IN THIS ISSUE
Editorial 05
Prof. Dr. Thomas Bieger,
Chairman of CEMS and President of the University of St. Gallen
CEMS Magazine 06
COMMENT The new Student Board and Alumni Association Presidents present their mission
About CEMS Founded in 1988, CEMS is a global alliance of 26 business schools and universities, 69 prestigious multinational companies and two NGOs. They collaborate closely to deliver the CEMS Master’s in International Management (or “CEMS MIM”), one of the top-ranked pre-experience Master’s in Management in the world by the Financial Times. The CEMS MIM provides a unique blend of top-level education and professional experience for multilingual, multicultural postgraduate students. www.cems.org
contacts Editor-in-chief:
Kevin Titman Communications Manager, CEMS Head Office
Editorial committee:
Blandine Avot Secretary General, CEMS Alumni Association José Campo de la Cruz CEMS Student Board representative, EGADE – Tec de Monterrey Torsten Röwekamp Vice-President, CEMS Alumni Association Miriam Scharmach CEMS Student Board representative, University of Cologne
Network Events 08
Student Board, Louropa Forum, Executive Board and Programme and Corporate Relations Managers meetings
Regional events in Warsaw, Lisbon and Copenhagen Alumni Local Committee events
On campus 22
Sydney and Nova re-branding projects
NHH Block Seminar and Business Project LSE Microfinance conference Louvain Ph.D. course ESADE, Cologne and Sydney CSR courses
31 Feature
CSR: a new world of business Part 1: action in the schools Part 2: the corporate strategic view Part 3: alumni in the field
Think tank 52
New faculty publications
Business and the Environment Faculty Group report Aalto poverty reduction project
Student & alumni focus 57 Microfinance alumna profile
Alumni entrepreneurs Student Board report Students in business case competitions
Design & layout: WordAppeal
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Printing: Colorpack
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Contact the editorial team at cemsmag@cems.org
Cover photo: CEMS student Cleo Biron (left) and CEMS alumna Wieteke Dupain (right) with Muhammad Yunus at the Annual Events in Rotterdam