On July 2nd 2023, the CEIBS Global EMBA hosted its second annual symposium, providing a very welcome return to live events after the years of pandemic-related disruption. Bringing together nearly 300 CEIBS current students, alumni, faculty members as well as guest panellists and speakers, this event gave everyone in attendance the chance to consider how China will adapt to the new economic realities of the post-covid world.

Covering subjects as diverse as brand development in China, sector-specific innovation methods and the role of international collaboration in promoting stability, the symposium presented a snapshot of the key issues, challenges and opportunities China faces right now as it settles into its expanding global role.

CEIBS Distinguished Professor Dominique de Villepin and Vice President and Dean Frank Bournois came together on the Shanghai campus today for an insightful dialogue to discuss how nations of every size and region must concentrate on the necessity of building cultural bridges between both their friends and their occasional rivals.

Between May 22-26 2023, students and alumni from the Global EMBA programme were finally able to take their academic journey back onto the world stage. Travelling to Switzerland and Italy to immerse themselves in the world of luxury consumption, they completed the first global module to be delivered by CEIBS since the beginning of the pandemic, way back in early 2020.

A welcome return to normality, this was also an important psychological milestone for those students and alumni who attended. After almost three years of frequent disruption to their academic plans, the ability to physically get on a plane and visit another country for an exciting learning journey with their peers and professors was exactly the kind of change they needed.

Global modules are an essential part of the Global EMBA experience, as they provide much needed context and colour to business realities that must be ‘seen’ to be fully understood. Even in a global economy where so much is homogenised, students who want to grasp what makes a given country or region’s business culture unique must experience it in person. They must breathe it in and soak up the lessons it offers in a way that cannot be replicated purely through a textbook or online forum.

With student anticipation at an all-time high, the pressure was on the module’s convener, CEIBS Professor Gianfranco Siciliano, to deliver an unforgettable learning experience – a challenge he accomplished in style.

The 2023 CEIBS MBA Employer Appreciation Event was held at our Shanghai campus on Jun 16, with nearly 70 companies from a range of industries sharing their insightful perspectives about the CEIBS MBA programme and young MBA talents.

Between June 16-18, a diverse group of 46 executives, representing some of the best-known companies in the world, came to our Shanghai campus for a 3-day immersion course demonstrating the Global EMBA experience at CEIBS. This was the inaugural delivery of the Rising Leaders Programme, designed to give its attendees the chance to see first-hand what makes GEMBA a world-leading programme and a provider of life-changing academic journeys.

Keen to understand how the GEMBA programme delivers both “China Depth and Global Breadth”, these executives came together from Singapore, Australia, Holland, India, Spain, Italy, Korea, Turkey, Malaysia, the US and China. Diverse and experienced, they represent the best their respective industries have to offer, with each individual averaging 15 years of working experience and 9 years of management experience between them.

Case publishing helps business knowledge find its way into classrooms across the globe to be passed down to future business leaders. However, many aspects of this practice often go unnoticed by educators and students who engage with the case method.  Recently, the Case Center at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and their Director, Professor Shimin Chen had a conversation with Ivey Publishing and shared unique insights into case development and publishing at the CEIBS Case Center, discussed trends in Chinese cases, highlighted opportunities and successes, and shared their vision for chinacases.org to become the most influential China case library globally.

The ongoing rivalry between the US and China is perhaps the world’s most important and concerning developments, and one that affects practically every other nation on the planet.

Inspired by the theme of Beyond, TEDxCEIBS 2023 was held at CEIBS Shanghai Campus by MBA students today.

On June 1, CEIBS Global EMBA Interschool Club collaborated with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Alumni Association (Shanghai Chapter) to hold an event designed to explore the widespread applications of ChatGPT and AI in Business. Held at the CEIBS Lujiazui International Institute of Finance, 75 students and alumni participated, representing a wide range of industries and sectors – all of which have a vested interest in understanding the future direction of these world-changing technologies.