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EFMD Global is a worldwide network of business schools, companies and associations involved in management development. Sharing updates & insights from the community. #EFMDEQUIS #EFMDaccredited
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🌟 Discover more about the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), China, and why it has become the world’s first DBA to receive EFMD Programme Accreditation. 🌟
CEIBS DBA 1st to achieve EFMD programme accreditation
CEIBS DBA: The Doctor of Business Administration at China Europe International Business School is the world's first DBA to receive EFMD Programme Accreditation.
blog.efmdglobal.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🌟 Discover more about the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), China, and why it has become the world’s first DBA to receive EFMD Programme Accreditation. 🌟
📚 In "Impactful Insights: Conversations with BSIS Assessment Experts," Jean-Pierre Helfer draws on his experience as dean, researcher, and Business School Impact System assessor to illustrate how the framework enables schools to understand their influence, strategic direction, and societal purpose.
Purposeful impact: Jean Pierre Helfer on BSIS framework
Leading management education expert Jean-Pierre Helfer, based in France, discusses BSIS framework, impact assessment, and sustainability in business schools.
blog.efmdglobal.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
📚 In "Impactful Insights: Conversations with BSIS Assessment Experts," Jean-Pierre Helfer draws on his experience as dean, researcher, and Business School Impact System assessor to illustrate how the framework enables schools to understand their influence, strategic direction, and societal purpose.
🇫🇮 In conversation with Stephanie Mullins-Wiles at BlueSky Education, University of Vaasa Rector Minna Martikainen outlines the university’s goal to become a leading international institution by 2035, recognised for impactful research, leadership in the energy transition, and a diverse student body.
Vaasa Rector on advancing technology and sustainability
University of Vaasa Rector Minna Martikainen discusses what “research with impact” looks like in practice, AI, and what the next decade holds for Vaasa.
blog.efmdglobal.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🇫🇮 In conversation with Stephanie Mullins-Wiles at BlueSky Education, University of Vaasa Rector Minna Martikainen outlines the university’s goal to become a leading international institution by 2035, recognised for impactful research, leadership in the energy transition, and a diverse student body.
🌎 As #COP30 convenes in Brazil this month, attention turns to the Amazon’s role in global climate action. Our Global Focus article, “Why a Network of Business Schools for a Sustainable Amazon?”, highlights sustainable development through education, collaboration, and local business strategies.
Why a Network of Business Schools for a Sustainable Amazon?
The Business Schools for a Sustainable Amazon Network advances sustainable business solutions that respect local realities and foster growth in harmony with nature.
globalfocusmagazine.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🌎 As #COP30 convenes in Brazil this month, attention turns to the Amazon’s role in global climate action. Our Global Focus article, “Why a Network of Business Schools for a Sustainable Amazon?”, highlights sustainable development through education, collaboration, and local business strategies.
🇨🇦 We are pleased to announce that @esguqam.bsky.social has successfully completed the EFMD Business School Impact System (BSIS) assessment process and has been granted its first BSIS label for positive impact. #EFMDBSIS
ESG UQAM awarded EFMD BSIS label for positive impact
Université du Québec à Montréal, École des sciences de la gestion (ESG UQAM) awarded the EFMD Business School Impact System (BSIS) label for positive impact.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🇨🇦 We are pleased to announce that @esguqam.bsky.social has successfully completed the EFMD Business School Impact System (BSIS) assessment process and has been granted its first BSIS label for positive impact. #EFMDBSIS
🏆 Since 2007, the EFMD Excellence in Practice (EiP) Awards have honoured outstanding Learning & Development partnerships. Showcase your impact in the 2026 Awards—entries close 13 March 2026.
📥 Submit your case: bit.ly/EIP-Awards
🎞️ Watch an EiP winner’s story: bit.ly/EiP-Viren-Lall
📥 Submit your case: bit.ly/EIP-Awards
🎞️ Watch an EiP winner’s story: bit.ly/EiP-Viren-Lall
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🏆 Since 2007, the EFMD Excellence in Practice (EiP) Awards have honoured outstanding Learning & Development partnerships. Showcase your impact in the 2026 Awards—entries close 13 March 2026.
📥 Submit your case: bit.ly/EIP-Awards
🎞️ Watch an EiP winner’s story: bit.ly/EiP-Viren-Lall
📥 Submit your case: bit.ly/EIP-Awards
🎞️ Watch an EiP winner’s story: bit.ly/EiP-Viren-Lall
🆕 Read EFMD News, out now:
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📰 See our latest updates on:
⭑ EFMD-Accredited
⭑ BSIS
⭑ The Case Centre's Top 50 & Impact Index
⭑ Corporate Learning Insights
⭑ GMAC's Admissions Institute
⭑ Upcoming Events
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📰 See our latest updates on:
⭑ EFMD-Accredited
⭑ BSIS
⭑ The Case Centre's Top 50 & Impact Index
⭑ Corporate Learning Insights
⭑ GMAC's Admissions Institute
⭑ Upcoming Events
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November 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🆕 Read EFMD News, out now:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/EFMD-Nov-2025
📰 See our latest updates on:
⭑ EFMD-Accredited
⭑ BSIS
⭑ The Case Centre's Top 50 & Impact Index
⭑ Corporate Learning Insights
⭑ GMAC's Admissions Institute
⭑ Upcoming Events
📬 Subscribe for future editions:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/EFMD-News
╰┈➤ bit.ly/EFMD-Nov-2025
📰 See our latest updates on:
⭑ EFMD-Accredited
⭑ BSIS
⭑ The Case Centre's Top 50 & Impact Index
⭑ Corporate Learning Insights
⭑ GMAC's Admissions Institute
⭑ Upcoming Events
📬 Subscribe for future editions:
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🇬🇧 The Education Training Foundation (ETF), with @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and ChangeSchool, created the TLPD Leadership Programme to strengthen leadership and resilience across Further Education.
🌟Read about this award-winning initiative in Global Focus EiP 2025:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/ETF-TLPD
🌟Read about this award-winning initiative in Global Focus EiP 2025:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/ETF-TLPD
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🇬🇧 The Education Training Foundation (ETF), with @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and ChangeSchool, created the TLPD Leadership Programme to strengthen leadership and resilience across Further Education.
🌟Read about this award-winning initiative in Global Focus EiP 2025:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/ETF-TLPD
🌟Read about this award-winning initiative in Global Focus EiP 2025:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/ETF-TLPD
🎊 Congratulations to the Bachelor of Economics in Finance at the School of Finance, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (SUIBE), China, for achieving new EFMD Programme Accreditation! And, congratulations to five programmes for receiving re-accreditation!
#EFMDAccredited
#EFMDAccredited
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🎊 Congratulations to the Bachelor of Economics in Finance at the School of Finance, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (SUIBE), China, for achieving new EFMD Programme Accreditation! And, congratulations to five programmes for receiving re-accreditation!
#EFMDAccredited
#EFMDAccredited
❄️ We're planning a variety of global conferences, workshops and more in the months ahead. Check out the list and the QR codes for our winter events to grow your network.
🗓️ All Events:
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📚 Explore our Activities Portfolio:
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🗓️ All Events:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/EFMD-Events
📚 Explore our Activities Portfolio:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/EFMD-Portfolio
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
❄️ We're planning a variety of global conferences, workshops and more in the months ahead. Check out the list and the QR codes for our winter events to grow your network.
🗓️ All Events:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/EFMD-Events
📚 Explore our Activities Portfolio:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/EFMD-Portfolio
🗓️ All Events:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/EFMD-Events
📚 Explore our Activities Portfolio:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/EFMD-Portfolio
🍂 Throughout October, from Latin America to Asia, Europe, Africa, and online, @efmdglobal.org engaged with business schools, leaders, and scholars to enhance internationalisation, governance, accreditation, and impact, promoting collaboration, sustainability, and responsible research worldwide.
October 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🍂 Throughout October, from Latin America to Asia, Europe, Africa, and online, @efmdglobal.org engaged with business schools, leaders, and scholars to enhance internationalisation, governance, accreditation, and impact, promoting collaboration, sustainability, and responsible research worldwide.
★彡 The Case Centre’s Impact Index 2025 shows @harvard.edu Business School leading for a third year, with @insead.bsky.social second and ICFAI Business School third. CEO Vicky Lester presents full rankings based on case adoption, global reach, and the number of students taught.
Impact Index: Recognising the global reach of cases.
Now in its third year, The Case Centre’s Impact Index continues to evidence the powerful influence of cases worldwide.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
★彡 The Case Centre’s Impact Index 2025 shows @harvard.edu Business School leading for a third year, with @insead.bsky.social second and ICFAI Business School third. CEO Vicky Lester presents full rankings based on case adoption, global reach, and the number of students taught.
🇵🇪 EFMD’s first Corporate Learning Roundtable in Latin America, hosted by UCIC in Lima, brought together regional leaders to discuss future-proofing strategies, inclusive learning, and the role of AI, as well as the importance of academia-business collaboration for workforce readiness.
Impressions from the EFMD Corporate Learning Roundtable in Lima
The 2025 EFMD Corporate Learning Roundtable in Lima, Peru brought together leaders from Latin America to discuss current trends and challenges.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🇵🇪 EFMD’s first Corporate Learning Roundtable in Latin America, hosted by UCIC in Lima, brought together regional leaders to discuss future-proofing strategies, inclusive learning, and the role of AI, as well as the importance of academia-business collaboration for workforce readiness.
🇪🇬🇳🇬Africa’s trade is moving towards self-defined growth, led by its own professionals rather than external models. In #EFMDGlobalFocus Excellence in Practice, learn how the Certificate of Trade Finance in Africa demonstrates an award-winning collaboration for Africa’s trade.╰┈➤ bit.ly/AUC-FCI-Afrex
October 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🇪🇬🇳🇬Africa’s trade is moving towards self-defined growth, led by its own professionals rather than external models. In #EFMDGlobalFocus Excellence in Practice, learn how the Certificate of Trade Finance in Africa demonstrates an award-winning collaboration for Africa’s trade.╰┈➤ bit.ly/AUC-FCI-Afrex
🇪🇺25 years after its conception, the European Research Area (ERA) remains incomplete, despite #EU efforts to create a unified research market. As reported in Times Higher Education, optimism endures, but experts warn that political resistance & inconsistent national commitment may constrain progress.
Are we finally going to see a United States of Europe for research?
The European Research Area was first proposed 25 years ago in the hope of levelling up Europe’s national research systems and challenging global rivals. Implementing that vision has been achingly…
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🇪🇺25 years after its conception, the European Research Area (ERA) remains incomplete, despite #EU efforts to create a unified research market. As reported in Times Higher Education, optimism endures, but experts warn that political resistance & inconsistent national commitment may constrain progress.
🇧🇭🇪🇸In 2023, Zain Bahrain partnered with Spain's IE University to launch an online Master’s in Digital Transformation, designed to upskill more than 8,000 employees across 8 countries. Learn more about the award-winning partnership in #EFMDGlobalFocus Excellence in Practice 2025:
🌟╰┈➤ bit.ly/Zain-IE
🌟╰┈➤ bit.ly/Zain-IE
October 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🇧🇭🇪🇸In 2023, Zain Bahrain partnered with Spain's IE University to launch an online Master’s in Digital Transformation, designed to upskill more than 8,000 employees across 8 countries. Learn more about the award-winning partnership in #EFMDGlobalFocus Excellence in Practice 2025:
🌟╰┈➤ bit.ly/Zain-IE
🌟╰┈➤ bit.ly/Zain-IE
🏥Viviane Joalland, Deputy CEO of the Cancer Institute for West France, pursued an #EMBA to strengthen her leadership in the health sector. As told to @financialtimes.com, it enabled her to address institutional challenges with a broader strategic outlook and implement lasting organisational change.
How an executive MBA helped in the fight against cancer
Study story: Viviane Joalland signed up for an EMBA to develop her leadership role in the French health sector
www.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🏥Viviane Joalland, Deputy CEO of the Cancer Institute for West France, pursued an #EMBA to strengthen her leadership in the health sector. As told to @financialtimes.com, it enabled her to address institutional challenges with a broader strategic outlook and implement lasting organisational change.
🧭 Last week in Brussels, we hosted the Strategic Leadership Programme for Deans—a space to learn from the experiences of accomplished peers.
🙏🏻 Our sincere thanks to all speakers and participants for your engagement, generosity, and contribution to an exceptional three days of shared learning.
🙏🏻 Our sincere thanks to all speakers and participants for your engagement, generosity, and contribution to an exceptional three days of shared learning.
October 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🧭 Last week in Brussels, we hosted the Strategic Leadership Programme for Deans—a space to learn from the experiences of accomplished peers.
🙏🏻 Our sincere thanks to all speakers and participants for your engagement, generosity, and contribution to an exceptional three days of shared learning.
🙏🏻 Our sincere thanks to all speakers and participants for your engagement, generosity, and contribution to an exceptional three days of shared learning.
🇬🇧 The EFMD CLO Roundtable, hosted by London Business School, brought together more than 30 senior learning and development executives to examine AI's influence on business, work, and learning. Discover insights from the event, which outlined future directions for innovation and corporate learning.
Corporate learning: EFMD Global CLO Roundtable 2025
The EFMD CLO Roundtable, hosted this year by London Business School, explored the impact of AI on the future of business, work and corporate learning.
blog.efmdglobal.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🇬🇧 The EFMD CLO Roundtable, hosted by London Business School, brought together more than 30 senior learning and development executives to examine AI's influence on business, work, and learning. Discover insights from the event, which outlined future directions for innovation and corporate learning.
🇺🇦 Amid the war in Ukraine, Credit Agricole Ukraine and KROK Business School launched the 2024 Managerial School. In #EFMDGlobalFocus, discover how the joint initiative achieved measurable impact and earned a Silver Award for Excellence in Practice.
📘 Learn more:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/KROK-Agricole
📘 Learn more:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/KROK-Agricole
October 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🇺🇦 Amid the war in Ukraine, Credit Agricole Ukraine and KROK Business School launched the 2024 Managerial School. In #EFMDGlobalFocus, discover how the joint initiative achieved measurable impact and earned a Silver Award for Excellence in Practice.
📘 Learn more:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/KROK-Agricole
📘 Learn more:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/KROK-Agricole
🎉 We are pleased to announce that ISIAM Business School has successfully completed the EFMD Business School Impact System (BSIS) assessment process and has been granted its first BSIS label.
🇲🇦 ISIAM is the first institution in Morocco and only the third in Africa to receive this recognition.
🇲🇦 ISIAM is the first institution in Morocco and only the third in Africa to receive this recognition.
ISIAM Business School awarded BSIS label for positive impact
ISIAM Business School has completed the EFMD Business School Impact System (BSIS) assessment process and has been granted its first BSIS label.
blog.efmdglobal.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🎉 We are pleased to announce that ISIAM Business School has successfully completed the EFMD Business School Impact System (BSIS) assessment process and has been granted its first BSIS label.
🇲🇦 ISIAM is the first institution in Morocco and only the third in Africa to receive this recognition.
🇲🇦 ISIAM is the first institution in Morocco and only the third in Africa to receive this recognition.
🇧🇷Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) and Gerdau joined forces to address Brazil’s declining competitiveness and growing talent shortage. In Global Focus Excellence in Practice 2025, discover how the award-winning partnership has helped advance a more competitive & inclusive Brazil.
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October 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🇧🇷Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) and Gerdau joined forces to address Brazil’s declining competitiveness and growing talent shortage. In Global Focus Excellence in Practice 2025, discover how the award-winning partnership has helped advance a more competitive & inclusive Brazil.
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╰┈➤bit.ly/FDC-Gerdau
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╰┈➤bit.ly/FDC-Gerdau
💬Jose Esteves, dean of Porto Business School, has spent three decades advancing the integration of artificial intelligence, technology, and sustainability in management education. In a recent interview with Kristy Bleizeffer at Poets&Quants, Esteves discussed AI, biodiversity, & the future of MBAs.
Porto Business School Dean José Esteves On AI, Biodiversity & The Future Of MBAs
Why Porto is betting on biodiversity, AI, and geopolitics to prepare leaders for a world where humans and machines work side by side.
poetsandquantsforexecs.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
💬Jose Esteves, dean of Porto Business School, has spent three decades advancing the integration of artificial intelligence, technology, and sustainability in management education. In a recent interview with Kristy Bleizeffer at Poets&Quants, Esteves discussed AI, biodiversity, & the future of MBAs.
📈 According to the Financial Times 2025 Executive MBA Rankings, graduates of top Executive MBA programmes saw steady salary growth, with average earnings rising 4.4 per cent to nearly $230,000, while MBA and online MBA salaries declined. Explore more trends found in the ranking in the FT.
FT 2025 Executive MBA Ranking shows rise in graduate earnings
Washington University-Fudan programme tops table as other business degree alumni salaries dip or flatline
www.ft.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📈 According to the Financial Times 2025 Executive MBA Rankings, graduates of top Executive MBA programmes saw steady salary growth, with average earnings rising 4.4 per cent to nearly $230,000, while MBA and online MBA salaries declined. Explore more trends found in the ranking in the FT.
★彡 The Case Centre has released its annual ranking of the Top 50 Bestselling Case Authors 2024/25, recognising the most widely used case writers in business education worldwide. The Case Centre provides a detailed overview of the results, which highlight enduring excellence in case writing.
Case Centre unveils top 50 bestselling case authors 2024-25
The Case Centre unveils Top 50 Bestselling Case Authors 2024/25 - an annual ranking that recognises the most popular case authors in global business education.
blog.efmdglobal.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
★彡 The Case Centre has released its annual ranking of the Top 50 Bestselling Case Authors 2024/25, recognising the most widely used case writers in business education worldwide. The Case Centre provides a detailed overview of the results, which highlight enduring excellence in case writing.