Ambition 2023 | Issue 63

Brand values
This year marks the tercentenary of the birth of eminent Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith. Professor John Finch, head of the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow, examines what the Smith name signifies in the context of legacy, as well as in terms of tackling the challenges of standing out as an institution both now and in the future in a competitive global market setting.
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The spirit of education
MBAs come in all shapes and sizes these days. Editor Colette Doyle speaks to Jacques Thébault, director of the recently AMBA accredited MBA in Wine & Spirits at the Burgundy School of Business, about a programme destined to appeal to serious wine buffs and seasoned hospitality professionals alike.
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A diverse approach
Promoting and delivering diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in the workplace is an essential aspect of good people management. Here, editor Colette Doyle reports on a panel debate looking at how to create academic environments where every individual is empowered to achieve their full potential.
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Transformative technology
Global management consultancy McKinsey estimates that the metaverse could have a market impact on e-commerce of between $2 trillion and $2.6 trillion by 2030, with an estimated impact of up to $270 billion on the academic virtual learning sector. Ellen Buchan reports on the digitalisation of education.
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Women at work
The School of Business at the American University in Cairo won AMBA & BGA’s culture, diversity and inclusion award 2023 for its Women on Boards Observatory. Here, school dean Sherif Kamel tells Tim Banerjee Dhoul more about the initiative’s endeavours to boost female representation on company boards and create a new narrative on gender across the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region.
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All change: reviving management
In the third and final instalment of their series of articles on leadership, Professor Pierre Casse and Elnura Irmatova of IEDC-Bled School of Management look at the case for reinventing the current commercial environment and propose a number of pertinent solutions.
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Spotlight on schools
The spotlight turns to Tokyo for our next profile of a recent addition to AMBA’s global network of accredited schools. Based at the centre of the Japanese capital, Chuo Business School forms part of a university that traces its roots back to the aftermath of the Meiji Restoration at the end of the 19th century. Compiled by Tim Banerjee Dhoul.
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