Debate brews at MBA Capstone Conference
Inside this issue…
Corporate, entrepreneurial and academic experts
joined students and alumni for a day of rigorous
debate at this year’s MBA Capstone Conference.
This month’s issue includes a special
supplement about the experiences
of our MBA students on their International
Business Assignment (IBA).
The theme of ‘Innovation – Nature or Nurture?’
proved controversial as heated discussions made
for an electric atmosphere on 14 July. A packed
programme included keynote speeches from the
eloquent Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea (pictured),
founder and chairman of Cobra Beer and a
Cranfield alumnus, and creative guru Tim Selders,
an international design management consultant.
The IBA is an opportunity for the MBAs to
apply what they have learned by visiting
organisations across the world to explore
how they address issues around diversity,
sustainability and corporate responsibility.
This year, our MBAs travelled to China, Japan,
Sri Lanka and Zambia.
Cranfield’s own entrepreneurship expert, Dr Shai
Vyakarnam, chaired the morning panel in typically
energetic and no-nonsense style. Lord Bilimoria was
joined by inventor David Brown and academic Uday
Phadke in a lively debate about innovation mindsets
and triumph over adversity, which kept the students
enthralled.
In the afternoon, corporate heavyweights took
centre stage as transformation specialists from AT
Kearney (Robyn Wright), Strategy& (Victor Koss)
and the Post Office (Magnus Schoeman) joined
Tim Selders in a fascinating and candid discussion
about the organisational design for innovation. The
Director of the Doughty Centre, Professor David
Grayson CBE, was on hand to stir up the debate in
expert manner.
Alison to be honoured
One of the School’s current
MSc International Human
Research Management
(Defence) students is to be
awarded an OBE.
Appearances from three more Cranfield professors
– Maury Peiperl, Keith Goffin and Tom Stephenson
– put the icing on the cake. The MBA students who
organised the conference would like to thank the
participants for a richly rewarding event which
marks the end of the MBA year.
Our faculty are recognised for their efforts
Nine members of the School’s faculty
have received awards for teaching
and learning as well as their research.
The Teaching and Learning Awards
winners, nominated by programme
directors, were valued and
recognised for their excellence in
teaching and learning:
• Dr Richard
Kwiatkowski and Dr
Deirdre Anderson
– for outstanding
contribution to Organisational
Behaviour (OB) teaching on the
MBA programmes and for being ranked number
one in the world by the Financial Times.
• Dr Jutta Tobias – for outstanding contribution
to creating research informed executive education
and development in the field of mindfulness.
• Professor Hugh Wilson, Dr Emma Macdonald
and Dr Radu Dimitriu – for doctoral supervision
(of Guy Champniss) resulting in a high impact
publication (Harvard Business Review), research
funding and best thesis award 2014.
• Dr Arnoud Franken – for excellence in teaching
including an outstanding contribution to crosscampus programmes and in support of the ‘One
University’ agenda.
• Dr John Towriss – for outstanding programme
director (for the full-time MSc Logistics and Supply
Chain programme).
Lieutenant Colonel Alison
McCourt (pictured), who ran an
Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone, has been
recognised for her contribution to the fight against
the deadly disease in the latest Operational
Honours list.
Alison was deployed at the beginning of the
Ebola crisis in October 2014, overseeing the
Kerry Town Treatment Unit for eight months as
Commanding Officer.
Professor Clare Kelliher, Director of the IHRM(D)
programme, said: “We’re delighted that Alison is
to receive this accolade. She thoroughly deserves
public recognition for her outstanding contribution
to the war on Ebola.”
Target now reached
The Research Awards, nominated by the Research
Development Group (RDG), were presented for
research that had been published in top quality
journals and had impact on business, government
and society:
• Dr Elmar Kutsch – for lead
authorship on a paper awarded the
Stafford Beer Medal and described by
the OR (Operational Research) Society
as making a valuable contribution to
project management.
• Dr Emma Macdonald and Professor Hugh
Wilson – for collaborative doctoral supervision
resulting in early publication in a world-leading
journal and with significant practitioner relevance.
Professor Kim Turnbull James, who jointly
organised the awards with Professor David Denyer,
said: “These awards are richly deserved by the
winners; it is great recognition for all of them having
been outstanding in the last year, either as an
individual or as part of a collaboration.”
Transforming knowledge into action
The UK’s FTSE 100 has reached the target of
25 per cent of board positions being filled by
women. The announcement was made by Prime
Minister David Cameron and follows the target
set by Lord Davies in 2011.
The Cranfield International Centre for Women
Leaders has been monitoring the number of
women on the boards of FTSE companies since
1999, during which time there has been a steady
increase.
Professor Susan Vinnicombe OBE, who has led
the research, said: “It’s great to see the FTSE
100 reach the target of 25 per cent women on
their boards and congratulations to everyone
involved.”
Why not car share?
You can save petrol, help the environment and
have the added bonus of using the designated
‘car share parking only’ spaces on campus.
Simply sign up to the website
www.cranfield.liftshare.com, using your
Cranfield email address to access the private
University group.
Issue 254 // August 2015
Shai’s tech credentials
Message from a Director…
Shai Vyakarnam has been named as
one of the Top 100 Asian Stars in UK
Tech 2015.
Executive education for the School and for the University is
poised to enter a new phase of growth. A natural medium
to engage with the practitioner world for a university
such as Cranfield, executive education represents a key
opportunity to extend our brand and our educational reach
internationally. Open enrolment programmes, with their focus
on drawing participants from diverse business, cultural and
geographical contexts, will play a critical role within this.
He rejoined Cranfield earlier this year
as Director of the Bettany Centre for
Entrepreneurship, having completed
his MBA and PhD here before then
working as an academic.
The ‘One University’ ambition provides the strategic
framework and organisational infrastructure to leverage
key account management across schools for the first time,
drawing on each other’s depth and breadth of relationships
in the client arena. Combined with the School’s world-class expertise in design and delivery
of executive education products, built over almost five decades, this represents a rare
capability in the crowded executive education market.
Shai said: “This was a surprise but a
welcome one. I have been working
with tech startups and early growth firms for 15 years or so
and hope to unlock that potential at Cranfield as well. The
real stars are, of course, the tech entrepreneurs!”
The A-Z list, published by NewAsianPost.com in association
with Diversity UK, KPMG and Wayra, hopes to challenge
stereotypes in the digital sector. This coincides with the
launch of the new online publication NewAsianPost.com,
which aims to uncover the ‘untold stories and unheard
voices’ of the Asian community.
We plan to draw on this capability to maximum advantage, for although we are entering a
period of cyclical market expansion, all ships rise equally when the tide comes in, potentially
masking our progress against what is now a formidable competition. That said, most
executive education is regional, and so Cranfield’s international reputation offers a further
advantage, even though there is much work to be done to extend our international presence.
So, we are very well placed, and we should have confidence in being able to make great
progress within our executive education mission. This will include growing participant
numbers on what is already a strong open programme portfolio in the School, collaborating
across schools to build new product offers, and extending the University’s brand by taking
our products to key international locations. Enough, if not all of the strategic ingredients are in
place, so without doubt it is the right moment in time to be ambitious.
Dr David Butcher
Director of Executive Development Programmes and Director of the Centre for
General Management Development
Cranfield named as employers’
number one university outside of the
US for supply chain excellence
Employers have highlighted Cranfield
as the leading university outside of the
US – and top 10 worldwide – for supply
chain management graduate talent.
An annual report from SCM World, the
leading global community of senior
supply chain professionals, surveyed
hundreds of its executives from around
the world. One of the questions posed
was which universities they looked
to first as a ‘marker of talent’ with the
results showing how more than 500
employers viewed the graduate talent
pool entering the workforce.
The report, ‘The top 15 supply chain
universities: a recruiter’s guide to
future talent’, ranked Cranfield eighth
worldwide and first among nonUS institutions. American business
BGP alumni
make national
business finals
Four companies founded by
Business Growth Programme
(BGP) alumni have been
shortlisted for this year’s
National Business Awards.
Go Ape are finalists in The
Customer Focus Award
category; Sam Conniff and
Michelle Clothier (Livity) and
Fuad Mahamed (Ashley
Community & Housing) are both
finalists in The Social Enterprise
of the Year category; and Debra
Charles (Novacroft) is a finalist
for The Smith & Williamson
Entrepreneur of the Year.
magazine Forbes
highlighted the
report which
includes the views
of Camilla Pierleoni,
a current MSc in
Logistics and Supply
Chain Management
student.
Michael Bourlakis (pictured), Professor
in Logistics and Supply Chain
Management, said: “Our Logistics and
Supply Chain Management programme
is one of the leading programmes in the
world and develops the next generation
of managers and leaders. We take a
practical approach to our learning and
teaching, and we have closer ties than
other universities to industry where a lot
of innovation is happening.”
The list, announced at a networking event in London, focused
on those at executive levels within established companies
and founders in startups. It was chosen by a panel of seven
judges from different sectors in the tech world.
Shai is co-founder and director of AcceleratorIndia
which helps fast-track business expansion of technology
companies in the Indian and European markets. He is
chairman of KisanHub, an agritech company, and also
mentors an agritech company in Hungary focused on
microclimate data and decision support to vineyards.
Nicky was driving force for
Luluk’s award success
A Cranfield student has won the CILT MSc
Logistics Dissertation of the Year Award 2015.
Luluk Lusiantoro is now a full-time PhD (201418) research student having studied for a
full-time MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain
Management within the School in 2013-14.
The CILT (Chartered Institute of Logistics
and Transport) has awarded Luluk the prize
for his thesis entitled ‘Identifying the ideal
blood stock level: a statistical analysis of the
blood supply chain in the UK’. This work was supported by the NHSBT
(National Health Service Blood and Transplant).
Luluk said: “I’m very happy with this achievement which motivates me
even more to pursue my career as a researcher in the area of logistics
and supply chain. Special thanks go to my supervisor, Dr Nicky Yates,
who was very patient in giving me comments, direction and support.”
Nicky added: “This is fantastic news, both as real validation for Luluk
as he begins his academic career and also for the course and the
department as a mark of the calibre of students that we’re producing
and the quality of our research.”
Stantonbury claim the Milton Keynes spoils
A team from Stantonbury Campus was victorious in
the Milton Keynes grand final of the Cranfield Business
Challenge for schools.
taste of what it’s like to run a real business; we’re again very
grateful to all of our mentors and sponsors who continue to
make the event such a success.”
The winners beat off stiff competition from five other teams
of sixth formers to succeed in the final. They were presented
with their shield by Professor Joe Nellis with each team
member also receiving £100 worth of Amazon vouchers.
Mike Adamson from Metro Bank mentored the winning team,
while Denbigh School in Milton Keynes was awarded the
prize for the Best Marketing Campaign.
Now in its 19th year, this is an annual business competition
hosted by Cranfield for first year A-level students studying
in and around Milton Keynes. Students are given the
opportunity to visit Cranfield to apply their learning in a fun
but competitive environment.
Stantonbury and runners-up Walton High will now go headto-head with Mark Rutherford and Bedford Modern, the
winners and runners-up of the Bedfordshire challenge final,
in the Inter-County Challenge this autumn.
One of the winning students, Jordan Smith, said: “It’s given
me a focus and motivation to take an undergraduate degree
in business management followed by an MBA in order to
pursue a career in corporate strategy.”
Event organiser Karen Valverde, Business Simulations
Director in CCED, added: “The competition gives students a
The School’s Deputy Director, Professor Joe Nellis (far right), with
the winning team from Stantonbury Campus and their mentor, Mike
Adamson from Metro Bank (second right).
Papers, publications,
conferences, awards
Print
Wall Street Journal – 29 June
Professor Michael Bourlakis comments on Greece and says a prolonged
crisis could result in a shift away from products currently exported from the
country.
The Sunday Times – 12 July
Dr Richard Kwiatkowski comments on the role of Chief Operating Officers
(COO) – the ‘Dirty Harrys of business’ – who are the enforcers who make sure
the goals are met for the good of the business.
Radio Times – 12 July
Two Cranfield MBA alumni debut as Dragons in the Den - serial
entrepreneur and personal finance expert Sarah Willingham
(MBA 2003) and Nick Jenkins (MBA 1999), founder of the
online greetings card website Moonpig.com
Director – July/August
The Female FTSE Board Report is referenced with women still holding only
8.6 per cent of executive directorships. Report co-author Professor Susan
Vinnicombe OBE is also quoted.
Television
BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Five Live Breakfast – 17 June
National Numeracy’s CEO and Cranfield alumnus Mike Ellicock (MBA 2006)
appeared on the Today programme and BBC Radio 5 Live’s Breakfast show
to discuss claims by Camelot that recent changes are good news for potential
winners.
BBC Look East – 30 June
Emeritus Professor Mike Sweeney was interviewed following
the news that Vauxhall and its parent company General Motors
have launched their OnStar in-car telecommunications system.
ITV Central – 2 July
Professor Joe Nellis commented on the results of a survey carried out by
FedEx which looked at the contribution of small businesses to the UK’s balance
of international trade.
SRF – 5 July
Dr Jutta Tobias featured in the documentary ‘The Mindful Revolution’ which
was aired on the Swiss TV channel.
Radio
BBC Radio 2 – 2 July
Professor Joe Nellis commented on the results of a survey
carried out by FedEx which looked at the contribution of small
businesses to the UK’s balance of international trade.
BBC World Service – 3 July and 10 July
Professor Sunil Poshakwale was interviewed about the Greek referendum
and its economic implications for Europe and beyond, and then a week later
about the new proposal presented by the Greek government to EU leaders and
the economic implications for Greece and EU lenders.
BBC Radio 5 Live – 8 July
Dr John Glen took part in a special programme on the Phil Williams show
which included reactions from MPs, business people and members of the
public to the Budget.
BBC Radio 2 – 9 July
Dr John Glen was interviewed on the Simon Mayo Drivetime show about the
taxi firm Uber doubling their prices during the Tube strike in London.
Online
Employee Benefits – July/August
Professor Clare Kelliher provides a viewpoint on whether voluntary benefits
can motivate employees.
FT.com – 1 July
Dr Tazeeb Rajwani, Director of the Government Affairs Research Club (GARC),
provides his viewpoint in a special video series on ‘How to navigate political
risk’.
Ceylon Today – 15 July
Dr Elisabeth Kelan comments on the fact that women remain
notably scarce at the highest levels of business and the
professions, in a reversal of the pattern at school and university.
Details of all media mentions can be found at:
http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/presscuttings
Professor Sunil Poshakwale’s co-authored paper ‘What drives asymmetric
dependence structure of asset return comovements?’ has been accepted for
publication in the International Review of Financial Analysis.
Dr Tazeeb Rajwani and Visiting Fellow Dr Kenneth Amaeshi’s blog
‘Overcoming corruption in emerging markets’ was published
in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, based on their recent
paper published in the (FT ranked) Journal of Business Ethics.
Taz’s co-authored paper with Tahiru Liedong (PhD) ‘The
contingent value of managerial political ties in private debt
financing: evidence from Ghana’ is a finalist for the Academy of
Management (AOM), Social Issues in Management Division’s
Best Student Paper Award. The winner will be announced at the
AOM annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada. Taz has also had a co-authored
chapter entitled ‘Where next for non-market strategy?’ published in the Routledge
Companion to Non-Market Strategy.
Dr Emma Macdonald is quoted several times in an 11-page special report
on how customer data and market research can work together in the Market
Research Society’s July issue of IMPACT magazine.
Professor Sunil Poshakwale presented papers at three international
conferences – ’What is “good regulation”? The impact of leaving
the EU on the UK financial services’ at the 5th International
Conference of the Financial Engineering and Banking Society
(FEBS) in Nantes, France; ‘The UK equity risk premium response
to global monetary shock’ at the 13th INFINITI Conference
on International Finance in Ljubljana, Slovenia; and ‘Gender
diversity and firm performance: UK evidence’ at the 22nd Annual
Conference of the Multinational Finance Society in Greece.
Professor Michael Dickmann’s symposium proposal ‘Just another type
of “country risk”: international business in hostile environments’ is one of the
five finalists for the 2015 Emerald Best International Symposium Award. This
had been accepted for the AOM annual meeting in Vancouver. The symposia
proposals were evaluated by 10 international reviewers with the knowledge of the
division domain areas.
Professor David Grayson CBE’s co-authored book ‘Corporate responsibility
coalitions: the past, present, and future of alliances for sustainable capitalism’
is a finalist for the Academy of Management, Social Issues in Management
Division’s Book Award. The winner will be announced at the AOM annual meeting
in Vancouver.
Dr Jutta Tobias presented her ‘Mindfulness at Work’ research in the House of
Commons to the All-Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group (APPSSG) inquiry
‘Everyday entrepreneurs; promoting jobs and investment in local communities’
on 14 July.
Dr Stephanie Hussels and Dr Muhammad Azam Roomi presented a webinar
for the Cranfield Executive Learning Network on ‘Release your organisation’s
entrepreneurial potential’ on 22 July.
Professor Paul Baines was a guest speaker ‘The 2015 General Election:
Recollections, Recriminations and Repercussions’ at two events – for the
Worshipful Company of Marketors at The London Capital Club; and also for The
Chester Forum VI at MBNA / University of Chester.
Rosina Watson (PhD) won the Thomas Hustad Best Student
Paper Award at the 22nd Innovation and Product Development
Management Conference (IPDM) in Copenhagen, Denmark,
in June. The paper ‘Harnessing difference: a capabilitybased framework for engaging stakeholders in sustainability
innovation’ was co-authored with Professor Hugh Wilson,
Dr Palie Smart and Dr Emma Macdonald (Rosina is
pictured with the award benefactor Thomas Hustad).
Imran Zawwar (PhD) is running and speaking at two Institute
of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi executive education masterclasses in
Pakistan during August. The ‘Blue Ocean Strategy for Entrepreneurs and Family
Businesses’ masterclasses are in Lahore and Karachi.
Clive Landa (supervised by Dr Noeleen Doherty) has successfully defended his
DBA thesis entitled ‘Middle managers’ role in organizational commitment and
organizational citizenship behaviours’.
Morgan Chambers (supervised by Dr Colin Pilbeam) has successfully
defended her PhD thesis entitled ‘Dynamic inter-subsidiary relationships of
competition and collaboration’.
Debarpita Bardhan-Correia (supervised by Professor Clare Kelliher) has
successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled ‘An examination of the relationship
between frontline employees’ perceptions of people management practices and
their prosocial service behaviours’.
Cranfield VentureDay
The annual one-day entrepreneurship conference and networking event,
Cranfield VentureDay, is on Wednesday 16 September.
Speakers include Nigel Kershaw OBE, Executive Chair of The Big Issue Group,
and Glenn Collinson, recent recipient of the Cranfield Entrepreneur Alumnus of
the Year award. Other speakers are James Burstall (Argonon), Jonathan Moules
(the FT), Nigel Walker (Innovate UK), Michael Hayman and Nick Giles (Seven
Hills), and Alastair Lukies CBE, Jon Thornes MBE and Ken McCracken (Withers).
Cranfield VentureDay, now in its eighth year, has grown to become one of the
country’s leading events for entrepreneurs and investors. Nigel, Glenn and the
other successful entrepreneurs will share with delegates their journey to success,
with the opportunity to network with the speakers.
For more details or to book a place, please visit www.ventureday.co.uk or
contact Wendy Lewis, E: wendy.lewis@cranfield.ac.uk or T: (01234) 758104.
Welcome to…
We are the champions - our Regatta success
Dr Anne-Laure Humbert
– Senior Research Fellow
(pictured)
Karen Hetherington – Client
Co-ordinator
The 24th annual Cranfield MBA Regatta produced
a memorable result as one of our six crews claimed
victory.
Farewell to…
Dawn Clark – Programme Administrator,
Grad Admin
Kerry Drury – Business Development
Manager
Liz Conibere – International Development
Administrator
Rebecca Piper – Research Marketing
Executive
Dianne Roden – Executive Administrator
New appointment…
Professor Michael
Dickmann has been
appointed as Course Director
for the MSc in Management
(MiM).
Wedding bells…
Congratulations
to Alison Cain
(PA, Strategy,
People and
Leadership
Community) who
married Steve
Collins on 4 July
at the Park Inn,
Bedford.
Congratulations…
Onno Romijn (CCED) and wife Natalia are
the proud parents of Luz – pronounced like
‘Ruth’ but with ‘L’ instead of ‘R’ – who was
born on 3 June, weighing 6lbs 8ozs.
and Tom Ouvry.
The boats
participated in
five races during
the two days,
with four of the
results counting
towards their
final score.
The successful Cranfield (blue) out in front in one of the
races.
weekend was
organised by a three-strong committee of Kilian,
Steve Harper and Henry Baker with support from
Cranfield staff.
The winning Cranfield crew.
Organised by Cranfield’s MBA students, this is the
longest-running business school regatta in Europe.
More than 150 MBA and MSc students and alumni
from 10 leading business schools were on the Solent,
located off the South Coast, for the two-day sailing
extravaganza in July. With 18 matched 40-foot yachts
competing, a Cranfield crew edged out Moscow
School of Management SKOLKOVO into second and
INSEAD into third spot.
The winning Cranfield crew comprised four current
MBA students – Kilian Gilbert, Gary Thomas,
Ghalume Obi and Vladimir Pryakhin – and two MSc
in Finance and Management students, Aris Ziogas
and Kuda Kamushinda. Each crew was accompanied
by experienced certified racing skippers with the
Cranfield winners assisted by Sunsail’s Mason King
Jubilant team captain Kilian said: “We were leading by
two points at the end of the first day’s racing and then
tied with SKOLKOVO after the fourth race. Fortunately
the windy conditions favoured us in the fifth and final
race and we just edged
out the Russian crew.
After a tough weekend of
racing, we’re all thrilled
to get the Cranfield name
on the trophy and look
forward to defending the
title next year.”
Steve, head of the
organising committee,
added: “It was an
Team captain Kilian Gilbert
enjoys a bite to eat!
excellent weekend and
a fantastic networking opportunity, especially at the
dinner on the Saturday night, with so many students
and alumni coming from all over the world.”
MBAs on the loose in Bedfordshire’s post offices!
MBA students taking part in the ‘Identifying Hidden
Needs’ module, led by Professor Keith Goffin,
were given the opportunity to work on two strategic
innovation consulting projects. These were on
behalf of the Post Office and Coillte, Ireland’s statesponsored forestry business.
On the first day, Coillte senior managers including
Ciaran Black, Group Innovation Director, delivered
the project scope and students set to work analysing
customer insights generated from ethnographic
(study of people and cultures) videos.
Copious volumes of interview data and coding
were condensed by the MBAs overnight into
succinct findings and strategic recommendations
for presentation to the client. The perspectives put
forward by the three different groups were extremely
well received and provided much food for thought for
the Irish visitors – it is hoped that this long-standing
relationship continues to deliver benefits for both
client and students in future years.
Continuing with the module, the MBAs put their
new-found ethnographic skills into practice in a live
business environment as the three teams descended
on Luton, Milton Keynes and Leighton Buzzard post
offices.
Interviews were conducted with some particularly
helpful users of self-service kiosks, who demonstrated
their technical prowess (or not!) and relayed their
experiences on camera for further analysis.
The views of the public on these self-service kiosks
were then heard in front of representatives from the
Post Office, along with a number of suggestions for
potential improvement from the three teams.
The future of online business
The MBA cohort attended a Digital Business Conference on 2 July
which saw Cranfield’s own Dr Arnoud Franken as presenter with a
guest appearance from Microsoft’s CEO (Chief Envisioning Officer!)
Dave Coplin (both pictured).
They were inspired by stories of the future of online business, where
the move from ‘content’ to ‘context’ was a key theme – although many
were left feeling that the rise of artificial intelligence could put an end to
their career prospects!
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This informal and light-hearted event, organised by Ope Obayemi,
produced a number of interesting conversations over lunch.
Annual DBA alumni BBQ
Five alumni joined the 2013-17 DBA cohort and faculty at a barbecue on 29 June. Drs Gabriela Alvarez,
Mark Baker, Michael McGrath, Peter Saxton and Alesia Slocum all returned to Cranfield for the 6th DBA
Alumni Reunion.
The 2013-17 DBA Cohort Leader, Dr Soroosh (Sam) Saghiri, was also there along with the Pro-Vice-Chancellor
and Director of School, Professor Maury Peiperl; the DBA Director, Dr Emma Parry; the Director of Research,
Dr David Denyer; and Student and Academic Manager, Research, Alison Wilkerson.