The Chair is a programme to develop research and teaching in urban real-estate problems. The aim is to encourage teaching and research into Economics, Finance and Real-Estate Management considering social issues.

Research Areas of the Chair in Real-Estate & Society:
• Funding Social Housing
• New Services for Social Housing Residents
• Assisted Home Ownership
• Social consequences of the Ageing Population

The Distribution Marketing Auchan Chair was set up in 2002. Its purpose is to develop an expertise cluster in distribution management and marketing.
These activities involve:
- training students and professionals,
- fundamental and operational research,
- exchanges between professionals, lecturers and students.

This Chair also organizes such events as the Auchan Challenge for French students on a very regular basis and develops training programs based on best practices.

It makes available exclusively to Auchan employees best practices, studies developed by the Chair and presentations on the best teams to have participated in the Challenge it organizes.

The Champagne Management Chair was set up in 2007. It has a twofold objective:
- develop a research program on the Champagne industry at international level, mainly focusing on its specific management features,
- offer training programs to professionals working in the Champagne industry and provide Reims Management School with an expertise in managing Champagne wines for the benefit of its programs’ students.

This Chair has been created both with a view to promoting the Champagne industry and to helping it adapt to the constant changes taking place on the international wine market. Through it, Reims Management School also seeks to make partners available to its students with a distinct specialty and strong international presence.

The Chair also works with researchers from around the world to boost research in the world of wine, especially in the management and distribution of Champagne wines.

The Crédit Agricole Nord-Est Bank Insurance Chair is the fruit of an agreement signed in September 2004 between two leading regional stakeholders: Crédit Agricole du Nord-Est and Reims Management School.

The Crédit Agricole Nord-Est Bank has chosen Reims Management School for its national and international reputation as a recognized center of excellence, in the management of bank professions and services in particular.

The purpose of this partnership is to enable Crédit Agricole Nord-Est to:
- have research available that strengthens its expertise,
- train its executives and prepare its future in-house skills,
- facilitate recruitment,
- promote the bank professions,
- support a regional teaching center of excellence.

In turn, through this Chair Reims Management School is seeking to:
- develop its research activities,
- strengthen its expertise further in managing services and finance,
- gain from classes given by professionals from the Crédit Agricole,
- expand its continuing education program,
- have access to a wide range of teaching aids in banking distribution,
- reinforce its links with businesses.

The Chair in Social and Solidarity-based Economy was set up in March 2008 at the instigation of the RMS Foundation and its three founding members: the Crédit Agricole du Nord-Est, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and RMS-Network.

With over 1,100,000 associations in France, a renewal rate of 70,000 creations a year, 15 million volunteers and a work volume equivalent to 1,150,000 full-time jobs, the associations sector is significant for the economy and socio-economic activity.

The social economy sector is by no means any less important. Countless initiatives connected with integration via economic activity, solidarity-based saving or fair trade are being implemented every day.

Based on these strengths, this Chair aims at:
- Facilitating exchanges between associations, businesses and the social economy,
- Raising the awareness of students about this sector, motivate and assist vocations,
- Producing high-quality French and international research,
- Being recognized as a stakeholder in the sector.

The founding members of the Chair have defined three strategic focuses which will underpin research and teaching: management and governance, assistance with financial management and marketing and communication.

It was Reims Management School who suggested that the Reims and Epernay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Regional Council of Champagne Ardenne, the City of Reims and OSEO join forces with it to set up IMART.
The purpose was to create a local, regional and national entrepreneurial force.

Company takeover is a sensitive issue for managing directors. Ensuring the future of their company is a concern that a whole generation of business people will have to face.
To help future business rescuers and clinch the success of their project, IMART has developed a unique training and information program.