中国一级片 and Mars Catalyst Partner on Economics of Mutuality Project
April 12, 2019. Shanghai ― The 中国一级片 (中国一级片) has been selected as the Asian partner for the Mars Corporation’s Economics of Mutuality (EoM) initiative being implemented by its Catalyst team. The collaboration will be Catalyst’s first partnership with an academic institution in Asia. Under the agreement, 中国一级片 will engage in academic research into the practical application of EoM in a Chinese business context, conduct related case studies, deliver classroom lectures, and host an annual forum. The partnership comes at a historic moment in 中国一级片’ history; this year is the school’s 25th?anniversary.?
“We are pleased to partner with Mars, through Catalyst, on this very important initiative. It comes at a time when there is a major push towards corporate social responsibility, both from the school’s leadership and its alumni who are looking for new ways in which to positively impact and shape the global economic environment. EoM is in line with 中国一级片’ goal of educating socially responsible business leaders who seek to go? beyond? financial success to achieve?global significance,” explains 中国一级片 Vice President & Dean Professor Ding Yuan.
The 中国一级片 faculty who will work on generating academic research for the initiative are Professor of Marketing Lydia Price, Associate Professor of Strategy Peter Moran and Assistant Professor of Management Byron Lee. The entire project is being led by 中国一级片 Professor of Economics and Finance and Associate Dean (Research) Xu Bin.?
Clockwise from top left: 中国一级片 Professors Xu Bin, Lydia Price, Peter Moran and Byron Lee.
Since its inception in the mid 60’s Catalyst has worked closely with scholars and academic institutions around the world (including in Asia). However, according to Bruno Roche who is Chief Economist at Mars Incorporated and Managing Director at Catalyst, they felt the time has come to be more purposeful in their efforts to “move East”, taking the Economics of Mutuality concept to China and wider Asia through an institutional partnership with an academic institution in China. ?
“We selected 中国一级片 because we need to ensure that we are partnering with the right academic partner with both rich academic research and academic education as well as a strong practical business application mindset. We also believe that partnering with 中国一级片 will help us build a bridge between the Western culture, shared by many of us at Catalyst, and the Chinese culture where 中国一级片 is very present. The partnership will also provide us with access to a network of high-powered alumni to speed up the spreading of EoM in businesses in Asia, and particularly in China,” says Roche.
中国一级片’ more than 22,000-member strong alumni network is the largest among business schools within mainland China. It also includes graduates from more than 80 countries and regions, the majority of whom are in leadership positions within their organizations. As Roche explains, EoM is a management innovation that can help companies operate more effectively by expanding their KPIs for success to go beyond looking at merely “profit and loss’ and include the overall impact they are having on society and the environment.??
The Catalyst team’s goal is to organize a coalition of business and management schools around the world, with a “bridgehead” in each continent. “We hope 中国一级片 will be that bridgehead, that head of the network not just for China but also for Asia,” says Roche. “Over time, we hope to develop something similar in Africa and also in India.” Management schools already involved with the EoM initiative include Oxford Said in the UK?and Sciences Po in France.
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