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CEIBS GEMBA 2015 alum Nikolaj Moesgaard discusses his passion for the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), his work with talent development programme UNLEASH, and his role in helping mentor the next generation of CEIBS MBAs.

CEIBS Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy Shameen Prashantham talks with CEIBS MBA 2012 alum Dr. Kohta Satake about his digital health startup CureApp and how the company is leveraging technology to pioneer the future of healthcare.

CEIBS MBA 2020 candidate Mathieu Tse discusses everything from growing up in French Guiana and his love for combat sports to investing in Africa and the benefits of getting a China-based business education.

VRX Sports and Icosys Board Director and CEIBS MBA 2011 alum Ritwik Ghosh discusses his journey from ocean navigator to cross-border dealmaker and shares his three keys to joint-venture success.

Former WTO Director General, CEIBS Distinguished Professor, and Notre-Europe Honorary President Pascal Lamy discusses the current state of global trade during a recent Master Class at the CEIBS Shanghai campus.

CEIBS MBA 2020 Student Ambassador Emma Devine discusses her experience in China’s retail industry, student life at one of the world’s top business schools, and her current role as President of the Women’s Leadership Network.

CEIBS Vice President and Dean Ding Yuan talks with SRF Swiss Radio and Television about the impact of the recent US-China trade conflict on the Chinese economy.

Global Steering Group for Impact Investment CEO Amit Bhatia speaks live from the 2018 Global Impact Investing Forum at the CEIBS Shanghai campus about the global impact investment revolution and how China can help shape Capitalism 2.0.

The world of tomorrow will be driven by emerging markets. What will China’s role be? As they face an increasingly complex world full of contradictions and risk, how will China and other emerging economies respond? Will they choose cooperation over protectionism and isolation? Former French PM and CEIBS International Advisory Board Chairman Dominique de Villepin delivers keynote speech on the global emerging economic outlook live from the 2nd CEIBS CMO Summit in Shanghai. For more on Prof. de Villepin's visit to the CEIBS Shanghai Campus, visit our website here http://www.ceibs.edu/media/news/events-visits/14513

ICAEW Past President Andrew N. Ratcliffe leads a panel discussion about big data and fintech from the CEIBS Insights 2018 Forum in London. The panel looks at opportunities for big data in financial services, the relationship between innovators and established players in the financial sector, and tackles a number of important issues surrounding data security and privacy.The panel also raises a number of important questions, including what factors are driving innovation in big data and fintech? How is China leading the world in terms of fintech? How will blockchain enable more people access to financial services? What is acceptable for companies to do with personal data? Is data privacy really a new issue? How do attitudes towards data privacy vary across different demographics? And, how is big data transforming decision-making processes and what are the implications when it comes to people and skills?Moderator:Mr. Andrew N. Ratcliffe, Past President, ICAEWPanellists:Mr. Kevin Guo, President, China Blockchain Application Centre (CBAC); Chairman, Starwin Capital; Founder and Co-Chairman, DianrongMr. Mark Hedley, Director of Technology, China-Britain Business CouncilMr. Alastair Johnson, Founder and CEO, NuggetsMr. Tong Wang, Co-Founder and President, SwiftPass Technologies Co., Ltd.; CEIBS FMBA 2017 Student (in Mandarin with English interpretation provided)For more from the CEIBS Insights 2018 European Forums visit http://www.ceibs.edu/special/chinaeu15/en/index.html

YourStory Media Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma talks live from CEIBS’ Shanghai campus about the some of the changes fuelling the rise of India’s startup ecosystem and the potential Indian entrepreneurs represent for the future.She also talks with CEIBS Prof. Shameen Prashantham about the opportunities for Indian startups in China, the importance of consistency and execution, and offers some advice for entrepreneurs seeking happiness and success in both business and life.The event was organised by the CEIBS Alumni International Chapter (CAIC) in partnership with the Indian Association of Shanghai.Shradha Sharma is the Founder and CEO of YourStory Media. She is one of India’s most powerful LinkedIn influencers, has twice been named as one of Fortune India’s ‘40 Under 40’, and is frequently referred to as the “Voice of Indian Startups”.You may also visit the video version on YouTube, https://youtu.be/ZV88dYwByFo

Complete keynote speech given by Sir Douglas Flint, UK Government’s Special Envoy to the Belt & Road Initiative, during the London leg of CEIBS Europe Forum Series 2018.Douglas Flint explains how China and the UK can work together on Fintech and the Belt + RoadYou may also find the video version from Apple Podcast at https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/douglas-flint-on-china-uk-ties-fintech-the-belt-road/id578187726?i=1000418781217&mt=2, or CEIBS website at,  http://www.ceibs.edu/video-podcast/14460

In this outtake from the Munich leg of CEIBS Europe Forum Series 2018, Jiang Jianqing, Chairman of the SINO-CEE Fund, who is also CEIBS Adjunct Professor and Director of the CEIBS Lujiazui Institute of International Finance, talks about the “hot topic” of how to get the most out of the ongoing digital revolution. As he told the audience: “With the sophistication of technologies such as cloud computing and FinTech, among others, science and technology have fundamentally changed our lifestyle, our behavioral pattern and the way we think. Technology has brought massive changes to the traditional industrial sector and business models, as well as the commercial landscape; and it has been an important force behind economic transformation and upgrading.”You may also find the video version on CEIBS website at, http://www.ceibs.edu/video-podcast/14459

CEIBS Associate Professor of International Business & Strategy Shameen Prashantham met up with Techstars’ Dave Drach in Colorado. Watch as Dave explains why, how and where corporations team up with start-ups. The video version is also alive on iTunes, https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/techstars-dave-drach-on-partnering-start-ups-for-innovation/id578187726?i=1000417959530&mt=2

CEIBS Visiting Leader Felix Sutter, who is former Head of PwC Switzerland’s Asia Business Group, shares his views on what makes the 15-year-old China EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership a useful platform for both sides.  

CEIBS Visiting Leader Felix Sutter, who is former Head of PwC Switzerland’s Asia Business Group, offers useful advice on getting the most out of a CEIBS MBA. 

Dominique de Villepin, the former Prime Minister of France and Distinguished Professor at CEIBS believes the 15-year-old China-EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is even more vital today, with ongoing trade tensions between the US and China.

Chairman and CEO, Essilor International Hubert Sagnières discusses his company’s CSR initiatives in China, and the role that China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) has to play in educating leaders of tomorrow.He was speaking during an interview on CEIBS Shanghai Campus, weeks after the EU and US gave approval for Essilor to merge with Italian brand Luxottica in a deal estimated at 50 billion euro. The merger is expected to help Essilor meet its goal of eradicating poor vision in one generation. 

Chairman and CEO, Essilor International Hubert Sagnières discusses the importance of the 15-year-old China-EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and CEIBS’ continued role in fostering China-EU ties.

Dominique de Villepin, the former Prime Minister of France and Distinguished Professor at CEIBS offers solid advice on everything from Chinese firms going global, to building Chinese luxury brands and entrepreneurship.

CEIBS Professor of Economics and Finance Xu Bin points out that China’s surprising 6.9% growth in 2017 has made it clear that US President Donald Trump’s America First policy won’t hurt China as much as some may fear. An analysis of the data shows that the Chinese economy has delinked from the global one, no longer powered by external forces such as exports and inward FDI. Instead domestic consumption is the main driving force, pushed along by new technology, a growing services industry and urbanization. It also helps that China has a built-in 3S advantage of scale, scope and the newest ‘s’ factor – speed.

Robert Ward, Editorial Director of The Economist Intelligence Unit, highlights key issues that will affect the global economy in 2018. In this March 9 address he touches on everything from global growth, global order, Brexit, US President Donald Trump’s chances of staying in office, as well as China, India and other emerging markets. Aptly titled “As Good as it Gets?”, Ward’s presentation is as deep in substance as it is diverse in the geographies covered. Xu Bin, Professor of Economics and Finance, Wu Jinglian Chair in Economics, and Associate Dean (Research) at CEIBS follows, and complements, Ward’s presentation. Prof. Xu provides highlights from his recent research and original insights on geopolitical and economic analysis. The session culminates in a Q&A session. Held at the Shanghai Campus of the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), the event was organised by CEIBS Alumni International Chapter (CAIC), their first event since Chinese New Year. The audience, some of whom joined from Africa and Europe via Facebook live, included CEIBS MBA and GEMBA students, members of the CEIBS alumni community, and CEIBS faculty.

CEIBS Associate Professor of International Business & Strategy Shameen Prashantham explains how the coming together of money, technology and people has created one of the world’s most dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystems in China. He offers some practical examples of successful companies that have thrived here, both homegrown startups (like the bikesharing company Mobike) and those founded by international entrepreneurs (Falafel Games and Zotter Chocolate). He also discusses some of the challenges entrepreneurs face, and some universal lessons for entrepreneurs no matter where they may be headquartered.Prof. Prashantham’s talk was recorded at an Executive Forum at CEIBS Shanghai Campus September 7, 2017 titled “Entrepreneurship in China: CEIBS’ Role” which also featured a discussion with CEIBS alumni entrepreneurs and Financial TimesBusiness Education Correspondent Jonathan Moules.Read Prof. Prashantham’s Financial Times column on start-up opportunities in China here. He also discusses China’s dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystem in this Tech in Asia article.To learn more about Mobike and China’s many bike-sharing start-ups and their overseas expansion see hereand here. 

In the coming one or two decades CEIBS Vice President and Dean Professor Ding Yuan predicts we’ll see at least US$ 100 billion in outbound investment each year from China. What motivates Chinese companies’ global ambitions? Which deals make sense? What are the challenges in making these cross-border mergers and acquisitions work?In a talk recorded at the CEIBS Europe Forum in London on July 6, 2017, Professor Ding shares some of the findings from more than 30 case studies done by the CEIBS Centre for the Globalization of Chinese Companies that explore Chinese outbound investments across a wide range of industries and countries. As he explains in his talk, when they began their research, the CEIBS faculty found that the frameworks for globalization followed by Western multinationals do not apply to Chinese companies going global. Their reasons for pursuing foreign acquisitions and joint ventures, and the way they manage them are quite different. He explains the differences and provides some practical examples in this talk.To learn more about CEIBS 2017 Europe Forums in London, Paris, Munich & Warsaw, see here. 

CEIBS Associate Dean and Professor of Economics Bala Ramasamy discusses the findings of a research study he co-authored that looks at how trade along the six corridors of China’s Belt & Road Initiative may be impacted by improvements in infrastructure and customs and border administration. Professor Ramasamy’s paper is titled “Market Integration in the BRI”.This year CEIBS is holding a series of forums in London, Paris, Munich and Warsaw that bring together renowned academics, business leaders, and government officials from China and Europe to discuss the benefits of China’s Belt & Road Initiative. Learn more about CEIBS 2017 Europe Forum and China’s Belt & Road Initiative here.Read Professor Bala’s columns in Caixin Global discussing his research findings here:Free Trade a Hidden Key to ‘Belt and Road’ Success3 Reasons Why China’s Belt and Road Will Succeed