Purpose – In the future, the legitimacy of business schools will no longer be in question, nor will their vocation to participate in training the élite (especially of companies) alongside institutes which, in various countries, train top Civil Servants. But this context, which dominant...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present details of this special issue, that has as its theme: “Business school futures: evaluation and perspectives”. Design/methodology/approach – The Guest Editors have assembled a set of papers presented at recent AACSB/EFMD meetings to...

Purpose – Over the past years, the teaching of third sector management and corporate social responsibility in business schools has been characterized by two main features: it has become widespread, and the assumption that a company's moral behavior has a financial correlate was abandoned. It...

Purpose – The purpose of this editorial is to introduce the set of papers which comprise this issue of the journal, and to provide an interpretation of the current strategic debates about the future evolution of business school paradigms and, hence, identify possible strategic options....