"Place is often overlooked, yet it is central to understanding how ventures innovate and scale.”

December 2, 2025. Shanghai - The 7th CEIBS Strategy and Entrepreneurship Annual Academic Symposium took place today at the CEIBS Shanghai campus, during which speakers gathered to explore frontier topics including artificial intelligence, strategic human capital, business and society, and other emerging areas shaping today’s business landscape.

The CEIBS (Switzerland) Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme has been officially accredited by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), making it the world’s first DBA programme to earn this distinction. This milestone not only represents a strong endorsement of the programme’s quality but also reinforces CEIBS’ leading position in international management education and sets a new benchmark for doctoral business education in China.

From new technological developments to geopolitical upheaval and uncertain economic prospects, 2025 promises to be a year of change. To gauge where the world might be heading, we asked some of our faculty members to offer their predictions for the year ahead. Read on to find out what they think the next 12 months may have in store.

In an eventful year for global business, numerous CEIBS faculty offered their invaluable insights on many of the key trends that shaped the world of enterprise in 2024. Here are ten of the most popular pieces published by CEIBS professors in 2024.

“The US government has been discouraging US capital from going into China’s high-tech industries. More of such restrictions may be imminent.”

December 12, 2023. Shanghai – The latest cutting-edge research on business practices related to strategy and entrepreneurship was the focus of discussions today at the 5th Annual CEIBS Strategy and Entrepreneurship Symposium held at CEIBS’ Shanghai campus, with experts delving into globalisation, innovation management, strategic complexity, and textual insights in a rapidly evolving business landscape.

Managing and retaining global talent is essential to reinvigorating the Chinese economy and maintaining companies’ competitive edge following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to CEIBS President (European) Dominique Turpin at the Pudong International Talent Hub Forum 2023 today.

A CEIBS case authoring team has captured the top prize in the Entrepreneurship category in the EFMD Case Writing Competition 2022.

Innovation in science and technology will drive the building of a healthy China, according to views shared by academics, experts, government officials and business leaders during the second CEIBS Health Policy Roundtable held both online and offline recently.

Zhenkunhang Industrial Supermarket (ZKH) today donated 10 million RMB to the CEIBS Education Development Foundation to support the naming of the CEIBS ZKH Supply Chain and Service Innovation Centre during a special ceremony at the school’s Shanghai campus.

Intense competition, the need to attract and retain top talent and the desire to gain first mover advantage are amongst the most important reasons companies need to innovate, according to a recently-released survey of business leaders.

The first stop on the CEIBS 2021 Innovation Forum series kicked off in Hangzhou.

CEIBS MBA China Module in Shenzhen and Guangzhou 

On March 2, forty students from MBA Class of 2022, along with professors and faculty members arrived in Hangzhou to start their 3-day Hangzhou Internet Business and Innovation Strategy Module. During the buffet dinner on the first night, the students got the opportunity to interact with CEIBS alumni working in Hangzhou. With many alumni working at Alibaba and other E-commerce companies, students got to further their understanding about cross-border E-commerce business.

CEIBS Professor of Entrepreneurship Rama Velamuri discusses industry in China vs India and how China has developed into a global manufacturing hub

Prof Oliver Rui says policy innovation needed to help small businesses navigate the cash crunch caused by the coronavirus outbreak