This edition of "Professors’ Picks" offers a carefully selected set of Financial Times articles tailored for business school classrooms, focusing on current issues across sectors to stimulate critical thinking and discussion. Key topics include the effects of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on intellectual property (IP), changes in global business practices, shifts in education and immigration policies, and evolving global investment trends. The first topic explores generative AI's complex impact on IP rights. Highlighted is a new partnership between The New York Times and Amazon, licensing content for AI training— a notable change amid ongoing lawsuits against firms like OpenAI and Microsoft for allegedly using copyrighted material without permission. This scenario reignites debates over IP ownership, premium content value, and ethical AI use. Classroom discussions can focus on balancing innovation with creator rights and emerging business models in AI's rapidly evolving landscape. Next, the collection examines PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC) global strategy to manage reputational risk by exiting over a dozen high-risk markets, particularly in Africa, due to corruption and compliance concerns. PwC is restructuring by replacing some local leaders with global directors to enhance oversight and governance. This highlights the challenge multinational professional service firms face in aligning growth with ethics and regulation. Students can explore risk management, corporate reputation, and ethical issues in global operations. The edition also covers U. S. policy tightening international student vetting under the Trump administration, impacting universities reliant on foreign students and multinational firms dependent on international talent mobility.

This stricter scrutiny reflects broader immigration and education policy trends, affecting knowledge flow and workforce dynamics. Classroom debates may address how organizations adapt strategically to policy risks and socio-economic repercussions. Finally, the articles explore a shift in global investors’ behavior away from traditionally safe U. S. bonds due to fiscal concerns linked to tax reforms under Trump. Despite the long-standing stability of U. S. debt, rising yields and a weakening dollar motivate diversification toward markets like Japan and Australia. This trend highlights global capital flow dynamics and domestic policy influence on investment strategies. Students can analyze financial market behavior, risk, currency effects, and portfolio diversification. Together, these topics are designed to foster strategic thinking and deepen students’ understanding of the technological, ethical, policy, and financial challenges shaping today’s business environment. Instructors can use these articles to facilitate discussions on the multifaceted implications leaders and organizations must manage in a rapidly evolving global context. In summary, this edition of Professors’ Picks provides current, relevant content with interdisciplinary themes essential for cultivating adaptable, ethical, and strategically minded business professionals prepared to tackle complex modern challenges.