"Evian, famous for its spring water, looks set to also become famous as a home for intellectual debate if neighbouring business school EMLYON has its way.
The French business school has joined forces with KPMG to launch the World Entrepreneurship Forum in Evian in November this year... The aim of the think-tank will be to bring together around 70 entrepreneurs, politicians and experts who believe that entrepreneurship is a creator of economic wealth... Patrick Molle, president of EMLYON, believes the forum will play an important role in the future of management education. “With the emergence of countries like China and India, new management models are appearing which are different from today’s dominant Anglo-Saxon model. As the challenges become more complex, we must prepare students to work with the different ethos and economic situations that they will face in the course of their careers.” Members who have already joined the think-tank include Franck Riboud, chairman and chief executive of Danone, Martin Sorrell, president of WPP and Michel-Edouard Leclerc of the eponymous French supermarket chain."

"Intensively competitive, occasionnaly controversial and currently in rude health, the MBA is an incredibly popular qualification...One reason for this enduring popularity is the financial and profesionnal return that an MBA can bring...And yet money can eclipse the many other reasons for taking an MBA...Over the next 18 months easyJet inflight magazine will follow four new MBA students in an attempt to better understand their various motivations...Colombian-born Ferez Florez left his job as a mechanical engineer at Metro de Medellin to take  a position on the MBA program at EMLYON in France.At 30 years old, the decision made sense given the unique economic opportunities blossoming in Colombia. "Colombia is starting to develop at the moment," explains Florez...Florez chose EMLYON in part due to French business contacts he made in Medellin..."If you want to start up your own company, you have to be international. I think I made a very good decision to come to France."

"EM LYON business school has opened a campus in Shanghai together with East China Normal University....Having had a base in China since 1997, EM LYON has also close links with Shanghai's Fudan University of Economics, Zhejiang University School of Management and Lignan University in Guangzhou...Last year, Financial Times ranked it (EM LYON) No.13 out of the top European business schools."