New Director for Cranfield School of Management
Professor Maury Peiperl will take up the post of Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Director of Cranfield School of Management early next year. Professor Peiperl comes from IMD in Switzerland, a major international business school where he is Professor of Leadership and Strategic Change.
Sir Peter Gregson, Cranfield’s Chief Executive and Vice-Chancellor, announced the news by saying: “We are looking forward to welcoming Maury to the University. His unique strengths in technology and management mean he is an excellent choice to lead Cranfield’s School of Management from its world-class position in executive education to the next level.”
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London Business School Survey Finds Executives Struggle to Identify Chinese Brands
Almost half of business executives struggle to identify leading Chinese brands, according to a survey of more than 1,000 business executives by London Business School’s China Business Forum. The survey found that 45% were unable to correctly identify what Hisense, a leading consumer electronics brand, produces.
Nirmalya Kumar, visiting Professor of Marketing and author of Brand Breakout: How Emerging Market Brands Will Go Global, said: “While western consumers are surrounded by products made in China, Chinese brands are invisible. China hopes Haler and Lenovo are leading the transformation to global brands from China just as Toyota and Sony did for Japan or Samsung and Hyundai did for South Korea.”
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LBS Expert: Business Must Get Next Generation Workplace-Ready
Business is responsible for making the next generation workplace ready, a London Business School executive education expert has said.
Adam Kingl, Executive Director of Learning Solutions in Executive Education at London Business School, made the remarks during today’s FT-Coca Enterprises Future for Sustainability Summit at King’s Place in London.
Mr. Kingl said: “With the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimating that 13% of the global young population as being currently unemployed or underemployed, it is clear that business has a responsibility in providing skill development initiatives to ensure millennial and future generations can contribute to society. How can we enable inclusive youth participation at all levels? What industry, government and educational collaborations are needed to ensure the next-generation is workplace-ready? Is the next-generation of leaders pushing sustainability to a higher priority level?”
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LBS Scholar Says Scottish Referendum Has Salutary lessons for Leaders
In the wake of the Scottish referendum, a London Business School leadership thinker and author has cautioned against exiting or exiling leaders we deem surplus to our new needs.
Richard Hytner – Deputy Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, author of Consiglieri: Leading from the Shadows, and LBS Adjunct Associate Professor of Marketing – has spoken of Gordon Brown’s contribution to the ‘No’ campaign and argued that we are too quick to dismiss those who vacate the top dog’s office as past their sell-by date.
Writing on Huffington Post UK, Hytner said: “Gratitude to Gordon should endure beyond his referendum renaissance. His stellar performance has further exposed our nation’s futile obsession with failure.
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Current LBS Student Named “Rising Star” in Financial Times
Financial News names Brendan Callan, a current London Business School student, among the most exciting young talents in the world of trading and technology.The 35-year-old is European chief executive of Forex Capital Markets (FXCM).
“I’m flattered to be on the Financial News list of 40 under 40. I think it’s largely a recognition of FXCM’s success in Europe over the past few years. It’s a story I’m proud to be a part of,” says Mr. Callan
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LBS Professor Advises Caution on Eurozone Recovery Hype
Richard Portes CBE, Professor of Economics at London Business School and President of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, told Reuters TV: “Mr. [Mario] Draghi made it very clear that inflation expectations have lost their anchor. Inflation expectations are going down. They haven’t been firmly anchored for some time. Now, finally, this is being recognised. We are slipping towards deflation, and Japan’s lost decade and more is an example of just how dangerous that is.”
In a Financial Times column from August 20th which immediately preceded the ECB chief’s surprise remarks at Jackson Hole, Professor Portes warned: “There is no substitute for pragmatic, non-ideological policies that accept and confront the data – which tells us that current policies are failing…Repairing the credit system, implementing serious reforms of state expenditure and taxation, creating more flexible labour markets, finally opening the services market to cross-border competition – all are indeed very important. But they will not liberate the Eurozone from stagnation.”
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