster University Management School
With local growth a key priority for the UK, a partnership led by Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) and the UK government resulted in the development of the Wave 2 Growth Hub Programme.
Read MoreThose green shoots may not really be spring
As growth returns after a long financial winter, economic hope as well as spring is in the air. But, says Simon Caulkin, it is impossible not to notice the contrast between the warming of the economic climate and the clouds lowering on the social and emotional front In country after country, society seems fractured. There is deepening distrust of…
Read More‘Inclusive growth and prosperity’ – for whom?
Instead of prosperity the last decade has delivered inequality, insecurity, and the rise of nationalism and populism. Simon Caulkin argues that this is a secular challenge that business, and especially managers, must face head on. Inclusive growth and prosperity, the theme for this year’s Global Peter Drucker Forum in November, sounds like the ultimate motherhood and apple pie.…
Read MoreCasting light in the shadows
Do not be lulled by today’s strong management education market, says Johan Roos. Business schools still need to find a grander vision of hope, change and community to counter emerging shadows. Business school deans are smiling and optimistic these days. Things have improved since the 2008 crisis.
Read MoreNew Horizons
Capitalism 2.0 – new horizons for managers Richard Straub in defence of a capitalism rejuvenated. The world has been shattered by a series of crises since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008: the near shattering of the world financial system followed by a severe economic downturn across the advanced economies and the surfacing of…
Read MoreIt’s the Technology, Stupid!
Business studies could help solve global challenges by tackling specific problems at the technology interface, says Gunther Friedl. In 2001, I heard about curious plans by the Technical University of Munich (TUM). A handful of economists teaching and researching there wanted to establish a business school dedicated to management studies interfacing with technology. Like many…
Read MoreEconomics’ Seven Deadly Sins
Are we teaching students the things they need to know? Not according to Eve Poole. Before he died Sumantra Ghoshal wrote a piece called “Bad Management Theories Are Destroying Good Management Practices”. It was published posthumously in the Journal of the Academy of Management Learning & Education. That was in 2005, post-Enron but pre-Credit Crunch.…
Read MoreRe-organising the Political Economy
Capitalism has not failed nor is it in retreat. It is just an idea. But, argues Malcolm McIntosh, it is an idea, which in its current form, is in real need of being re-thought. In 2012, the UN High Level Report Resilient People, Resilient Planet called for a new international political economy that would include…
Read MoreThe Great Transformation
Richard Straub on why, with gigantic changes in society, managers will be of pivotal importance for shaping the future. We are at the beginning of a set of gigantic changes in society –for better or for worse. The future is open; nobody knows what it will hold. One thing we know says Richard Straub: on…
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