...Andrea Stefano Patrucco; Elena Pellizzoni; Tommaso Buganza Purpose Corporate universities (CUs) have been experiencing tremendous growth during the past years and can represent a real driving force for structured organizations. The paper aims to define the process of CU design shaped around...

...Louis Rhéaume; Mickaël Gardoni Purpose – This paper aims to illustrate the quick rise in the popularity of corporate universities since the 1990s. Because knowledge management is becoming imperative to the survival and growth of firms in most industries, better management of corporate...

...June Xuejun Qiao Purpose This study is intended to investigate the current status of corporate universities in China. It aims to explore the processes and practices of corporate universities in China, and discover the issues and challenges involved in building and running a corporate university...

... major innovations. Knowing the size of the problem in each situation and how to deal with it effectively and efficiently at the right level is now one of the main strategic imperatives for corporate university managers. We know that for satisfaction in lifelong earning and in managing the “learning...

... of these investments, where high quality accelerated learning is central to achieving the desired outcomes. Demand Learning Innovation Corporate universities Learning methods This article presents a broad brush perspective on the performance challenges for optimising the strategic management of demand...

... university blueprint architecture and browser toolkit developed by a member of the team to provide depth in practice evidence and a searchable database for comparative case to case practice evaluation. Findings It was found that the corporate university organisation and business development concept...

... positive and obfuscating dynamics that the project team have had to, and will have to conjure with, in reaching its recommendations about the evolution of best practice in corporate university and enterprise academy design and management. The project partners have operated a voluntary or self selection...

...Clare Sham Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to examine the empirical status of corporate universities (CUs) in China. An a priori CU framework was employed in an attempt to describe the key functions that an ideal type of CU in China should perform. Design/methodology/approach Three...

...Maike Andresen; Bianka Lichtenberger Purpose The paper seeks first to present an overview of the corporate university landscape in Germany contrasting it with the US‐American corporate university market and, second, to outline the development in Germany during the last 15 years and to have a look...

... the emotional states that are in conflict with an individual's needs to feel that they belong, have a degree of security and a possibility of survival. Richard Dealtry can be contacted at: prof.dealtry@dial.piper.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Corporate universities Learning...