Accreditations, ratings and rankings: Drivers or barriers for business schools’ societal impact?

Higher education institutions are under increasing pressure to respond to societal needs. They face a variety of external and internal challenges in their efforts to drive positive societal impact. In this session, we will discuss and answer the following questions: Can accreditations, rankings and ratings support business schools’ response to societal needs? And how can business schools leverage rankings, ratings, smart technology and open data to better demonstrate their impact?

Topic

• Leadership, strategy and policy
• Advocacy and stakeholder engagement

Chair

• Mathias Falkenstein, 

  Luiss Business School, Luiss University, Italy

Speakers

• Marine Condette, 

  AACSB International, USA

• Wilfred Mijnhardt, 

  Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands