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Shines a light on women (and sometimes the absence of them) within business schools. Contributions from leading business school thinkers provide deep insight on gender equity to determine what hinders and accelerates progress in creating gender diverse and inclusive schools.
List of contents
Introduction | Women In, and Beyond, Business Schools: An Editorial Overview;
Gender and Gender Equality in Business Schools; EFMD's View of Critical Issues of Gender Equality and Diversity in Business Schools; Promoting Gender Equity in Business Schools and Corporate Leadership: A Latin American Perspective; Addressing Gender Equality in Economics as a Discipline in a UK Business School; Holding Up a Mirror to Gender and Race in UK Business Schools; Bridging the Gender Gap in Business Schools: Communication and Engagement that Matters to Women; Toward Sustainable Gender Equity and Inclusion Culture in European Business Schools;
A Focus on Gender Issues in Business Schools and Universities; Wanted: Courageous Business Schools to Challenge Patriarchy; Embracing Equality and the 'Rounded Academic': Reflections from the Dean of a Public Value Business School; Leveraging Business School Research Chairs Towards Women's Workplace Equality; Leading on Good and Bad Days: Experiences of Women Business School Deans; Women Leaders in Business Schools Transitioning to Senior Roles in Universities; Finding Purpose in Higher Education: Insights from the Distinctive Career of Professor Rajani Naidoo; A Journey into Higher Education Leadership and EDIR Allyship;
Impact Beyond Business Schools and Universities via the Ecosystem: Business, Government, Corporate Boards, Professional and Scholarly Community Leadership; Managed Serendipity: A Pracademic's Path to Dean; A Relational Approach to Impact: Reflections from a Lifetime 'In the Field'; Celebrating Professor Rita McGrath: Winner of the CK Prahalad Outstanding Scholar / Practitioner Award, Strategic Management Society, US 2022: A Conversation with Howard Thomas; AUC School of Business Journey to Empower Women in Society Case of Egypt Women-on-Boards Observatory; Making an Impact While 'Muddling Through': Conversations with Anne Tsui
About the author
Eric Cornuel has been President of EFMD Global since 2000. An alumnus of Sciences Po Paris and HEC Paris, he earned his PhD from Paris Dauphine University. His influence extends to co-founding and governing various international organisations, such as PRME, CEIBS, GRLI, HigherEd, and ITP. Eric holds fellowships at esteemed institutes and has been honoured with Doctorate Honoris Causas from Kömi¿ski University and ESCP Business School.
Nicola Kleyn is an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) in South Africa. Formerly she was Dean of GIBS and Dean of Executive Education at Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands. Nicola's teaching and research are focused on corporate branding, reputation, and latterly, the theme of academic leadership.
Howard Thomas is an Emeritus Professor of Strategy at Singapore Management University (SMU) and former dean at leading business schools including SMU, Warwick Business School (UK) and the College of Business at UIUC (Illinois, USA). He is currently a special advisor to the CEO of EFMD.
Matthew Wood is the editor of Global Focus, an international business magazine and the flagship publication of EFMD. Prior to his various roles at EFMD, he was a project manager with the UK-based charity Operation Raleigh (in Namibia) and he has also held management positions in advertising (with the Omnicom Group) and in the service industry.
