Bringing Asia Into Focus

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Last week 57 CEMS students from 28 different countries gathered at the beautiful campus of the National University of Singapore (NUS) to meet with 7 CEMS Corporate Partners on the topic of ‘Business Excellence in Asia’. 

Through a series of workshops, skills seminars, case competitions and networking sessions, students were exposed to cutting edge content delivered by the region’s corporate giants – ABB, BN

27 Sep 2016

CEMS Alumni of the Year 2016, September Candidate: Ina Maller

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The CEMS Alumni of the Year is a joint campaign by the CAA in close collaboration with the CEMS Student Board, which gives the CEMS community the opportunity to learn about CEMS alumni on a monthly basis and vote for the favorite candidate as the CEMS Alumni of the Year.

Meet Ina Maller, who is the September candidate for the CEMS Alumni of the Year 2016 election. Ina graduated from CEMS in 2005 from Stockholm School of Economics with her exchange at HEC Paris.

21 Sep 2016

One Year, Three Continents: New Crash Courses in Global Business

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Learning another country’s business customs can take years of trial and error. Read about the rising trend in Global Business courses, including CEMS in the Wall Street Journal: http://www.wsj.com/articles/one-year-three-continents-new-crash-courses-in-global-business-1472720402

13 Sep 2016

Managing repatriated staff

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After Brexit, many staff on assignment abroad may be returning to the UK. So, how do you help them fit back into the British workforce? Professor Marie-Therese Claes, leader of the CEMS Faculty Group on Global Leadership and Cross Cultural Management, gives her advice on repatriating “the forgotten workforce” to ILM, Edge. The full article can be viewed here: https://www.i-l-m.com/Insight/Edge/2016/August/The-forgotten-workforce-the-problem-of-repatriation

08 Sep 2016

CEMS Welcomes Gartner As A New Corporate Partner

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Gartner is the world’s leading IT research and advisory company, delivering technology-related insight necessary for their clients to make the right decisions, every day. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, and has 7,600 associates, including more than 1,600 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 90 countries. We spoke with Sarah Ballard, who is a Campus Recruiter, EMEA at Gartner to learn more about this great partnership.

1/Could you briefly describe Gartner’s corporate culture?

08 Sep 2016

Leveraging Smart Space Products on Earth

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Let business students work on space inventions for a week and get great proposals on how to spin new products off to create new businesses. (Originally appeard on 31 August, republished from the ESA website)

Organised by Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University (RSM) and ESA, the 61 students from RSM and 17 partner universities took part last week in this year’s CEMS Block Seminar.

08 Sep 2016

Nearly half of HR managers struggle to recruit good global candidates, research finds

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A detailed survey of international HR managers around the challenges of recruiting globally and managing an international workforce, has found that nearly half of respondents (46%) struggle to find good global candidates with an international outlook. Culture shock and language barriers were found to be big challenges for employees on overseas assignments.

Paris, 6 September 2016

06 Sep 2016

Microsoft joins the CEMS Global Alliance

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The company that has brought to the world Microsoft Office, Windows, Bing, Skype and Xbox has now joined one of the most global academic alliances in the world as a CEMS Corporate Partner.

“Our Mission? Empowering every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more”, Satya Nadella, CEO

30 Aug 2016

The CEMS MIM Takes Off in Korea

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Following its induction into the CEMS Global Alliance in 2015, the Korea University Business School (KUBS) is launching its first term this fall in Seoul.

Ten students were offered the opportunity to attend the CEMS Block Seminar at KUBS, which familiarized students with an intensive academic and cultural experience, building the base for the CEMS MI

29 Aug 2016