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A core of full-time academic faculty, employed by AMS or shared with the University of Antwerp, form the backbone of the AMS faculty community. In addition, a large number of academics from other universities worldwide and practitioners from business life teach part-time at the School. With their specific expertise and professional experience they provide complete, practice-oriented and scientifically up-to-date management insights. Together they provide a top-quality learning experience for all our participants.
As an excellent management school, we want to remain at the forefront of business innovation and transformation. Thanks to our extensive research team, we stay on top of business science, management and organization. We do this by both creating new knowledge through research and bringing about effective changes together with partners. Thus, our ambition is clear: "Opening minds to impact the world". We do this based on three core values: a global mindset, societal awareness and critical reflection.
A lifetime of learning: while this is considered second nature for knowledge workers, it is less obvious for blue-collar workers. At least, that's often assumed. But is this really the case? And if so, does it only apply to craftsmanship, or is a lifelong learning path also possible in terms of soft skills?
Working from home seems to be here to stay: a growing number of companies are closing down their offices, allowing their employees to work from home. A hybrid office environment, combining working from home and at the office, is best designed based on the needs of the user.
Investors are currently obliged to take ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) issues into consideration as part of their fiduciary duty. As such, it becomes increasingly important to identify sustainable investments that hold financial value as well. A sector where this is especially underdeveloped is real estate. This has a lot to do with the obfuscated conceptualization of ESG. This article identifies key gaps in literature and practice, and provides a framework to further the understanding of how ESG factors can add societal and financial value in the real estate sector.
How do you create a fast growing market with global potential around a promising technology? That is the ambition of a new study carried out by AMS, on behalf of the Port of Antwerp. In this report, you can find our conclusions and recommendations.
How and why do employees succeed in transferring learned social skills (soft skills) from training to the workplace? The results of this study are based on a survey of 50 cases.
The SDG Barometer 2020 is a follow-up study of the SDG Barometer 2018, containing insights on the engagement of organizations with the Sustainable Development Goals.
In this article we describe and illustrate what we call a network of networks perspective and map the development of a Lead network of the Antwerp Port Authority that governs various organizations and networks in the port community before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Curious about the global systemic problems impacting employees and the labor market? Looking for a blueprint for employers and government entities to build a diverse and inclusive workforce sustainably in the face of these global challenges? And what role do the UN Sustainable Development Goals play in this? Download the 'Sustainablity@Work' report that Randstad released at the end of March 2020. Including the expert insights of Professor Wayne Visser, Professor Integrated Value and Chair of Sustainable Transformation.
In this second whitepaper of our research project ‘The Art of Corporate Venturing’ we shift our focus towards the perspective of established firms.
Discover what type of Individual Sustainability Leader you are: Are you an expert, relying on fact-based arguments; or are you an activist, challenging the status quo and agitating for change? Or are you rather a facilitator, helping communicate to make things happen; or do you act as a catalyst, influencing change by making the convincing business case?