Grenoble School of Management

Grenoble École de Management (GEM) is a French leading graduate business school specialized in Business and Management. It was founded in 1984 in Grenoble, France by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Grenoble. GEM is known for its teaching in business strategy, finance, and technology management and its contribution in Management reviews. The school offers undergraduate and graduate programs as well as executive education on its two French campuses in Grenoble and Paris and its twelve international campuses.[4] It is one of the first 76 schools in the world (1%) to have obtained the triple accreditation: EQUIS by the EFMD, AMBA, and the AACSB. GEM is one of the biggest French business schools in academic staff (# 700) and in number of students : GEM has students of 159 nationalities enrolled in graduate and undergraduate programmes.[3]

Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
Former names
Groupe École Supérieure de Commerce de Grenoble
MottoManagement Technology & Innovation
TypePrivate business school
Grande école
Established1984 (1984)
AffiliationAACSB, EQUIS, AMBA, CGE, AGERA, G9+, COMUE Grenoble-Alpes Universities, Alliance Lyon Grenoble Business School
EndowmentUS$133,000,000
(emlyon-GEM Alliance)[1]
DeanLoïck Roche[2]
Academic staff
700
Administrative staff
430
Students9,000[3] (38,000 alumni)
380
Location
Grenoble
,
France

45.190°N 5.714°E / 45.190; 5.714
CampusUrban
Websiteen.grenoble-em.com

Overview

History
  • 1984: Foundation of Groupe ESC Grenoble, the first French business school to offer curricula based on technology management.
  • 1988: Launch of the first specialized master in International Marketing of New Technologies.
  • 1990: 20th international exchange agreement with partner universities.
  • 1997: Opening up of 3,000 square meters of space in the school dedicated to multimedia and international programs.

Sup de Co Grenoble is in the World trade center, business area at Grenoble. Grenoble is recognized to be the "Capital of the Alps" and ESC Grenoble for its collaboration with top engineering schools (INPG, ENSIMAG, ENST Bretagne, Mines Telecom...)

  • 2000: Groupe ESC Grenoble receives EQUIS accreditation from the EFMD, placing it among the top business schools in Europe. A recruitment office is opened in Shanghai, to expose the Chinese market to the school's international programs.
  • 2001: Groupe ESC Grenoble becomes a multi-site school by setting up its programs internationally: 1 in Russia, 1 in Moldova, 1 in Malta, 2 in China.
  • 40% of the student body now comes from abroad.
  • 2002: Thierry Grange (International director, honorary consul of Norway, ex-CEO) becomes Dean and Director General of Groupe ESC Grenoble.
  • 2003: ESC Grenoble group change its name and becomes Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM)
GEM campus.
  • 2004: Grenoble Ecole de Management obtains AACSB accreditation, an international recognition of the school's quality, and is awarded AMBA accreditation for its MBA program. GEM is triple accredited with AMBA-EQUIS-AACSB.
  • 2007: Geopolitics becomes compulsory both in the ESC Grenoble entry exam and in the core curriculum ("Grande Ecole program").
  • 2008: Grenoble Ecole de Management is a founding member of the Innovation Campus GIANT alongside the ESRF, ILL, EMBL, CNRS, CEA, Grenoble INP and the UJF.[6]
  • 2009: The school jumps 11 places in the annual Financial Times European business schools ranking, having been ranked in the top 20 best schools in Europe.[7]
  • 2012: Former Associate Director, Vice-Dean in charge of Academics, Research and Faculty, Senior Professor, Management and Behaviour, Loïck Roche becomes Grenoble Ecole de Management's third director.[9]
  • 2013: Grenoble Ecole de Management opens a new campus in Paris to promote its international and executive education programs.[10]
  • 2016: The school partners with Hannover-based GISMA Business School to open a new campus in Berlin.[11] At the end of March, Grenoble Ecole de Management and EMLYON Business School announce their alliance, the Alliance Lyon Grenoble Business School, centered on innovation, entrepreneurship, growth and new business.[12]
  • 2017: Grenoble Ecole de Management is consistently ranked among "the 5 best universities and business schools in France" according to Le Figaro,[13] Financial Times[14] for MS in management and by The Economist 2018 and QS World University 2018 for global MBA.
  • 2019: Grenoble has a network of more than 37,682 alumni in the world with representatives at London, Dubai, Berlin, Hong Kong, San Francisco.
  • 2018: GEM was ranked by QS Top Universities in the 201-250 segment for “Business & Management Studies“ [15]
  • 2019: GEM was ranked by QS Top Universities in the 151-200 segment for “Business & Management Studies“ [15]

Accreditations

Since 2004, Grenoble École de Management is one of the few management schools worldwide awarded the prestigious "triple crown" accreditations by : EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA which distinguishes leading international institutions in business education.[16]

The school's DBA program is one of only nine doctoral programs in the world to be also accredited by AMBA. [17]

Programs

The Grenoble Ecole de Management offers the famous program (MSc) taught in the most selective French business schools "écoles supérieures de commerce", the Bachelor of International Business (BIB) ranked first in France (Le Parisien)[18] and various undergraduate certificates and graduates including the MBA, EMBA, MIB, the 13 Master's level programs - All are delivered in English or French - emphasize innovation, technology and intercultural management.[19]

The doctoral (DBA) programs have been running since 1989 and is currently (2019/2020) delivered in : Europe/France (Grenoble), USA (New York and Los Angeles), and Turkey. Previously it was also offered in China, Switzerland, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and UAE.

The PhD program has been launched in 2009 and is offered in four majors : marketing, finance, strategy and innovation management, and organisational theory.[20]

Worldwide rankings
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
The Economist - Full Time MBA 84th 80th 80th 71st
The Economist - Masters in Management (Master in International Business) - - 20th - 37th
FT - Global MBA - 94th 92nd N.R. 98th
FT - Global EMBA - 67th 54th 60th
FT - European Business Schools - 17th 21st 26th 25th
FT - Masters in Management 20th 13th 33rd 43rd 47th
FT - Masters in Finance 12th 12th 21st 16th
QS World University Rankings - World University Ranking by Subject: Business & Management Studies 151-200 - 201-250 201-250 151-200
QS World University Rankings - Masters in Management - - - 26th 32nd
QS World University Rankings - Masters in Finance - - - 41st 46th
QS World University Rankings - Masters in Marketing - - - - 36th
Academic Ranking of World Universities - University Ranking by Subject: Business Administration - - - 201-300 151-200
Academic Ranking of World Universities - University Ranking by Subject: Management - - 201-300 201-300 201-300

GEM is also placed among the best business schools (#6) in France. In 2016, GEM is ranked among the top-17 European Business Schools and top-12 for Finances in Europe.

Pedagogy and departments

GEM is member of the Management School Chapter of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles and associated with Mines-Telecom, the number ONE group of Engineering and Management graduate schools in France.

Pedagogy at the Grenoble School of Management is organized by the academic research departments: Marketing, Management and Technology, Accounting, Law and Finance, Management and Behavior, Modern Languages and Foreign Cultures and Applied Learning and is delivered through a mix of face-to-face lectures, excursions, projects, and e-learning, in either English or French.

GEM also delivers courses entirely in English with : "100% English Track", "trilingual course", and :"transcontinental course" in agreement with Cambridge, Beihang University, McGill, and Columbia University. There are many international exchanges of staff and students including a longstanding partnership[21] with Trinity College, and Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland (ranked in Times Higher Education's top 100 university-level institutions globally) and with other partners on five continents.

GEM participates each year in "Serious Games" with the MIT Sloan School of Business, us.[22] and with MIT GSW for Startup conferences

The school is involved in the Global Compact program delivered by United Nations initiative (UN) that brings together firms, the business world and the civil society united on ten universal principles relative to human rights, working conditions and the environment.

GEM hosts the student association Altigliss which organizes the World cup Ski and Snowboard competition for students in the Alps.[23]

Research

Grenoble École de Management has over 90 research-active scholars,[24] the school and its research are regularly ranked among top French and European business schools.

Grenoble École de Management conducts research in the following themes:

* Business & Finances

* Economy, society, and organizations

* Marketing

* Technology management

* Strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship

Besides hosting a number of academic and applied research centers[25] GEM is part of various important national and international research initiatives such as: MEDFORIST, GIANT, and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.

References
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  9. Boyde, Emma (November 20, 2013). "Loïck Roche, Grenoble Business School". Financial Times.
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  12. "Alliance at the Summit for EM Lyon and Grenoble School of management". Place Gre'net. May 3, 2016.
  13. figaro, le. "Découvrez le classement Figaro des écoles de commerce". Le Figaro Etudiant.
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  15. "Grenoble Ecole de Management". Top Universities. December 7, 2012.
  16. "Accréditation AACSB, EQUIS et AMBA - Accréditation Grenoble Ecole de Management". Grenoble-em.com. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  17. "Accreditation AMBA - Accreditation GEM". Mbaworld.com. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  18. https://en.grenoble-em.com/news-bachelor-international-business-reaches-1st-place-france
  19. "Programs in English: Masters in France (MSc, MBA)". Grenoble-em.com. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  20. "Doctoral School - Grenoble Business School, French Management School(MBA, MIB)". Grenoble-em.com. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  21. Tannam, Ellen (June 20, 2018). "Trinity College Dublin launches European digital health incubator programme". Silicon Republic.
  22. "Students take games seriously at Grenoble Ecole de Management | MISTI". misti.mit.edu.
  23. figaro, le. "Coup d'envoi pour la «coupe du monde» étudiante de ski à Val d'Isère". Le Figaro Etudiant.
  24. http://research.grenoble-em.com/measurement
  25. "Academic Research - Grenoble Business School, French Management School(MBA, MIB)". Grenoble-em.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2012-12-04.

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