MJBitner_Frontiers_Sept2018
MJBitner_Frontiers_Sept2018
Conclusion: Science for a Better World
The current system is falling short of fulfilling our collective potential. The goal for researchers and their institutions should include business and societal impact, not simply to publish in a small set of journals with limited readership. The results of research are an important input into the curriculum and are the basis for informing public…
Science for Better Business and a Better World
Our world is facing challenging tensions in all aspects of society: economic, political, technological, social, and environmental. All 195 member-states of the United Nations have pledged to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity within the next 15 years.3 http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ The National Academy of Engineering encourages the profession to meet 14 grand challenges in the…
Including Practitioners in Co-Creating Desirable Future
Including Practitioners in Co-Creating Desirable Future Speaker: Dr Garima Sharma (Georgia State University) Management research fails to impact practice because our focus is on evidence from the past that may not reflect practitioners’ current reality. Further, we use this historical evidence to predict the future. However, as the current crises has shown, often…
Chinese Business Deans’ Summit on Responsible Research
Chinese Business Deans’ Summit on Responsible Research Based on news in the IACMR’s (www.iacmr.org) December 2019 issue of Bimonthly Briefing, and the Chinese websites of Peking University Guanghua School of Management, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, and Zhejiang University School of Management Business and management schools worldwide should make…
Research Matters When It Engages Stakeholders Ibrat Djabbarov
This post was originally published on Network for Business Sustainability Earlier this month, my son was tested for his next belt at the local karate dojo. For a karate learner, every test is a special occasion as they look to advance in belt colours: each signifying progress (and a rank). As a father, these occasions…
Bring Context Back In for Impact Srilata Zaheer
When I was hired by the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management 29 years ago, my first assignment was to teach a course called “Business, Government, and the Macroeconomy.” It highlighted business’ and governments’ necessary interdependence and partnership, and the role of institutions in strengthening business and society. It reinforced my belief that scholars…
More Resistance Than Expected
Some Ph.D. Program Directors Refuse to See the Responsible Research Initiative as an Opportunity
Katrin Muff
I had the opportunity to present the initiative as a keynote speaker at the EFMD Doctoral Programme Conference recently and was surprised by the degree of intellectual resistance to the idea. I had chosen a purposefully interactive presentation format, inviting the audience of Ph.D. Directors to reflect on their role in crafting programs that generate…
RRAS2021 Agenda
Responsible Research Academic Summit 2021 Agenda Duration : 3 hours Overall Summit Objective To share experiences and explore new ideas to deepen and broaden the transformation toward responsible research in business schools by deans, editors, association leaders, senior and young scholars. Specific Summit Goals To share significant actions by deans, scholarly association leaders,…