An interview with Frédéric Nlemvo was published in the economy section of the newspaper “l’Union” on 29 November 2011. The article was mainly about the obstacles that make the development of student entrepreneurship in France difficult, and also the way in which the current economic crisis may create opportunities for young entrepreneurs.

Nacima Ourahmoune and Gaël Bonnin have contributed to two chapters on design (product design and creativity for Nacima, design of floor space for Gaël) in this international manual published by Routledge, London.

Diana Mangalagiu, professor at Reims Management School, is co-author of Reframing the Problem of Climate Change, from Zero Sum Game to Win-Win Solutions (ne pas traduire) published in November 2011.(...)

Channel 9 Dunedin Television recently interviewed Steve Charters, Master of Wine and RMS professor. Steve Charters, an internationally renowned researcher, is currently in New Zealand working on his research project into the emergence of territorial brands through the   example of the Central Otago vineyard and the growing success of its Pinot Noir. This study is being carried out jointly with Prof. Richard Mitchell of the University of Otago. >> See the interview

Aurelien Rouquet, director of the Customer MAnagement Centre (CMAC), has contributed to a book on management tools co-authored by nine authors from universities and business schools.
This book, coordinated by Carine Dominguez-Pery, is published by Hermes in its "Organization and Strategy" series. Aurelien's contribution is entitled: "Internal and external contextualization of management tools in organizations."

The fourth in the Talking to the Leaders series, a project to interview Major European Business Leaders covering different areas of Management, has just appeared.
In this issue, Martine Delzenne, CEO of Le Printemps, speaks of her career and of Le Printemps’ main strategic challenges. Mme. Delzenne also advises students about their career project.

Ghassen Bouslama is one of the co-authors of a new book on Islamic Finance. The book was written by 50 international experts from 18 different countries. The book is edited and published by Mazars whose aim is to make Islamic Finance more widely known.  The importance of Islamic Finance as an alternative to traditional Finance is growing steadily.  Ghassen’s contribution is on the subject of: “The current state of Islamic Finance in France and recent progress.”

This partnership has for objectives to develop a special relationship between Décathlon France and RMS students, but also to develop new research opportunities for IRC and its teacher-researchers.

This year, RMS took part for the first time in the Festival of Science on 14 and 15 October 2011, where we presented the work of the Behavioral Lab, directed by Adilson Borges, at the “Science Village” (which was housed on the Moulin de la Housse Campus).

Reims Management School has created a new research chair in Real Estate & Society which aims to explore social issues in the property sector. The chair will bring together researchers, students, professors and real estate professionals to form a centre of excellence.

The creation of the Chair is based on the expertise of Reims Management School’s academic and applied research professors and was developed in close collaboration with the Plurial Group and Acobha Residencies, two enterprises specialized in property management.

This is a book which aims to examine all aspects of the way that the champagne industry is organised, managed and marketed.   It stems out of a study tour organised a few years ago for a group of leading wine business academics world wide, selected because of their varying interests and disciplinary backgrounds.  Most of the book features chapters which they have written given their analysis of how champagne is currently operated, its strengths and weaknesses and the challenge that the industry and the individual producers in the region currently face. 

RMS welcomes the “2nd European Workshop for Research Directors of Business Schools” on October 7 and 8, in collaboration with EFMD and EURAM.
Success in research is vital for the reputation of the present day Business School. While each European country is developing its own ways of judging research success, there are many common elements. Furthermore, research directors face many of the same problems – funding, motivating staff, dealing with other stakeholders both in and outside the school, and many more.

The Behavioral Lab is a laboratory for research into individual behaviour.
It studies people’s reactions to certain stimuli (e.g. an advertisement, a financial investment etc.) and contributes to a clearer understanding of the decisions people make in organisations and in society.
The laboratory, located on campus 1 at RMS, is equipped with specialized programs and a management system enabling us to set up advanced experimental studies (ex. consumer behaviour, behavioural finance, organizational behaviour etc.).

The 15th World Marketing Congress, organised at RMS in partnership with the Academy of Marketing Science from 19 - 23 July 2011, was a great success.

In all about 500 participants from more than 45 different countries were lucky enough to attend. Many of the visitors commented on the quality of the conference, both academically and culturally.

Ghassen Bouslama, professor of finance and coordinator of the Islamic Banking and Finance Certificate in RMS, published an article in the latest issue of the English magazine Islamic Banking & Finance. The article is an overview of the advances in the development of Islamic finance in France as well as the latest tax and regulatory adjustments in this area.

Mark DAVIS is a Mathematics research professor at Imperial College London and he is specialised in stochastic analysis and financial mathematics, in particular in credit risk models, pricing in incomplete markets and stochastic volatility. During the last Scientific Committee meeting of the 2010-2011 academic year, Mark DAVIS joined this committee as a new member. His arrival will bring a new perspective towards the development of research activities at the school. He is the author of several articles, books and other contributions such as: Large portfolio credit risk modelling in the International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, Negative Libor rates in the swap market model in Finance and Stochastics, The range of traded option prices, inMathematical Finance etc...

The 15th World Marketing Congress of the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) is taking place between July 19th and 23rd, 2011 at Reims Management School. 450 participants are awaited!
With the financial support of Champagne-Ardenne Regional Council.

Interview with Diego Costa, doctoral student and research assistant for the RMS Value & Persuasion Research Centre. In an article published in the International Journal of Consumer Studies, “Green consumer values: how do personal values influence environmentally responsible water consumption?”

Diego Costa presents the principal results of his study, its managerial implications and how this study can be used to enhance the teaching experience.

This first Research Insight interview presents the article "Effect of mall atmosphere on mall evolution: teenage vs. adult shoppers", which appeared in the January 2011 issue of the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services.
It was co written by Jean-Charles Chebat and Adilson Borges, together with three other American researcher-teachers.

Research Insight, initiated by Adilson Borges, director of the RMS Value & Persuasion Research Centre, is a series of ten-minute video interviews which aim to make articles published by research centre members accessible to all interested parties (companies, students etc).

Maria Kniazeva joined the University of San Diego in US, School of Business Administration, in 2003 as an assistant professor of marketing. An associate professor now, she has been our first visiting scholar at RMS for the academic year 2010-2011.

On 29th April 2010 the Scientific Committee welcomed for the very first time its new member Peter McKiernan, professor of management at St. Andrews University*. He was formerly President of EURAM and also President of the British Academy of Management.

Le 10 et 11 mai 2010, Christopher Ross, professeur de Marketing à Concordia University (Canada), a animé un séminaire d’écriture d’études de cas à destination des enseignants-chercheurs de RMS.

May 6th RMS welcomed Michael Gibbs and Kathryn Ierulli, both are Professors of Economics at Chicago University.