Skip to main content Accessibility help
×

Maintenance update

Due to planned maintenance, between 07:00 - 16:00 (UTC) purchasing will not be available. We apologise for any inconvenience.

  1. Home
  2. Books
  3. Thought Leadership Meets Business
  • Cited by 33
      • Show more authors
      • You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Select format
    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      27 March 2008
      ISBN:
      9780511488474
      9780521897228
      9780521159128
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511488474
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.56kg, 262 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.39kg, 262 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Management: General Interest, Management
    You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Selected: Digital
    Add to cart View cart Buy from Cambridge.org
    Subjects:
    Management: General Interest, Management
    Information

    Book description

    For leading corporations, talent is perhaps the only truly sustainable competitive advantage. In light of this, leading international corporations need to be staffed by the best possible executive talent from around the world. This talent revolution places a burden on business schools to offer highly focused learning, based on practical research. In addition, business schools face fierce competition in this sector, not least from the rapid growth in management education in India and South East Asia. Thought Leadership Meets Business offers significant insights into the factors that have led to the delivery of high-quality executive education at the top-ranking International Institute for Management Development (IMD). Drawing on the experience and wisdom gained by IMD President Peter Lorange over a distinguished career of more than twenty years, this book offers a powerful model for business school success.

    Reviews

    Review of the hardback:'Business schools have become an international business. Professor Peter Lorange has been at the forefront of this internationalization and his experiences at IMD have given him a unique perspective on anticipating the future of global business and designing business schools accordingly. Senior leaders at the top schools will find this to be an insightful and stimulating book.'

    Thomas S. Robertson - University of Pennsylvania

    Review of the hardback:'Business schools are often criticized for being out of touch with the profession they were created to serve. At IMD, however, Peter Lorange and his colleagues have created a unique, highly successful business school that is tightly focused on making good managers better. In this fascinating book, Peter explains clearly how IMD works and why it works that way in order to serve professional managers. While the IMD model is not for everyone, this book is a ‘must-read’ for all who care about the future of business education.'

    Richard Schmalensee - MIT Sloan School of Management

    Review of the hardback:'This book explains the IMD way regarding executive education and business schools’ value creation - our experience of working with IMD has shown this to be a powerful and effective approach.'

    Hugh Mitchell - Royal Dutch Shell Plc

    Review of the hardback:'Academic leadership is like being an entrepreneur! This is behind Peter Lorange’s success in bringing IMD to the forefront. This book will be an inspiration to other academic leaders to also do this.'

    Muhtar Kent - The Coca-Cola Company

    Review of the hardback:'Under Peter Lorange’s leadership over the last 14 years, IMD has become a yet more formidable competitor. ‘Business’ isn’t so much the adjective but the noun when describing the IMD business school. In this straightforward text, Peter lays out how to manage human capital for strategic advantage. In doing so, he gives advice that serves leaders for whom ‘business’ is the both the adjective and the noun.'

    Edward A. Snyder - University of Chicago

    Review of the hardback:'Nestlé and IMD have had a strong learning partnership for many years. I can personally attest to the value that we have both derived from the knowledge sharing that goes on between our two institutions. This book encapsulates the essence of IMD’s winning formula and will be of interest to both academic and business leaders.'

    Peter Brabeck-Latmathe - Nestlé

    Refine List

    Actions for selected content:

    Select all | Deselect all
    • View selected items
    • Export citations
    • Download PDF (zip)
    • Save to Kindle
    • Save to Dropbox
    • Save to Google Drive

    Save Search

    You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

    Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
    Cancel
    ×

    Contents

    Contents

    Metrics

    Altmetric attention score

    Full text views

    Total number of HTML views: 0
    Total number of PDF views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    Book summary page views

    Total views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    * Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

    Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

    Accessibility standard: Unknown

    Why this information is here

    This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

    Accessibility Information

    Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.