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Dean’s column: Kai Peters of Ashridge Business School on Sir Tim Berners-Lee

While the concept of hyperlinks dates back to 1945, it was in 1990 when Sir Tim Berners-Lee the changed the world with the birth of the world wide web

Dean’s column: Jean-Pierre Helfer of Audencia Nantes School of Management on Jules Verne

Jean-Pierre Helfer pays tribute to Jules Verne, the science fiction author born in Nantes

Deans’ column: Carol Stephenson of the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario on Dorothy Gale

Carol Stephenson finds enduring inspiration in a childhood heroine.

Deans’ column: Judith Bouvard of Grenoble Ecole de Management on Maria Callas

As this year marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas, it seemed appropriate to reflect on the impact the great singer has had on both my personal and professional life and how I believe we may draw a parallel between music and management.

Deans’ column: Peter Lorange of IMD on Roald Amundsen the explorer

Peter Lorange extols the virtues of his fellow Norwegian Roald Amundsen.

Dean’s column – Xavier Mendoza: Sacred script of the powerful social actors

Why the work of the German sociologist and political economist Max Weber is still of significance

Deans’ column: Patrick Harker of Wharton on Jon Huntsman

The Wharton dean celebrates the virtues of a true self-made man from the chemical sector.

Deans’ column: Lars Bergman of SSE on on Staffan Burenstam Linder

Staffan Burenstam Linder (1931–2000), president of SSE between 1986 and 1995, has provided inspiration to me throughout my career.

Deans’ column: Richard Schmalensee of MIT Sloan School of Management on Alfred P Sloan

Alfred P Sloan, former CE of General Motors and founder of the school, took a practical approach.

Bernard Ramanantsoa, HEC School of Management, on Jean Cassou

Jean Cassou was not a businessman. He was a poet, an essayist, a novelist, an art historian and critic, editor of several magazines, a resistance fighter - and he ran a world-class museum.

David Begg of Tanaka Business School on James Watt

Dumbledore: an example to us all

Edward Snyder, Chicago GSB, on Jack Welch

Sandra Dawson, Judge Business School, on Darwin

Laura Tyson, London Business School, on Mary Parker Follett

Dipak Jain, Kellogg School at Northwestern University, on Shakespeare

Paul Danos, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, on Mother Teresa

Santiago Iñiguez, Instituto de Empresa, on Baltasar Gracián