The battle for Doctoral Talent in Business & Management

The business world has long been familiar with the “war for talent”, a term coined at the turn of the century by consultancy McKinsey & Co to capture the rising competition for talented employees. Indeed, business schools are familiar with the on-going series of battles for top talent among both emerging and experienced academics as they seek to develop and reinforce their faculty. There is, however, another series of minor battles also occurring – the annual battles for the best potential doctoral students in business and management.

While not (yet) a war, this competitive market is key as schools seek to fill programmes that serve a variety of purposes for themselves and their missions.

Read more here at EFMD Global Focus.