• Theme
• Keynote speakers
• Conference organizing commitee
• Conference venue, dates, registration and accomodation arrangements
• Contact and inquiries

ThemeTop
The conference will serve as a platform for bringing together researchers with a focus on higher education and a specific interest in business schools to discuss their original work, particularly on the following general topic areas:

1. Internationalizing higher education institutions (HEI) in a global context;
2. Leading and changing business schools and HEIs;
3. Measurement and determinants of HEI and business school performance;
4. Value of rankings and accreditations;
5. Innovation and entrepreneurship capacities in HEIs and business schools.

Keynote speakersTop

We are proud to announce that two prestigious scholars of the field will present keynote speeches at the conference:

• Jürgen Enders
  Professor at the School of Management and Governance and Director of the Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS), University of Twente, The Netherlands. He also serves as one of the leaders of the research programme on ‘Governance of Innovation, Technology, Higher Education, and Research’ of the Institute for Governance Studies (IGS) at the University of Twente.
  
  Professor Enders will talk on ‘The Academic Arms Race: Ranking, Branding and Global Competition’.
  
  
• Howard Thomas
  Fellow of the British Academy of Management, American Academy of Management, Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Directors and the Strategic Management Society. He is LKCSB Chair in Strategic Management and Dean of Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University.

Conference organizing commiteeTop

Chair

• Andrew PETTIGREW, Professor of Strategy and Organisation, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK & Chair of the EFMD R&D Steering Committee

Members

• Eric CORNUEL, Director General & CEO, EFMD & Affiliate Professor, HEC School of Management
• Rodolphe DURAND, Professor of Strategy and Business Policy & Head of the Strategy Department, HEC School of Management, France
• Jürgen ENDERS, Professor and Director, Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS), School of Management and Governance, University of Twente, The Netherlands
• Alain GED, Professor of Strategy, Finance, Entrepreneurship, IAE Aix en Provence, France
• Jean-Pierre HELFER, Professor of Marketing, IAE Paris, & Former Dean, Audencia Nantes École de Management, France
• Jim HERBOLICH, Director, Network Services Department, EFMD and Lecturer of the Department of Human Resource Management, ESADE
• Ulrich HOMMEL, Professor of Finance, EBS Business School, Germany & Director, EFMD Research and Surveys Unit
• Alan IRWIN, Acting President, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
• Andrew KAKABADSE, Professor of International Management Development, Cranfield School of Management, UK
• Michel KALIKA, Professor of Management, Université Paris Dauphine, France
• Pierre KLETZ, Professor & Vice President, Mandel Foundation, Israel  
• Peter LORANGE, Professor in Corporate Strategy Leadership & Chairman, President & CEO, Lorange Institute of Business, Zurich, Switzerland
• Rajani NAIDOO, Senior Lecturer & Director of Studies, 
School of Management, University of Bath, UK
• Joan Enric RICART, Professor of Strategic Management Department, IESE Business School, Spain
• Thomas SATTELBERGER, Board Member for Human Resources, Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany and Vice-President, EFMD Board of Trustees.
• Barbara SPORN, Professor & Vice Rector of Research, International Affairs & External Relations, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
• Kenneth STARKEY, Professor of Management & Organisational Learning, Director of Research, Nottingham University Business School, UK
• Alain VAS, Professor Change Management & Director, Louvain School of Management, Belgium
• Jonathan WAREHAM, Professor of Information Systems & Vice Dean of Research, ESADE Business School, Spain
• Michael WEST, Professor of Organizational Psychology, Lancaster University Management School, UK

Conference venue, dates, registration and accomodation arrangementsTop

Conference registrations are currently open on this website. The early-bird fee expires on 15th December 2011.

The 2012 EFMD Higher Education Research Conference will be hosted by the

LORANGE INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS
Hirsackerstrasse 46, CH-8810 Horgen (near Zürich, Switzerland)
www.lorange.org

The conference will run from 13:30 on February 14th to 16:00 on February 15th.

EFMD has reserved hotel room contingents in the vicinity of the host institution at Hotel Maierhof.
After registering, please use following reference to book your room during your stay at the conference: "Lorange 12/02/2012".

Hotel Meierhof
Bahnhofstrasse 4
CH-8810 Horgen-Zürich
Ph.:   +41 44 728 91 91
Fax:  +41 44 728 92 92
Email: mail@hotelmeierhof.ch
www.hotelmeierhof.ch

Contact and inquiriesTop

EFMD Research and Surveys Unit
Ph. +32 2 6290810
Email: research@efmd.org