Family

Business
Global
Executive MBA
Family business centre

WHY Edhec?

EDHEC Business School stands out for its continuous interaction with the business world,
thanks to the relevance of its academic programmes and research, and their positive impact
on the economy and society as a whole. This belief is embodied in its EDHEC for Business strategy.
The EDHEC Family Business Centre employs training methods tailored to the specific needs
of family businesses and leverages a network of five campuses in Lille, Nice, Paris, London and Singapore
to assist current and future senior executives in France and abroad.

UNPARALLELED BUSINESS
RELEVANCE

AN ELITE TEACHING AND

RESEARCH FACULTY

A GLOBAL BUSINESS
EDUCATION

EDHECs close ties to business

translate to relevant education, in
France and abroad. Top executive
partners are involved in the schools
programmes and research projects to
ensure real-world relevance.

EDHECs teaching staff is made up

of leading experts from around the
world and includes some of the brightest
researchers in the fields of finance,
economics, financial analysis and
accounting, and business law. EDHEC
research policy aims at developing quality
academic research useful to businesses.

EDHEC Business School is recognized

as one of the top institutions in
the world for its international
programmes, its partnerships with
leading universities and business
schools, and the prestige of its
diplomas.

#2

French Business school for its Custom

Executive Education programmes
Financial Times, 2014

Research Centres including

internationally prominent
EDHEC-Risk Institute

#15

MBA
in Europe

The Economist, 2014

EDHEC holds the Triple Crown of international accreditations (AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS)
for its outstanding academic programmes, its strong links with the corporate community, its impressive
global reach and its commitment to ongoing quality improvement.

Welcome
from the Dean

Welcome to the EDHEC Family Business Global Executive MBA.

Its new, its unique! Its just how next generation leaders
would have designed it.
Family Values and Global Perspective: Family Business is deeply rooted in our
DNA since EDHEC was founded in 1906 by prominent entrepreneurs from the
North of France. As a European Business School, we also embrace diversity, global
thinking and networking with other families around the world
as sources of inspiration in both personal and business lives.
Managerial Rigour and Relevance: What makes this EDHEC programme so unique?
On top of fundamental business practices, it focuses on issues that are clearly specific to
family firms, be it strategies for family businesses, fiscal and financial engineering,
family firms governance, roles and responsibilities of Board Members,
that no other MBA programme in the world is addressing.
EDHEC's independent and agile spirit is both entrepreneurial
and innovation-based. It reflects our values close to Family Business
and is the source of value creation for the EDHEC Family Business Global
Executive MBA programme.
In Lille, Paris, Nice, London and Singapore, the richness and relevance
of the learning, the exceptional personal development plan and the international
networking opportunities make EDHEC Family Business Global Executive MBA a
truly outstanding experience.

You have the potential!

Get your MBA
while you work!
Olivier OGER
Dean of EDHEC Business School

The EDHEC Family Business Centre was created in 2012 with the support of prominent families
and family businesses. Our mission consists in promoting the Family Business model and sustaining
its growth. To succeed in this mission, we develop research which is focused on application
and business relevance, training programmes meant for family business leaders to enhance learning
and to strengthen the commitment of the leaders, as well as dedicated events to favour networking
and the exchange of best practices among family business leaders.

FAMILY BUSINESS
FOUNDING MEMBERS
The EDHEC Family Business Centre was founded with the support of the Michelin Family
(through the company Mage-Invest), of the Mulliez Family (through the Association Familiale Mulliez)
and of the following corporations:

FAMILY BUSINESS
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

contents
Welcome From The Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01

Curriculum At A Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Admission Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Are You Ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03

Your Leadership Development . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Edhec Campuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

04

Innovative Teaching Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Structure Of The Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06

Meet Our Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2016/2017 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08

Edhec Alumni Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

A Unique Programme

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Are you ready?

You will soon take charge! Leading a Business Unit, sitting on the Board or both.

You are elated and youve got great ambitions and new ideas for the family business

And you know that leading the growth and continuity of the family business is one of the most
difficult jobs in the world. When it comes to family businesses, filling the shoes of the all-powerful
leader is also far from easy.
Although you have seen the previous leaders struggle to balance family demands
and business requirements, the retiring generation will often be cherished as close to perfection
and you will always be judged on how you have integrated their vision and charisma,
their entrepreneurship spirit and their business acumen.

You may wish you had complemented earlier your on-the-job training with a stronger
academic background. Not only are you required to have a solid understanding of the key
management tools in finance, marketing and operations; you also need to feel comfortable in analyzing
and assessing the situation to develop new strategies and implement change; you need to be
familiar with the roles and responsibilities of Board members; you must understand the impact
of governance on performance.
EDHEC Family Business Global Executive MBA has especially been designed to help you achieve
these goals and more, with a particular focus on the key requirements of modern family businesses,
among which stand the Competitive Imperative, Leadership Excellence and Efficient Governance.
The programme has been carefully crafted by experienced faculty and Family Business experts to:

accelerate your learning by exposing you to hundreds of business situations;

prepare you to immediately put into practice the content of each module;
help you fill any leadership competency gap you will identify at the beginning of the programme.

Moreover, you will do that with a group of people you can trust: people who have exactly
the same issues, the same objectives, the same needs to develop. You will all share remarkably similar
stories, yet in your own unique family business environment. We bet some of your fellow participants
may well become not only friends but your most trusted advisors through all your life.
EDHEC Family Business Global Executive MBA is a life-changing journey.
Is it for you? Are you ready? Lets meet and find out.

Sylvain Daudel
Director of EDHEC Family Business Centre
Programme Director

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a unique programme

our participants have a unique profile

Like many MBA participants, they want to enrich

their experience sharing best practices with international peers.
They are result-oriented, with a strong track record as managers.
In addition to analytical skills, they need to strengthen interpersonal skills.

Identiied as next leaders

(family members or external to the family)
Recognized achievement and strong potential

Unlike regular MBA students, they have been identified

as the next leaders of a business unit, or invited to sit on the Board.
Participants in GEMBA alternate their intense study periods with
their demanding professional work.

Analytically solid and emotionally mature

Clear motivation and drive

Participants in the programme have had a rich business life

for an average of 10 years, with at least 4 years
of significant managerial responsibilities: they are able to exercise
sound business judgement and to share worthwhile experience.

Rich business experience (10 years, of which 4 with

managerial responsibilities in the Family Firm)
Average age: mid-30s to mid-40s

we offer family business leaders

what no other programme does
Strategies for family business: balancing theory

and practice with visits to family firms in Asia

A transformational
journey over 15 months and 5 campuses

Legal and financial engineering for family business

Corporate financial strategy serious game
Family business governance, and the role

and responsibilities of Board Members

Leadership assessment centre to design

individual development agenda

On-going dialogue between coaching and mentoring

Leadership development programme

with a leadership bootcamp in the UK

Leveraging of EDHEC world-renowned EDHEC-Risk Institute

and EDHEC research on governance

5 international campuses

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meeting the triple requirement

of modern family businesses!

The ultimate goal for a family firm is to continue being so, i.e. to remain as a company
that successfully transmits itself to the next generation. In a more complex, more global, more competitive
and more uncertain environment, the modern family firm is confronted with a triple requirement:
Competitive Imperative, Leadership Excellence and Efficient Governance.
Market

COMPETITIVE
imperative
Family business

Family
in business

EDHEC
Family business
global
executive
mba

Efficient
governance

Family
Leadership
excellence

self

Competitive Imperative

Efficient Governance

Leadership excellence

Being competitive requires analysis

of the environment and anticipation of
changes. It means reinforcing in the production
cycle those critical elements contributing
to create the value that is recognised
by the market. It is the resolve to strengthen
ones position through innovation. It is the
implementation of the strategy with agility.
Whatever the degree of diversification
or internationalisation they present, Family
Businesses are often deeply rooted in
their original trade and exhibit strong
prudential behaviours. It is then legitimate
to put the issue of openness at the heart
of their strategy. This openness needs to be
evaluated, in terms of products, technology,
territories and competencies.

In Family Businesses, when the Family

and the Business develop, the number
of actors and interests increases; decisions can
no longer be taken in informal gatherings.
We need to create appropriate and efficient
governance to separate and unite at
the same time the voices of shareholders,
family members and managers. Boards need
to be well crafted, roles and responsibilities
of Board Members need to be shared and
understood, including those members
external to the family who can reinforce
the supervising authoritys mission.
We need to look at issues from multiple
perspectives and constantly strengthen
cohesion and commitment from
the family owners.

Leadership excellence is about defining a

common ambition for the business, growing
people and helping them develop.
Complexity enters the picture when we think
about building the family firms growth strategy
and in the meantime safeguarding the familys
cohesion and optimising the ownership
structure to strengthen the continuity options.
As a family business leader, you are responsible
for the values of the company and the impact
of your company on the community at large.
We will help you to develop leadership skills
to define clear goals and boldness,
and to acquire a strong sense of self-confidence.
You will then be able to welcome change,
challenge the existing rules of the game
and encourage new ideas.

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Objectives and structure

of the programme

What can participants expect?

What improvement will they gain as leaders?
Business and Managerial Practices Fundamentals
(3 weeks on campus)
Phase 1

EDHEC Family Business Global Executive MBA will provide you with business fundamentals and
key managerial practices in the following areas: Microeconomics and Operations Management,
Analytical and Managerial Finance, Marketing Management with the world famous Markstrat
simulation, Corporate Strategy with visits to Family Businesses in Asia.

GROWING the Family Business

(4 weeks on campus)
Phase 2

Phase 3

Attention is given to complex challenges in a turbulent environment: the focus will be

on strategies for family businesses, corporate finance and governance issues.
To understand what efficient governance means, we will delve into
roles and responsibilities of Board Members, how to run a board,
and financial engineering specific to family firms through simulation.
A specific module will deal with wealth management.

Getting Ready for Action,

Creating your own Family Business Agenda
(2 weeks on campus)
With various family firm leaders testimonies, you will explore actual business
cases and develop your own agenda, including your vision for the business,
the family and the ownership. This module is meant to guide you through
the personal contribution you intend to articulate within your family business.

Additionally, you will participate in

Workshops on Communicating to the Press, Introduction to Wealth Management.
Electives such as Value-based Negotiation or Leveraging Digital Business.
Key Challenges like Perspective and Prospective of Globalisation.
International Political Analysis and Generation Y and the rise of the Millenials.
Leadership Bootcamp.

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EDHEC Family Business Global Executive MBA

represents around twelve weeks of intense work.
It constitutes a significant commitment.
Off-campus work + On-going coaching

Kick-off Event
- Leadership
Assessment Centre
MBA Fundamentals 1
(2 weeks in Lille
and Paris)

Strategies
for Family
Businesses
(2 weeks
in Singapore)

MBA
Fundamentals 2
(1week in Paris)

Legal &
Financial
Engineering
(1 week in Nice)

Governance
& Leadership
Bootcamp
(1 week in London)

Family
Businesses
Corporate
issues
(1 week in Lille)

Electives,
Key Challenges
& Graduation
(1 week in Paris)

Evolving personal development agenda

Community collaborative platform

february 2016

may 2017

15

months
Starting in February 2016 with graduation
in spring 2017. To allow participants to
continue their work, the programme takes
place on a regular basis (every two months
approximately), each period on campus
being at least one week long to optimise travel
time. The first and third period both last
two weeks. There is a total of 9 weeks
on campus.

weeks on campus
To take advantage of the global nature
of the programme, and allow company
visits and international networking, modules
will take place alternately on EDHECs five
campuses in Lille, Paris, Nice, London
and Singapore. Readings will be done
in advance.

weeks off campus

In addition to the periods on campus,
there is significant work between sessions.
Some will be done in advance (e.g. virtual
team exercises, and readings), some will involve
applying concepts to your work environment
(implementation reports, personal projects,
and participants cases).

Leadership development (see page 14 for details)

Leadership Development will start with an assessment centre during the first week. Improvement opportunities
will be identified and a personal development agenda drawn up by each participant with the help of a professional coach.
Coaching and mentoring will continue throughout the programme.

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2016/2017
Calendar

module

dates

edhec campus

lille

paris
nice

2016
Module 1

February 22nd - March 5th

Module 2

May 23th - May 28th

Module 3

July 25th - August 6th

Module 4

October 24th - October 29th

Module 5

December 12th - December 17th

singapore

london

2017
Module 6

February 20th - February 25th

Module 7

May 22nd - May 26th

(current dates are still subject to change)

cost
The tuition fee for the EDHEC
Family Business Global Executive MBA
is 60 000 for 2016/2017

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME
Thanks to our Sponsors, Applicants will be able to contest
for one of the Scholarships for the EDHEC Family Business
GEMBA Programme. Recipients will receive 15000 applied
towards the overall tuition fees of the programme. For more
information regarding the Scholarships, please contact our
Admissions Office.

The tuition fee covers teaching fee, all academic material,

and access to the school libraries, EDHEC Alumni
network membership, all computing charges, parking
and lunches. Graduation ceremonies and selected
dinners are also included.
The tuition fee does not include transport,
accommodation and dinners.

Application deadlines
Due to our rolling admissions process, we strongly
recommend candidates to send the completed
application
to the EDHEC Family Business Global Executive MBA
Admissions Office, as soon as possible.

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SINGAPORE
NICE

5
CAMPUSES

SINGAPORE

LONDON

LILLE

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PARIS

curriculum
at a glance

February 2016
March
APRIL

PHASE 1
MBA
Fundamentals
(Business and
Managerial Practices)

MAY

Leadership Assessment Centre

Financial and Management Accounting

lille

Operations Management
Organisational Behaviour
Microeconomics Essentials

PARIS

Marketing Management (MARKSTRAT)

June
July
august
semptember
october
november

PHASE 2
GROWING
the Family
Business
(Strategy
and Financial
Engineering, Family
Firm Governance)

Competitive and Corporate Strategy

Visits to Business Families in Asia

SINGAPORE

Media training workshop in Singapore

Corporate Finance & Family Firm
Financial Engineering
Introduction to Wealth Management
Family Firm Governance

NICE

DRIVE Leadership Bootcamp

in the UK

LONDON

december
january 2017
February
March
APRIL

PHASE 3
Ready
for Action
(Creating
your own Family
Business Agenda)

Exploring real Family Business cases with

the actual players (owners and experts)

LILLE

Electives (like Negotiation / Digital Business)

Key Challenges for tomorrow
Graduation Ceremony in Paris

PARIS

May

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Phase 1
Business and Managerial
Practices Fundamentals

Objective: Mastery of Key Management Disciplines

Core courses are offered on campus during the first three weeks;
they are grounded in the key management disciplines
Financial and Management
Accounting

Microeconomics
The Economics of Competitive Markets

Anatomy of Financial Statements

Assessing the Financial Health of the Firm
Interpreting Financial Statements

Market Efficiency and Economic Surplus

Planning Future Financial Performance

Working Capital Management
The role of Inventory in Measuring Profit

The Economics of Monopoly

and Entry Barriers

Cost Information for Decision

Cost Behaviour, Breakeven and
Contribution Analysis, Relevant costs
and Cost Management

Marketing Management
Understanding Marketing
Segmentation & Targeting
Positioning
Marketing Mix 1
(product & pricing strategies)
Marketing Mix 2
(communication & distribution strategies)

Firm Decision-Making in Various

Market Situations

COURSE EVALUATION

The Challenge of Price Discrimination

At the end of core courses,

a short examination (1 to 2 hours)
will test the understanding of
the fundamental concepts for problemsolving and decision-making.

Organisational Behaviour

off-campus work

Leading the Family Business

through People Interpersonal Style,
leadership and Teams

As part of the core courses, participants

will work individually and in groups
between the sessions. Virtual teams
will be expected to analyse cases and
make recommendations. To help participants
apply what they learn, they will work on
implementation reports.

Oligopolistic Markets and Corporate Rivalry

Leading the Family Business

through Processes Reward Systems
and Incentives within Family Firms
Leading the Family Business Change
Organisational design, Power
and Politics in Organisations, Culture

Strategic Marketing Planning

Leading the Family Business

Succession

Finance

Operations Management

Building on the basic foundations of finance,

it focuses on strategic decisions leading
to capital spending. The course emphasizes
valuation as a way to reconcile financing,
cost of capital and operational management.

The course treats operations from a general

managers perspective. It examines the basic
principles of managing the production and
distribution of goods and services decisions,
in assessing performance. Topics include
performance measurement issues,
and supply-chain management.

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Phase 2
Growing the Family Business

Objective: Meeting the triple requirement of

Competitive Imperative, Efficient Governance
and leadership Excellence

Singapore

Nice

London

In Singapore, we will approach Family

Business needs through an integrated
methodology of cases and classes.

In Nice, we will explore corporate finance

and the legal and financial engineering
strategies that Family Businesses need
to consider when confronted with major
investment opportunities. To get practical,
we will use Pandora, a proprietary business
game developed by EDHEC and partners.

In London, participants will discuss what

is efficient Family Business governance.
They will explore the roles and responsibilities
of Board Members, and understand
how to run a Board.

Our Corporate Strategy

approach will focus on:
Innovation
Diversification
Internationalisation
Acquisition
We will also visit relevant Asian
companies or European companies
established in Singapore to confront
theory and practice.

Participants will also be exposed to

an Introduction to Wealth Management:
Goal-based investing for private investors
Using risk-management to maximise
the probability to achieve goals.

Participants will be exposed at the end

of the Singapore stay to a full-day
Media training workshop.

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Participants will also embark on DRIVE:

a 3-day Leadership Bootcamp
in the UK. DRIVE stands for:
Development
Responsibility
Integrity
Vision
Excellence

Phase 3
Ready for action

DRAWING YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS AGENDA

This last phase is designed to help

participants create their own family
business agenda.

lille

paris

On EDHEC Business School campus in Lille

participants will be exposed to diverse
real family business cases presented
by the actual players. They will have
opportunities to ask all the questions they
want and receive candid answers.

In Paris, we arrive at the final stage of

our journey, and participants will have
the opportunity to present their agenda for
the family, the business and the ownership
to a jury of family firm members
and EDHEC faculty.

As strongly as we believe that solutions

and responses are unique to each
family business, we are also convinced
that the majority of issues are similar
to all family businesses.

Electives will be offered, such as:

This part of the programme will be

a tremendous opportunity for participants
to share their beliefs and doubts,
their ideas and visions, to consolidate
their personal contribution to their
own family business.

Value-based Negotiation
Leveraging Digital Business
Three days will also be dedicated
to exploring key challenges like:
Perspective and prospective on
globalisation
International political analysis
Generation X and the rise of the Millenials

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Off-campus, they will be given

a proprietary diagnostic tool
to assess all relevant issues within their
company, analyse strengths
and weaknesses, positive trends
and opportunities for vigilance.
They will be asked to design their
vision for the future.
On-campus, participants will f inalise
the journey, sharing best practices
among themselves and with other
prominent actors in the family
business community.

PARIS

.A prominent Family Business

speaker will host the Gala Dinner
and give their name to the EDHEC
Family Business Global Executive
MBA class.

Leadership Excellence:
your leadership
development programme

Efficient management is the art of gaining maximum performance with

minimum input. And many a company fails, efficiently, meeting solely
short-term goals.
Leaders recognise the importance of a long-term vision. They boldly welcome
and impulse change to pursue ambitious objectives. With or without charisma,
but with respect and integrity, they personalise their vision and transform groups
of individuals into motivated teams. For their followers, leaders are a source
of inspiration and commitment.
For family businesses,
leadership excellence is linked to the
legitimacy of the leader. As a member
of the family or external to the family,
legitimacy comes from competencies in
terms of managerial practices as well
as the capacity to embody, share and
maintain the long-term values coming
from the family business history.

1. Assessment Centre

3. Coaching Sessions

Coaches will intervene at each stage

of the programme through on-campus
peer-development sessions to help
participants develop and evolve in
their agenda.

4. Dialogue between
Coaching and Mentoring

At the start of the programme, each

participant will benefit from a personal
appraisal through a proprietary assessment
centre developed by EDHEC for family
business leaders.

Participants will be asked to identify

a mentor within the family firm so that
follow-up can be ensured between
coaches on-campus and mentors
off-campus.

2. Individual Development Agenda

5. Peer-Leader Exchange

With the help of coaches, participants

will draw up their individual agenda
for development throughout
the duration of the programme.

A specific shadowing experience will

help participants reflect on their beliefs
and behaviours, and receive feedback
from peers.

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Additionally, 2 workshops
will help participants consolidate
assertiveness, independence, self-regard
and self-actualisation.

6. Media Training Workshop

in Singapore
During the two-week module
in Singapore, participants will be exposed
to a full-day media training workshop
to explore posture and ease in front
of journalists.

7. DRIVE: Leadership
Bootcamp in the UK
There are numerous models of Leadership
Training and our way to express our model
is through the simple acronym DRIVE
Development, Responsibility, Integrity,
Vision and Excellence.

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innovative
teaching methods

The content of the programme is important; so is the learning process!

How you learn is as important as what you learn and we want to make sure that you can
apply immediately your newly acquired knowledge.

CASES AND BUSINESS GAMES

FOR ACCELERATED LEARNING

ENRICHMENT THROUGH DIVERSITY

You will also learn from the wealth of experience which exists
in the classroom. Faculty will reveal such experience and
encourage exchange of best practices and collective learning.
Yet people may have different viewpoints. Arguing with
others is an essential part of acquiring knowledge. In order
to convince others, you need to better articulate your own
arguments and better understand your own thoughts.

The number of real cases to which you will be exposed

throughout the programme far exceeds the opportunities you may
have in day-to-day life. You will learn from other countries,
from other industries, from situations you may not encounter
in your own environment. Business games such as MARKSTRAT
and PANDORA will also put you in tough decision-making
situations. The richness of the methodology accelerates
your business experience as a leader.

STRATEGIC FOCUS
The emphasis throughout the programme is on
the Family Firm as a whole, rather than on individual disciplines.
Functional disciplines are covered during the first three
to four weeks, in order to harmonise levels of understanding.
Thereafter the emphasis is on strategic analysis and decision: sharing
a broad view of the business and understanding the interaction
with the overall context; creating value for the firms various
constituencies: the customer, the employees,
the family members and the shareholders.

CONCRETE AND APPLICABLE

The EDHEC Family Business Global Executive MBA
is all about bridging the gap between theory and practice. Alternating
between the classroom and your place at work, you will construct
your own bridge through the implementation reports and
the projects, where you will apply what you have learnt to
your very own work environment.

DIVErSITY, ENGAGEMENT AND FUN

We will provide a diversity of methods through lectures,
cases, simulations, coaching and relevant company visits.
We will organise peer-leader exchange, various workshops
and a Leadership Bootcamp. You need to provide
commitment and engagement to make the programme
worthwhile to you and to your fellow participants.
Engagement is also the necessary ingredient to make this
overall experience a lasting reservoir of fun memories.

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meet OUR faculty

Faculty members include professors, speakers and family business leaders

from around the world, of whom you will find examples below. They all contribute to this
programme sharing expertise and pushing participants to develop their full potential.

Marie-Ccile Cervellon
MARKETING & CONSUMER
BEHAVIOUR SCIENCES
PhD McGill University

Geert Demuijnck
POLITICAL Philosophy
and Business Ethics
PhD University of Leuven

Marie-Ccile is a Professor of Marketing

and Consumer Behaviour Sciences. She
holds a Master of Research in Marketing
from the University of Paris Dauphine as
well as a PhD in Management from McGill
University. Before joining EDHEC, she has
taught in renowned universities mainly in
Monaco and at McGill.

Geert is a Professor of Philosophy

and Business Ethics. He holds a PhD in
Philosophy from the University of Leuven.
His courses, research and publications
focus on business ethics, economic ethics
and political philosophy. He also serves as
a consultant for global family businesses
such as Auchan and Orange

Stphane Dubreuille
FINANCE
PhD University of Lille 2

Philippe Foulquier
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
PhD University of Paris 10

Philippe is a Professor of Financial

Stphane works as a Professor of Finance
Analysis and Accounting. He holds a
for several international business schools
PhD in Economics from the University of
and financial institutions. He had 10 years
Paris 10 and 15 years of experience as a
experience at Paris Stock Exchange
financial analyst and researcher in global
and served as a financial analyst in
businesses (Credit Lyonnais, BNP). He
the United States, with a special focus
teaches both in academic education and
on transmission. His research and
publications stand as references in the executive programmes at EDHEC, notably
to family business executives.
financial world.

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Pierre dHuy
Innovation
Pierre is a Professor of Innovation at
EDHEC Business School. He contributes
to academic education programmes and
to executive education via the Advanced
Management Programme in Paris. Pierre
also leads international seminars offered
by EDHEC Executive Education and as
part of the MBA and Executive MBA
programmes.

Pamela Lirio
Management
PhD McGill University

Florencio Lopez de Silanes

Finance
PhD Harvard University

Lionel Martellini
FINANCE
PhD University of California

Pamela has been teaching Management

at EDHEC Business School for several
years. She holds a PhD in Management
from McGill University as well as an
MBA in International Management. Her
teaching interests focus on organizational
behavior, work-life balance, crosscultural management and international
management and qualitative methods.

Florencio Lopez de Silanes is a professor

of Finance and Law at EDHEC Business
School. He holds a PhD in Finance from
Harvard University. His research and
main publications focus on International
Corporate Finance and Financial Markets,
Legal Reform and Privatization. He served
as an advisor on these topics to several
governments, international institutions
and corporations.

Lionel is a Professor of Finance and the

Scientific Director of EDHEC-Risk Institute.
He holds Masters Degrees in Business
Administration, Economics, Statistics
and Mathematics, as well as a PhD in
Finance from the University of California
at Berkeley. Besides his publications in
leading academic journals, he has served
as a consultant for investors and banks on
risk and asset allocation decisions.

Emmanuel Mtais
Strategy
IAE Aix-en-Provence & ESSEC

Christopher Ragan
MICROECONOMICS
PhD MIT

Emmanuel is a professor of Strategy.

His main teaching and research interests
revolve around corporate strategy, with
a specific focus on disruptive strategies
and M&A performance.
He has published a book and more
than 30 articles or book chapters
pertaining to these themes in French
and international academic journals.

Christopher has been teaching

Microeconomics at McGill University for more
than 15 years. He is also a research fellow and
was for many years a member of the Institutes
Monetary Policy Council. Christopher is
the author of Economics, the most widely
used introductory economics textbook
in Canada and of articles in many academic and
policy journals. He holds a PhD in Economics
from the MIT.
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Christophe Roquilly
LAW
PhD University of Lille 2

Valrie Petit
Leadership
PhD CNAM Paris

Christophe is a Professor of law, Director

of LegalEdhec Research Centre, and
one of the Heads of the Faculty. He has
performed different functions at EDHEC.
Author of numerous books and papers
both in academic and professional
journals, his research activities are
dedicated to the relationships between
law and strategy, legal management, legal
risks, compliance and ethics.

Valerie is a Professor of Leadership,

Organisational Leadership, Strategic
Leadership and HR management. She is
a member of the International Leadership
ssociation (ILA), the Society of Business
Ethics (SBE), the Association Franaise
de Psychologie Positive (AFPP), and the
Academy of Management (AOM). She
holds a PhD in Strategic Management
and lectures and writes on Leadership
and developing creative management
tools for top executives and HR directors.

Monique Valcour
Management
PhD Cornell University

Lorraine Uhlaner
Entrepreneurship
& Family Business
PhD University of Michigan
Lorraine is a Professor of Entrepreneurship,
Strategy, Family business, Corporate governance
and organisation behaviour. Her publications
and current research include the effect of
culture on entrepreneurship behaviour, the
responsibilities of owners in privately-held
firms She has created a number of programmes
to assist entrepreneurs and family businesses
among the Eastern Michigan University and the
European Family Business Institute in Rotterdam.

Vincent Van Peteghem

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
PhD Ghent University

Monique teaches Management and more

Vincent teaches Information Systems,
specifically Strategic Human Resource
operations and Quality management.
Management, Organisation Management
He holds a PhD in Applied Economics
and Leadership. She graduated from
from Ghent University on Multi-mode
Harvard University and holds a PhD in
Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling.
Organisational Behaviour from Cornell
His research focuses on operations
University in the USA. She is also very
management issues such as Project
active in research and has been published in Management, Project Scheduling Problems
several top academic reviews.
and Resource Availability Cost Problems.
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EDHEC
ALUMNI NETWORK

Alumni will become your most trusted Network of Advisors:

the base of EDHEC Family Business Global Executive MBA.

Join a community of talent

Participants will learn as much from each other as

from the world-class EDHEC faculty and curricular activities.

The programme allows you to join the EDHEC Alumni

association, which gathers a great diversity of talents
and profiles from different kinds of businesses.
All members share the same vision to develop
a network based on solidarity and conviviality,
contributing to EDHEC Business Schools reputation
at local, regional and international level.

Over the 15-month programme, they will create with their

peers a very strong professional and often personal
international network that lasts a lifetime.

About 200 events

38 international clubs

The association organises numerous events every year

all around the world, creating strong ties between
the different generations and extending the reach of
the network to local decision-makers. It also aims
at sustaining and advising each and every alumnus
throughout their career.

Coordinated by Edhec Ambassadors, these clubs

drive local networks through numerous events dealing
with entrepreneurship, marketing, to develop
professional and personal links.

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ADMISSIONs PROCESS

application

Preliminary review (pre-selection)

To apply to EDHEC Family Business

Global Executive MBA, candidates must provide
the following documents:

Once your application is complete, a pre-selection

is made according to the participant profile criteria.

Application form: make sure to thoroughly

complete the application form with accurate
and up-to-date information
Company endorsement: as EDHEC Family Business
Global Executive MBA represents a significant time commitment,
you need to get the formal endorsement of your company

2 Essays
2 letters of reference from individuals
qualified to comment about your professional
achievements and your career

INTERVIEW

Application fee of 200

Pre-selected candidates will be invited for an interview

session to complete the assessment. Interviews will either take
place in your country of residence (or as close as possible)
or be organised via video-conferencing or Skype.

Apply on: www.edhec-family-business-gemba.com

Your application must

be completed and sent to:

EDHEC Family Business

Global Executive MBA
Admissions Office
Romuald Gallet
16-18, rue du Quatre-Septembre
75002 Paris France

Final review and decision

Once the interview is completed and documented,
the Admissions Committee will take the final decision.
You will be advised of the outcome by email and
a formal letter.

gemba@edhec.edu

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London

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Nice

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www.edhec.com
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EDHEC is one of the fifty business schools worldwide to hold
the Triple Crown of international accreditationsEQUIS,
AACSB and AMBAfrom the three international bodies
that certify the excellence of study programmes, faculty quality,
relations with the business community and commitment to the
local and economic environment.

EDHEC April 2015

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