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Luxury industry leaders join inaugural NC State Poole College - SKEMA Global Luxury Management graduate studies advisory board

14/06/2013

RALEIGH, N.C., USA, AND SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, FRANCE – June 14, 2013 – The Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., U.S.A., and SKEMA Business School in Sophia Antipolis, France, announce the inaugural Industry Advisory Board members for the dual-degree Global Luxury Management (GLM) curriculum - that the two business schools are teaching jointly, in collaboration with NC State's College of Textiles.

The one-year graduate curriculum is offered as an option in NC State Poole College’s Master of Global Innovation Management (MGIM) program. The program prepares students to pursue careers in marketing, merchandising, sales, supply chain management and creative content development for the global luxury markets of Europe, the Americas and Asia.

The 16 members of the inaugural advisory board include leaders in various sectors of the luxury market, including apparel, transportation, consulting, home furnishings, hospitality, investments, and accessories. The board members contribute time and perspectives related to the global luxury market, as well as opportunities for enhancing the GLM program content. Board members have opportunities to interact with the students for career development, internships and career hiring, as well as to participate in faculty and student activities, including guest lecturing, company tours, and career management functions.

Jacques Verville appointed Dean of SKEMA Business School’s US campus

15/05/2013

Paris, May 15, 2013

Jacques Verville has been appointed Dean of SKEMA Business School’s North American campus, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. He succeeds Pascal Vidal who returns to SKEMA’s campus in Sophia Antipolis, France, as Director of under- and post-graduate programmes.

Feminised companies a better investment

18/04/2013

Professor’s Femina Index demonstrates that investing in companies with feminised management teams brings improved performance during crises

April 2013. Michel Ferrary, professor of Human Resource Management at Professor Ferrary followed the stock performance of each company in the Parisian stock index, the CAC40, between 2007 and 2012. He then composed the Femina Index, a separate index of companies whose management teams consisted of at least 35% women.

Professor Ferrary followed the stock performance of each company in the Parisian stock index, the CAC40, between 2007 and 2012. He then composed the Femina Index, a separate index of companies whose management teams consisted of at least 35% women.

Over the six years, the CAC40 lost 34.70% of its value, whereas companies in the Femina Index lost only 5.28%

NC State University Poole College and SKEMA Business School Launching Graduate Studies in Global Luxury Management in U.S. and France

03/05/2012

Registration is under way for the one-year dual-degree graduate curriculum designed to prepare individuals to work in the expanding global luxury market

A new one-year dual degree graduate studies option developed jointly by SKEMA Business School, a French business school with six campuses worldwide - including in Raleigh, N.C., and Suzhou, China – and the North Carolina State University Poole College of Management, in southeastern United States, is designed to prepare the next generation of managers for the growing global luxury goods and services market.

The two business schools announced today that registration is now open for fall 2012 enrollment. Students will complete their fall semester at NC State University in Raleigh, N.C., USA, and their spring 2013 semester at SKEMA in Sophia Antipolis, France. They will also complete an international internship in the luxury goods or services industry.

Luxury Strategy in action

14/12/2011

A new book by two SKEMA Business School professors analyzes the latest trends in the luxury industry.

The luxury industry has changed dramatically over the last 10 years, becoming significantly more complex. The meaning of luxury and the sorts of customers that buy luxury have continually been evolving. With more potential consumers, the luxury sector is today healthier than ever and increasing at around three times the rate of worldwide wealth. In the light of these changes, luxury brands have had to completely rethink their strategies and rely on state-of-the-art marketing and management tools to help them keep up with consumers’ shifting expectations, desires and dreams.

Luxury Strategy in Action, a new book by Jonas Hoffmann and Ivan Coste-Manière of SKEMA Business School, presents the views of an international panel of industry experts on what luxury management means today, how it is evolving and what companies need to do to navigate these times of change. The book takes a strategic approach, analyzing the latest trends in the industry, such as the impact of online social networks and the role of emerging markets. It provides a multicultural and holistic perspective designed to create challengers to the established rules of the luxury industry.

SKEMA Business School and MINES ParisTech announce joint Executive MBA

09/11/2011

Two of France’s leading Grandes Ecoles partner to create a double degree centred on “Risk, Globalisation and Diversity” . SKEMA Business School has unveiled a new Executive MBA in partnership with MINES ParisTech, France’s renowned engineering school. The programme, available from September 2012, will be taught in French and English across a period of 18 months. Ten sessions will be held on the schools’ campuses in France and a further four will be organized in China, the US (on SKEMA’s international campuses in Suzhou and Raleigh), Russia and Lebanon.

SKEMA Business School fuses it Parisian campuses

22/09/2011

France’s largest business school will now welcome 900 students at its La Defense site

SKEMA Business School has announced the fusion of its two Parisian campuses. The school’s site at La Defense, Europe’s largest business centre, will host some 900 students beginning January 2012. Since its creation in 2009, SKEMA, the international multi-campus business school, has made its intention clear: to create a single campus in Paris. Prior to the merger of the founding schools (Ceram and ESC Lille), each school had its own Parisian campus, one in La Defense, the other in La Villette. The objective was to be situated at the heart of the economic world, bringing academic expertise and company needs closer together.

In January 2012, almost 500 students from La Villette will join 400 of their fellow students on SKEMA’s La Defense campus, located on the Léonard de Vinci university site. SKEMA’s Campus is at the heart of Europe’s leading business center
SKEMA’s campus on the Léonard de Vinci university site will not only permit a closer relationship with the international companies located at La Defense (1500 companies including 15 among the top 50 in the world), but will also strengthen SKEMA’s development with a modern and comprehensive infrastructure.

SKEMA Business School opens US campus in North Carolina

18/05/2010

May 18, 2010—One year ago, CERAM Business School and Groupe ESC Lille announced the merger that produced SKEMA Business School, a new school founded on an innovative teaching model: a multi-campus international business school educating leaders capable of understanding, adapting to and sustaining the knowledge economy.

With 5 campuses in France and abroad (Suzhou, China and Casablanca, Morocco), the school has already clearly stated its ambition to open a new campus in the US for the 2010–2011 academic year; a campus at the heart of the global economy that will integrate academics, business partnerships and contribute to the community.

Today SKEMA is fulfilling this goal. SKEMA Business School is proud to announce the opening of its campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school will be the first in France to open a campus in the United States for its entire entering class.

CERAM Business School and Groupe ESC Lille become SKEMA Business School

17/11/2009

The School of Knowledge Economy and Management is made official

November 2009. CERAM Business School and Groupe ESC Lille have finalized their merger to become SKEMA Business School. The two French schools have launched an
educational project unique in France: to create the first business school that will educate future decision-makers to create a more responsible, ethical and interconnected world; the world of the knowledge economy.

The merger was announced on June 30, 2009, and a restructuring followed, which included sharing and optimizing the human, academic and teaching resources of the two schools. The schools officially merged on November 16, both legally and financially, to become a nonprofit association, after approval by their governing bodies: the Board of Directors of ESC Lille, and the General Assembly of the French Riviera Chamber of Commerce.

This is the first time that two institutions of this size and importance have voluntarily merged.

CERAM Business School and Groupe ESC Lille merge

30/06/2009

June 2009. CERAM Business School and Groupe ESC Lille have announced their merger. This event will change the hierarchy of business schools in France and Europe. The new entity will have 5600 students and 138 permanent professors. The multi-campus business school will be spread over three sites in France - Lille, Paris and Sophia Antipolis - and will ultimately incorporate several international campuses located throughout the world. Alice Guilhon, Director of CERAM Business School is the head of the new group whose name and identity will be announced before the end of the year. The first intake under the new brand will be in September 2010. Jean-Pierre Raman, director of Groupe ESC Lille, will become Delegate General of the association. He will be in charge of relations with the University as well as the strategic projects of the new group.