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Research Column

June 28, 2018

By Dominik Mahr

How Big Data Transforms Service Management and Stimulates Opportunities for Service Research

Strategy & Innovation

The Big Data gold rush transcends business categories. Global spending on Big Data has exploded to reach $125 billion in 2015[1], making it a major game changer across virtually all industries [2], likely to grow at double-digit rates in the years to come. Broadly, Big Data are

Report

June 19, 2018

By Eva Geluk

A Vision, Mission and Working Plan towards Responsible Management Education

Sustainable Transformation

Recently the France Benelux PRME Chapter met for the second time in Marseille, France as part of a larger conference hosted by Kedge Business School called Global Responsibility Now. The conference saw different international initiatives around fostering sustainability in higher education

Interview

June 14, 2018

By Antwerp Management School

What we can learn from designers to boost our competitiveness

Strategy & Innovation

Dominique Meert has been a freelance consultant since September 2016. With her company 2KnowHow2 she helps legal service providers to make their services and products more customer-oriented and to optimize their processes step by step. Dominique focuses on lawyers, legal departments,

Report

May 25, 2018

By Sophie Degroote

Actualia Pensions: "Don't depend on whimsical political decisions or an uncertain pension system"

Students & Alumni Strategy & Innovation

Finclub is the recently founded alumni association of the Master in Personal Financial Planning (MPFP). The association’s goal is to strengthen the bonds between AMS alumni, especially those of MPFP. On May 8, we had our first event on 'Actualia Pensions'. With more than 30 enrollments,

Expertise Interview

May 17, 2018

By MVO Vlaanderen

The worldwide efforts in sustainability and CSR of the past twenty years have failed

Sustainable Transformation

At the end of 2017, Antwerp Management School appointed Dr. Wayne Visser as holder of the Chair in Sustainable Transformation. AMS thus enforces its long-term commitment to involving current (business) leaders in the study of sustainability and preparing the leaders of the future for

Section

May 14, 2018

By Antwerp Management School

“Do what you love and do it passionately”

Students & Alumni Strategy & Innovation

In our new blog series, Alumni Life Hacks, we ask one of our alumni how life is treating them after their time at AMS. How did they develop themselves, how is AMS still playing a role in their lives, what are their dreams for the future and what can they advise to other alumni? For this

May 7, 2018

By Antwerp Management School

The future of retail is hybrid

Strategy & Innovation

Are traditional retailers a dying breed? That is at least what some of them are starting to fear in sometimes desperate attempts to reinvent their businesses. So what is the answer to the relentless competition with purely digital players who are scooping up more and more market share?

Expertise Research

April 13, 2018

By Laura Caluwe

In light of digital transformation: the case of the University of Antwerp

Digital & IT

In light of digital transformation, many boards recognize the need for greater involvement in the governance and surveillance of IT. Accordingly, many board members are seeking guidance and advice on how to achieve this type of board-level engagement. Antwerp Management School focuses on

Column

March 16, 2018

By Sebastiaan de Neubourg, w.r.yuma

How we made the world’s first 3-D printed sunglasses from plastic waste

Sustainable Transformation

w.r.yuma is the first company in the world to use recycled plastics to 3-D print eyewear. The sunglasses are made from locally recycled car dashboards, PET bottles and fridges. The sunglasses are designed, 3-D printed and assembled by hand in Antwerp. Sebastiaan de Neubourg is 33,

Report

March 12, 2018

By Nils Wuytens

'Mobility of the future': 3 mobility trends and 4 million euros

Sustainable Transformation

Mobility is booming business. While we literally see the traffic jams growing in front of us – with all the consequences – we seem to be heading towards the momentum for a big change, now more than ever. To keep an eye on the developments, the Smart Mobility Expertise Center headed to the

Expertise Interview

March 8, 2018

By Antwerp Management School

War for Talent 2.0: Are we fighting for the best robot, or the best manager?

Human Resources

Most managers wouldn’t spontaneously call themselves ‘middle management’, if only to avoid being associated with the ‘middle’ or the ‘mean’, and the reputation of being unnecessary middle men. And yet, a lot of managers find themselves in this role. Research often shows they’re the ones

Expertise Column

March 6, 2018

By Stephen Seuntjens

The Importance of Innovation & Entrepreneurship: The Case of Digital Health

Strategy & Innovation

When we look at the world in a past or present tense, many of the qualities of life or things we take for granted have been introduced to us through entrepreneurs who carry a passion to turn an innovative idea into a product or service. In some cases, it solves a problem; in other cases,