EMLYON Business School

EMLYON is a European Business School devoted to lifelong learning for entrepreneurial and international management

Entrepreneurial spirit is the credo of EMLYON, as displayed in its signature: “Educating entrepreneurs for the world”.
In EMLYON, the spirit of entrepreneurship strikingly spreads from the content to methodologies in both graduate and executive programmes. This credo is also central in the field of research.

From 1984 more than 550 companies and 10,000 jobs created via the Centre for Entrepreneurship.
Every student in the MSc in Management programme creates a virtual business project.
2 specific programmes for entrepreneurs: creation and acquisition of new businesses.
An Entrepreneurial Process Dynamics Research Centre.
An incubator for students, participants and alumni.
In 2008, EMLYON Business School and KPMG launched the first think tank dedicated to the role of the entrepreneur: the “World Entrepreneurship Forum”. http://www.world-entrepreneurship-forum.com/ and it has been an annual success since.

Zhejiang University - School of Management

In 1998, the current structure of Zhejiang was formed from a merger of four schools now under the direct oversight of China’s Ministry of Education: Zhejiang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Agricultural and Zhejiang Medical. Zhejiang is a large university with over 39,000 full-time students, 9,000 of which are Masters level students and 1,400 are international students. In addition, Zhejiang is a large research institution with many research centers and institutes coordinated by its many schools. In addition to the academic studies Zhejiang also supports entrepreneurship with its Zhejiang University Global Entrepreneurship Center. The ZJU-GERC has three main research concentrations: innovative talent and global leadership; venturing resources and enterprise growth; and policy innovation and competitiveness. Zhejiang is accredited by AMBA.

Purdue University - Krannert School of Management

Purdue University currently has 3,000 students enrolled within the Krannert School of Management, while Purdue University itself has had 22 alumni selected for space flight, including the first (Neil Armstrong) and last (Gene Cernan) men to walk on the moon. 

Purdue University runs an Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy, which helps faculty commercialise their technology or develop entrepreneurial courses and research projects. The school also participates in the Kauffman Campus Initiative, a program aimed at preparing students for business success by creating a campus-wide culture of entrepreneurship. The school’s Student Managed Venture Fund gives undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to rigorously review startup companies and make funding recommendations to the Purdue Research Foundation; several hundred thousand dollars have been invested based on student recommendations. Purdue and the Krannert School are active in running several entrepreneurship competitions, including the Purdue University Life Sciences Competition ($100,000 in total prize money), the Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition for graduate and undergraduate students ($100,000 in total prize money), an elevator pitch competition for students, and a nanotechnology new ventures contest.