Conducting business in China is a lot like brewing beer. You have to take your time to understand people’s tastes, carefully weigh your options before starting out, and above all, you need to be patient. Nobody understands all this quite like CEIBS MBA alum Rodrigo Rodrigues, current VP of Logisti…

My name is Iulian Zanoaga. I am a CEIBS MBA2022 candidate. I was born and raised in Bucharest, Romania, but by virtue of various job opportunities in the finance industry I was fortunate to live in and discover many parts of Europe. My journey so far My life was initially very much focused withi…

With years of consulting experience to his name, Tommaso Tomoli was already used to thinking flexibly yet pragmatically before coming to CEIBS for his MBA. However, it was here that he went – in his own words – from having a highly Eurocentric view of the business world to developing a much more glo…

Gradually, over my years spent abroad, and especially since I moved to Shanghai, my career goals have become clearer. I have always been ambitious and driven, with a strong passion for pushing the boundaries of my own comfort zone. For me, it was simple to understand why a career-oriented person…

Economic development and rising living standards have aggravated the problem of obesity among Chinese people. The number of overweight people in China surged five-fold between 2005 and 2011. According to statistics released by leading medical journal The Lancet in 2016, about 90 million people in Ch…

Hello everyone! I’m Sourav Panda, from the MBA 2022 batch at CEIBS. It has been one month since we arrived at the school's Zurich campus, and looking back at my journal, I realize I have filled up the pages of my journal with many anecdotes from the first fortnight here. I'm glad that I get to pr…

October 16, 2020. Shanghai – Unlike other student-run clubs that focus on a particular industry, the Women’s Leadership Network has a much broader scope to promote dialogue around diversity and inclusion in business. Asia still faces a large gap in terms of female representation in management and se…

At the turn of the century, Stefan Baumann looked like he was set up for life in Germany. Having graduated with a degree in economics from the University of Cologne, he began corporate life on a training programme for a media company and started working for a consultancy. That was, until Asia star…

October 10, 2020. Shanghai – In May 2019, inbound MBA students Neil Flynn and Yunjian Jiang met for lunch in central Shanghai to discuss their plans to run for Finance & Investment Club. Both were keen to make an early impression on the cohort and put together a strong leadership campaign. With…