Das ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung hat eine private Stiftung geprüft, deren primäre Aufgabe die Weiterbildung von Führungskräften und die Förderung des Führungsnachwuchses im inhabergeführten Einzelhandel ist. Dieser Beitrag setzt die Ergebnisse des Gutachtens, soweit es um...

What happens when a teaching method is transferred from one cultural context to another? In this article we investigate this question by looking at how Computer Based Simulations (CBS) were transposed from a French context to an Egyptian one. In this article we demonstrate, through the case of...

Purpose: We quantify the dedication of mentors and mentees in a double-mentor program for freshmen. We also analyze the fulfillment of the expectations of all the participants and the utility of each mentor during the meetings. Design/methodology/approach: A questionnaire addressed to the...

There are plenty of theoretical studies addressing how active-based practices and methodologies influence university students' level of performance. However, there is a scarcity of works that bring empirical evidence to sustain the existence of a positive link between the students' involvement...

This article takes a whimsical look at the state of pedagogical delivery in management education over the last 40 years, and concludes that the long tradition of what the author refers to as ‘spoon-feeding in management education’ is unlikely to end anytime soon. His case is built on...

This article takes the view that formal educational programs often miss opportunities to use the rich experiences of working managers to produce both learning and knowledge. Two alternative pedagogical approaches, action learning and action research, are proposed as contributing to management...

While there has been a rapid growth of business and management schools in India since 1990, the curricula, teaching methods and the mode of delivery largely remain an instructor-led approach overlooking the needs of learners and potential employers. This paper presents a learner-centric...

In the field of management science and business administration, the case method is gaining ground in research and in teaching. Case studies support on the one hand exploratory research and on the other hand problem-based teaching. However, we find that case research and case teaching remain...