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GrANdes écoles

internationalization

How it changes educational trends
For two years now, ESSEC has been partnering with five of the world’s leading business
schools as part of the Council on Business and Society, underlining how management
institutions have turned into global players. Three of the Global Alliance’s Deans explain how
internationalization has changed educational trends in their country.

Professor Xiongwen Lu
Dean of School of Management
Fudan University (China)
Major progress over three decades
Business education in most Chinese universities has a history of 20 to 30 years. We
recently made significant progress in faculty
development and research competence.
More and more scholars published their
research in some top-tier international academic journals. Majority of local schools
have followed international standards.
GAP : research strength & resources
Comparing to the developed countries’
level, however, we seem to be lagged
behind. The gap is not only reflected by the
fundamental theoretical research but also
by the resources and the attraction of academic talents. Great regional variations
remain between our business schools.
We are not competent enough yet to
meet the huge, national demand of
management talents.

Thoughts about future way out
In the past, China’s economic development
mode was extensive, so was the business
education. We learned from the benchmark
peers in the developed countries, but kept
it at a mechanical copy level. Today, can we
create our own characteristics and develop
our own competiveness ?
China has to pursue a sustainable development path combining internationalization
and localization. In the next decade, our
economy will maintain its fast-speed
growth, needing senior managers with both
local insights and global perspectives. Many
believe that a lot of « findings » can be
made from the China miracle, and long for
experience summaries to guide the multinational companies in our country.
Responsibilities of Chinese scholars
Many Chinese challenges cannot be covered by western theories and experiences.
We should become more initiative and
active to conduct relevant research. This is
not only our comparative advantage, but
also our mission and duty.

Professor Paul Danos
Dean of Tuck School of Business
Dartmouth University (United States
of America)
Three mega trends are reshaping management education.
Globalization
In the last thirty years, we have seen an
amazing growth in new business schools
around the world, and a refocusing of the
long-established schools on what it takes
to educate a global leader. Increasingly,
multinational faculties, exchanges and
more expose students to different cultures
and business practices. The unanswered
question now is : will the top schools create
multiple campuses around the world ?
Digitalization
Communications technology may allow
schools to reach world-wide without having
to relocate. We all are experimenting with
digital technology and blended learning.
Techniques have gotten better and more
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