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In accordance with the bylaws of the Montpellier Business School Association, the Board of Directors met today to elect its new Bureau and its new Chairman. The newly elected Bureau consists of: 1st Vice-President: Mr. Dominique Seau, President of Eminence, representing the Advisory Bord Treasurer: Mr. Stéphane Cerdan (elected from CCI Hérault) Assistant Treasurer: Dr. Gilles Halbout (President of COMUE LR) Secretary: Mr. Panayotis Staïcos (President of the Montpellier Business School Alumni Alumni Association) Deputy Secretary: Mr. Jean-Pierre Leduc (elected from [...]
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MBS graduate Jérémie founded EcoMatelas, a unique start-up combining ecology with savings   Having graduated in 2011 and obtained his Grande Ecole Master’s Degree in 2013, Jérémie Adjedj is now a CEO and returned to MBS for the final vivas in the StratMeUp teaching programme with his EcoMatelas start-up. It was the perfect occasion for him to tell us about his entrepreneurial adventures !   How did you know you wanted to start a business ? You could say that my entrepreneurial spirit developed thanks [...]
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On 19 January 2018, the MBS alumni family expanded to include the Class of 2017 Executive MBA graduates. This AACSB and AMBA accredited programme also leads to RNCP Level 1 Certification “Business Development or Operational Unit Manager”. The participants proudly received their certificates to the applause of their families, friends, teachers and course managers. The ceremony was an occasion for collective joy and marks the beginning of a new stage in the professional life of each graduate.   Students of this top [...]
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After opening its MSc in Marketing, MSc in Global Business, MSc in Finance, MSc in International Business and MSc in Digital Management, Montpellier Business School has just received the accreditation from the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles for its new Master of Science in Lean Operations Management, which will welcome its first students next September.   What is a Master of Science in Lean Operations Management ? This new MSc programme launched by Montpellier Business School seeks to provide the managerial and operational skills [...]
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After having completed her studies at MBS with the apprenticeship track and graduating from the Master Grande Ecole in 2015, Manon Favier has acquired a range of professional experience in France and New Zealand in the field of wine packaging. Last September, she chose to return to France to focus her career on research by beginning a thesis co-supervised by Dr Franck Celhay, teacher-researcher at Montpellier Business School.   How did your passion for research begin? It's actually thanks to the dissertation that [...]
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On the 23rd of November, the MBS Foundation for Equal Opportunities organised its traditional scholarship and grant presentation ceremony. This year, emotions ran particularly high as the foundation celebrated its 10th anniversary and presented its new name, new logo and ever increasing ambitions for the future. Its aim? To sustain and develop the MBS social policy through the dynamics of fundraising.   Since 2007, the year of its creation under the auspices of the Fondation de France, the MBS Foundation for Equal [...]
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With the signatures of the Altrad Group, Air France, and Onet Group in less than a month, no fewer than 43 corporations have chosen to go beyond simple partnerships on various projects to become Major Partners with Montpellier Business School.   Regional presence: the Altrad Group and Leader Occitanie get closer to MBS With the desire to developing its already strong roots in the region, MBS and the Altrad Group, one of the largest companies in the region, have signed a Major Partnership [...]
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  On 7 December, on the occasion of its Advisory Board’s annual celebration, Montpellier Business School brought together representatives from more than 100 companies to celebrate its 120th anniversary in Paris. Attended by Christophe Catoir, President of the MBS Major Partner club and president of Adecco Group France, the evening was a testament to the close relationship that research, academics, and business can forge in order to find solutions and improvements in managerial practices together.   At Montpellier Business School, businesses’ constant presence [...]
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Already certified as a private higher education institution of public interest, Montpellier Business School joins COMUE LR-Universités, which organises regional coordination for the key actors in research and higher education. This significant recognition of MBS’s impact on the visibility of Montpellier University is part of the management school’s policy of strategic alliances.   First of all, what is COMUE-LRU ? It’s the Communauté d’Universités et Établissements Languedoc-Roussillon (Languedoc-Roussillon Community of Universities and Establishments), which includes the region’s unive [...]
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This year MBS held its 12th World Wide Week, which honours the school’s international dimension and prepares Master students for their international exchange. For the first time, the school took a step further in its cultural and academic sharing by hosting on campus ten teachers from prestigious foreign partner universities.   The international teachers came specifically from India, Colombia, Germany, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and the United States for this important week, and each offered a thematic course to our [...]
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On Monday 11 December, Berklee Morganto was awarded the prestigious and extremely competitive Jane M. Klausman “Women in Business” scholarship from Zonta International. On the Montpellier Business School campus, Morganto, an American student in the Master Grande École programme, has received this annual international prize intended to support young women who excel in their post-secondary studies in the field of business.   Originally from Texas, USA, Morganto chose to study at Montpellier Business School and is currently completing a very selective Master’s [...]
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The Bachelor and Master graduation ceremony held on Saturday 2 December at the Zénith in Montpellier was a particularly powerful event this year as it marked the 120th anniversary of Montpellier Business School. It was a moving moment for all the graduates, but also for their families and loved ones, as well as for their professors, who have supported them throughout their studies and in the last stage of their academic careers.   This year, over 3,800 people gathered to take part [...]
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