Shameen Prashantham Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy I first connected with CEIBS through one of my research collaborators, George Yip. Early in my academic career, I had worked on a research project in the UK as a postdoctoral researcher with George when he was at Lond…

When I first stepped onto CEIBS’ Shanghai campus on August 5, 2019, I knew I had started a new chapter in my life. Although I was confident in my choice of institution, my mind was full of uncertainty. I had recently read an article about how CEIBS students only got about five hours of sleep each…

Nowadays, many of us have become drones or sleepwalkers, doing the same, monotonous things over and over again. Living a life like this, I would have ample regrets. I’m a person who lives life by design, not by default. I want to be the one arriving at my grave and saying, “Phew, that was an inter…

I come from Poland, a country with very warm summers and freezing cold winters, located in Central Europe and with strong links to both Eastern and Western cultures, inhabited by people who speak what is probably the most difficult language in the world to learn for non-natives. If you are Asian,…

As the saying goes, “two things are for certain – taxes and death”. As dark as it may sound, it probably is right. However, to me, it signifies an achievement. An achievement of a contribution to the economy for the former; an achievement of a life fulfilled, for the latter. In the same light, my…

To his close friends, Ken Lin is an adrenaline junkie who ticks something exciting off his bucket list every year; to his high school friends, he is the one who bucked the Ivy League trend to do his undergraduate at the entrepreneurial Babson College; and to his colleagues at Invesco, he is an Assoc…

I am originally from Indonesia and have lived in Australia and the US. After graduating from Barnard College, Columbia University with a double major in Political Science and Economics, I returned to Indonesia to work for a logistics company specialising in bulk commodities. I knew I had always wa…

“So, have you looked into any MBA schools?” my friend asked. It was December 2016 and we were having a brunch in Amsterdam’s charming city centre. “I’ve looked at INSEAD and NUS, but I’ve always wanted to go to China,” I answered. “Maybe you should check out CEIBS,” she said. “I have some friend…

Reading the title of my article, you may think that you are receiving dating advice or pick-up tips for your next Tantan or Tinder date. You may also wonder what makes this write-up different – is there any advice which is not already discussed in the various magazines or in the book The Pick-up A…