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Reflections on the role of the business school dean
2nd December 2015
The current drive for inter-disciplinarity, impact, and greater embeddedness in the university and society through activities such as entrepreneurship provide business school deans with more opportunities for collaboration and mutual intellectual exchanges beyond merely providing financial cross subsidies to other departments. This report provides insights into the motivations, expectations, and challenges of university-based business school deans.