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Book Chapter
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2025-11-14
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Management Education and the Rise of Uncertainty of Global Business
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58
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65
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Abstract
This chapter examines how business schools navigate the tension between global internationalization and local relevance. It explains that while global expansion enhances reputation, diversity, and academic quality, many schools originate as locally embedded institutions closely tied to regional economies and communities. The chapter highlights that internationalization, when purpose-driven rather than expansionary, strengthens local impact by translating global insights into contextualized, applicable knowledge. It presents Vlerick Business School’s evolution and its Open to the World initiative as models for integrating global standards while serving local ecosystems and emphasizes alliances such as FOME to demonstrate how internationalization raises quality benchmarks. Finally, the chapter advocates a ‘glocal’ approach, urging schools to combine global ambition with local engagement to sustain relevance, legitimacy, and societal contribution.
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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services, 3902 Education Policy, Sociology and Philosophy, 39 Education, 3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour, 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies