June 8, 2018. Shanghai

June 6, 2018. Shanghai – Professor Jiing-Lih Larry Farh, Distinguished Chair Professor of Management and ABN AMRO Chair in Management at China Europe International Business School, is among the academic elite in the field of economics and business. He is among the top 1% of the most cited 1% researchers. This is based on the impact made by his articles published between 2004 and 2015. 

June 6, 2018. Shanghai

May 28, 2018. Shanghai – Professor Fang Er’s contribution to the field of marketing has been recognised with a paper he co-authored winning the prestigious Journal of Marketing’s Shelby D. Hunt/Harold H. Maynard Best Paper Award. It beat out six other finalists for the honour of being selected the article that made the strongest contribution to marketing theory and practice in 2017.

Eight pioneering leaders from industries such as architecture, food and beverage, healthcare and entertainment took to the stage to share their  thoughts on how the concept of ‘origin’ has impacted their lives during the TEDxCEIBS 2018 event held today in the CEIBS Conference Centre on the Shanghai Campus.

May 15, 2018. Shanghai – "Governance and Financial Reporting Issues in a Changing Economic Environment" was the theme of the Fourth CEIBS Accounting and Finance Symposium which brought together around 70 scholars from the US and Asia to discuss management accounting, governance and financial reporting issues pertinent to the evolving and changing economic environments. The venue was CEIBS Shanghai Campus.

May 14, 2018. Shanghai – In Roland Berger CEO Charles-Edouard Bouée’s vision of the not-too distant future, we will take back control of our lives by controlling our data, cutting out middle men such as platforms (Uber, Airbnb, Mobike) and digital leaders (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) and there will be no need for advertising. This will all be made possible with artificial intelligence (AI); not the version we know today which he believes is mostly a lot of irrelevant data, but AI that will curate and provide information specific to the needs of individuals. It’s called portable AI. We can take it anywhere with us: in our homes, on our mobile phones, even in a pin on our lapel.

May 15, 2018. Accra

May 14, 2018. Shanghai – A considerable number of innovations now lie in the bold attempts of start-ups. This is gradually being realised by established companies and makes it attractive for them to introduce these innovations into their own businesses through, for example, corporate venture capital (CVC) investment – a mutually beneficial form of partnership. This was the topic on which Mr. Markus Solibieda, Managing Director of BASF Venture Capital GmbH, today shared his insights while keynoting a CEIBS Executive Forum on "Engaging with Start-ups through Corporate Venture Capital Investing to Create New Growth Engines".

Citing the value and numbers of VC and CVC deals in China during the past eight years, Solibieda noted that China has now become a leader – no longer a follower – in these types of investments. He added that the most popular fields include the shared economy, electric and autonomous vehicles, AI, technology, healthcare, e-commerce, and B2B enterprise services. Solibieda also stressed that, in addition to China-based funds, more and more multinationals such as Intel, IBM, Qualcomm, and Samsung among others, are also active in CVC investment in Chinese start-ups.

The CVC approach, Solibieda explained, is to invest in young companies with disruptive technologies and business models to support the corporations' growth strategy. And this kind of partnership can be mutually beneficial.

On one hand, in addition to financial support, CVCs can provide management and marketing expertise to start-ups, sharing their resources (such as R&D labs and expertise, manufacturing facilities, and distribution networks) and experience in the industry and offering advice for the investees' operations and decision-making. Besides, established corporates can open up their customer base to the start-ups they invest in, taking full advantage of their global client base to help fledgling companies build up their customer networks in the early stages.

On the other hand, Solibieda suggested, cooperation with start-ups may reward large corporations with inspiration and even opportunities for new business. Start-ups pursue disruptive innovation, he pointed out, while established enterprises tend to be good at continuously improving their products through incremental innovations. Also, a start-up is usually customer-centred, attempting to identify unmet needs in the market, instead of simply marketing its products, as established companies tend to do. These enormous differences may cause conflict in the partnership between CVCs and those who benefit from their investment; however, it is in the exchange of ideas that outside innovation gives birth to new perspectives for the corporate investors, he said.