The 2021 (virtual) Responsible Research Roundtable (RRR) convened on June 28 and 29 2021, bringing together 84 academic researchers (57%) and business leaders (43%) from 70 institutions in 15 countries (click here for the list of participants) with a shared belief in the imperative to transform business school research to serve society more directly…
While many nations, companies, and individuals are still reeling from the negative effects of the financial crash that began in 2007 and then ground on through the years, the Covid-19 has hit hardly affecting many economies, and specially those related to the service industries. Services are often among the first and hardest hit by turmoil.…
Group lists First Name Last Name Primary Affiliation Primary Professional Role Country Group 1 Africa Arino IESE Business School Professor Strategy Spain Ruben Atekpe MECOWA Group Executive Chairman Ghana Sudipta Basu (*) Temple University Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Programs USA Ibrat Djabbarov (*) Cranfield School of Management PhD Candidate UK Kem Ferag IBM…
The cloud of uncertainty looms over the entire globe. Stock markets are in disarray, economy in doldrums and poor has become poorer. Covid 19, a term which did not make any sense just 4 months back has now become a buzz word. For a country which announced complete lockdown for 21 days from 24th March…
A.R. Elangovan, University of Victoria, and Andrew Hoffman, University of Michigan are seeking your help in identifying best-in-class examples of a particular kind of business school academic that they would like to highlight in a new research project and book. Please read their message below. In a world that seems to be in an…
Recently, I had the distinct privilege of talking to and mentoring PhD students from all over the world at a PhD Consortium on service research held at the School of Management at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. I talked to this group of nearly 100 business school PhD students and junior faculty about doing problem-based,…
The 3rd summit of the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) marks the coming of age of an initiative that has its roots in a presentation by Anne Tsui almost ten years ago — she questioned the purpose of research in business schools. A small group of scholars recognised that business schools had an…
Responsible research sounds like an obvious idea. Who exactly is in favor of “irresponsible research?” And why is now the time to join an effort aimed at changing the ecosystem for business research? My answer is that we are at a turning point in the organization of capitalism, and the direction we take is not…