CEMS Magazine | May 2011
WRITER: Tor Johannessen CEMS Academic Director, Associate Professor – NHH
Business Projects at NHH in 2011 The fruitful cooperation between NHH and several CEMS Corporate Partners continues this year, which marks the 75th anniversary of the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. With the addition of Deloitte in 2011, we are now cooperating with many of the largest and most global consulting firms. The business projects this time range from the use of social media, via the development of corporate strategies, to an exciting research project which aims at trying to find the reason(s) why so few women on management level are employed in PwC’s business areas (insurance, consulting, and tax and legal services), and also why so many of those working there are leaving.
CEMS students help PwC get to the heart of a business problem These facts have puzzled PwC for a long time, and now, with the help of a group of CEMS students, they are hoping to get at least some indications, which in turn, may lead to a conclusion. “This project is not about increasing the number of women in PwC in general”, Idun Storm, herself a CEMS graduate, says. She is in charge of the project, and says that the multicultural composition of the group is of great help for them in order to search for clues to the main issue. In a few years, PwC has become one of NHH’s main “suppliers” of business projects and skills seminars, and they are also recruiting globally several CEMS graduates annually. This cooperation is hugely appreciated by NHH.
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