Have our CEMS students solve your business challenges!
Each year, ESADE welcomes ~80 students in the CEMS Programme from all over the world. From January to May, they are involved on the “CEMS Business Project" course. After an intensive week of training, they are distributed in teams of 5/6 people for working on a real challenges provided by CEMS Corporate and Social Partners. We're now looking for projects for the 2024 edition. Let's talk? Join us! 🚀
Get an outside-in view and fresh consultancy deliverables!
As part of the CEMS Master in International Management, students work on a business project for +300 hours during 16 weeks with a highly experienced academic adviser. Professor Ivana Casaburi, who in charge of this business project course, selects the projects to guarantee the learning process of the students as well as the utility of the deliverables for the companies.
Each year, we look for real problems and business challenges faced by companies like you. We work on your internal projects/challenges.
YOU are our client!
Examples of past projects we had:
Globalising inclusive policies
Strategy for a market entry and/or geographical expansion
Brand Business Development
Attracting new clients for your business or retaining your clients
Re-invent [product] to
attact the new generations
Identifying insights for attracting new generation as consumers for luxury products/services
Attracting new generation as talent for your organization
Contributing to your Sustainability Report
from a specific perspective
Looking for new ways to increase the awareness of your Youth Segment
These are some of the companies we have
Proudly worked with
Last year, companies' representatives valued this experience with 4.8 out of 5 points.
Here's what they said
Fantastic Job!
This experience brings a true value to our business reflection.
The students are bringing a very high quality final work. I could feel a high level of professionalism as well as involvement. I hope they learnt as much as I learnt from them, this is also the purpose of this experience, being challenged by the new generation!
Sara Tayaranian Chirazi
Senior Manager @ Cartier
Great students!
The process, students and the project outputs exceeded our high expectations and we would be very happy to be considered for involvement in future years!
Matthew Wilkinson
Senior Sustainability Adviser @ WWF-International
Well orchestrated!
The business impact and benefits from dedicated business projects with universities are still under-estimated. The outside-in view as well as deliverables are great and of the highest relevance especially for new and complicated topics where fresh minds and an outside-in view is needed and at the same time the topic at hand is complex hence needs a dedicated team approach.
Oliver Lawrenz
Digital Transformation Officer @ ABB
Amazing experience!
The work and presentation on a specific subject are always qualitative and help us a lot to define the future of our product categories!
Amélie Barthe
Product Manager @ Groupe SEB
Outstanding!
We were delighted about the good collaboration with the project group thoughout the complete project duration. The final presentation was outstanding and the project results are a sensible addition to our internal projects.
Kiomi Soledad Spriestersbach
Head of Data Quality & Governance
@ Lufthansa Group
Super!
It's been a really useful journey for both Qida and for me. Thanks for your time, your effort and your way of doing things.
Jose Manuel Carol
VP de Business Development @ Qida
Intro call
Optional. In case you have questions, we can have a brief call before you submit your business project.
Application
To submit a proposal, please fill in the form. The more information you share with us, the more tailored we can make it for you and our students! It should be fast to fill.
DEADLINE: October 16th -> we accept projects on an ongoing basis, so please apply as early as you can!
Call with Academic Advisor and Director
It's time to meet your Academic Tutor and together refine your project. it needs to be in line with all CEMS requirements and with the other projects. The meeting should not take more than 30min.
You should hear from us on the week of Nov 11th the latest.
Project approved!!
Time to celebrate! After this, we only need to agree on a NDA and know your availability for the kick-off meetings, when you will finally meet you students' team.
Here's our (great) team!
Ivana Casaburi
& Nuno Vilaça
ESADE
Ivana is a full professor of Marketing since 1998 and the CEMS Academic Director at ESADE since 2019. Throughout her career, she has combined teaching (in Italy, Spain, Chile, Bulgaria, China and Portugal) with research and strategic consulting (+20 years of experience).
Nuno is an Associate Product Manager at Easygenerator and Startup mentor at the eWorks and Esade. Most of his experience relies on performance marketing, community curation and events. He is an alumnus of the U.S. Department of State, AIESEC and JA.
The academic advisors from the last edition
Experienced professionals with an area of expertise on your specific project
Adriana Acevedo
Partner at NTTData
Ivo Valdivielso
CEO at Mansol Projectes
Josep Ballesté Alabart
Managing Director at Swala Ventures
Alberto de Dios
Director at Seidor
Javier Gil Arenales
Former Director at IBM
Marc Ebri
Global Head of IT PPM at IWG plc
Alessio Cusin
Partner at CPA Corporate Services
Joandó Reverter
Founder at ABRO Digital & Mkt Consulting
Robert Aguilera
Global Business Services Partner at IBM
Carmen Vallhonesta
Partner Consultant at Infinita Growth
Jordi Sicilia Gaillard
CIO at Galenicum Health
Some memories from last year
SAVE THE DATES
When we need your presence
Apart from weekly or biweekly calls with the students' team,
we require your presence at the following moments:
Kick-off session
- week of Jan 29th -
First briefing by the client to the students (online or in person at ESADE San Cugat Campus)
Working Plan
- week of Feb 18th -
A formal agreement on work procedures and expectations signed between the students' team and the client (online or in person)
Midterm event
- March 15th (full day) -
Intermediate presentation by students, working session with client and academic advisor, conference and celebration (in person at ESADE)
Final presentation
- week of May 21st -
Final presentation by students to all relevant stakeholders
(in-person at the clients' offices)
A video summarising the CEMS Business Projects
Looking forward to meeting you!
Ivana Casaburi
Professor of the CEMS Business Project Course & CEMS Academic Director
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