I spent my Saturday volunteering at the MBA 2028 Admissions kickoff event and while it was an absolute joy to serve, I found myself thinking about my own MBA journey when a question was asked by a potential candidate who participated online. The question, permit me to paraphrase was, "Why should an…

The first time I heard the story of Coffee Commune, it quietly touched something deep inside me. Eric Baden, a German had spent over a decade in China, helping coffee farmers in Yunnan build a better life. His identity and choices made me curious: what makes someone leave everything behind, cross…

As China’s domestic market slows and access to capital tightens, many Chinese companies that once focused on building a foothold at home are now looking abroad for new growth drivers. However, unlike those who pursue domestic development before expanding overseas, ACROBiosystems set its sights on i…

When Jeanne de Gayffier (CEIBS MBA 2025) first set foot in Shanghai six years ago, she would never have imagined that her path would one day lead her to a position in a family-owned construction equipment company in Quanzhou, a historic city in China's eastern Fujian province. Yet today, here she…

Vanessa Alcala Gros, CEIBS Global EMBA 2017 alumna and Regional Country Manager, Production – Europe, Americas & Africa at H&M, believes that the best way to understand a country’s business landscape is through cultural immersion. After living in China for the past 18 years, Vanessa recent…