Best Paper Award at the EURAM annual conference: recognition for the EMBA programme at Rennes School of Business

Rennes School of Business is pleased to announce that William Limousin, a graduate top of the Executive MBA, received the Best Paper Award at the annual EURAM (European Academy of Management) conference. This award was granted in the Strategic Management General Track category, for an article co-authored with Laurent Scaringella, professor at Rennes SB, and Morgane Scaringella.

Research for Sustainability

The award-winning paper, entitled “Knowledge sharing and ambidexterity toward environmental performance in the mining sector: The mediating roles of psychological empowerment and environmental consciousness,” explores the link between environmental awareness and the individual ambidexterity of 243 employees, as well as how these two dimensions influence the environmental performance of ten factories owned by a major lime plaster producer.

An Academic Pride for the EMBA

This award is a double recognition: it acknowledges the quality of the academic work carried out by the authors, while also highlighting the pedagogical originality of the EMBA programme at Rennes SB. The programme offers a unique format of academic mock-paper format, allowing participants to engage in high-level research, supported by expert guidance.

An Internationally Recognised Feature

This unique feature in the Executive MBA has been explicitly praised by the AMBA (Association of MBAs), an international accreditation body. This distinction adds to the programme’s publishing momentum, with already three academic papers from the EMBA published in journals ranked at least 2★.

The EMBA at Rennes SB stands out in international rankings. It has been recognised in the Financial Times 2024 rankings and the QS Executive MBA Ranking.

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