Research

The R&D activities of the School are organized around five Centres of Excellence. Those are:

 

-      The Centre for Supply Chain Management (CeSCM).

-      The Centre for Research in Entrepreneurial Change and Innovative Strategies (CRECIS).

-      The Centre for Studies in Asset Management (CeSAM).

-      The Centre on Consumers and Marketing Strategy (CCMS).

-      The Pole of Research on Information and Services Management and Engineering (PRISME).

 

In order to develop and maintain these five Centres of Excellence on the national and international scenes as excellent and relevant sources of competence in their fields, from both a corporate and an academic point of view, the following high-level objectives have been defined:

 

-      Initiate, produce, and develop policy-relevant R&D through scientific publications, con­ferences, and doctoral theses at an international level, in particular by sustaining highly-ranked journals and peer-reviewed conferences by scientific associations.

 

-      Promote and develop the R&D process through the development of internationally competitive Centres of Excellence, through the continuing improvement of an effective and high-level doctoral program, and through the organization of scientific seminars, conferences and workshops to promote the academic life of the School.

 

-      Pursue and promote the initiatives to create long-term academic and corporate research partnerships with the Centres of Excellence in order to ensure policy-relevant R&D, to increase corporate visibility, to enhance the attractiveness and placement opportunities of our doctoral program, and to provide sustained funding of our activities, in particular through international Chairs.

 

In order to reach these 3 high-levels goals, three types of R&D activities are encouraged:

-      Fundamental research, which is aimed at establishing and diffusing new basic scientific knowledge, and support our teaching activities.

-      Applied research, which is aimed at conducting experimental protocols in order to assess questions formulated as research hypotheses and/or applying fundamental knowledge in real-world situations.

-      Practice-oriented innovation activities, which are aimed at introducing innovation in R&D in order to sustain advanced teaching and development of new pedagogical tools or methods.

 

To support those activities, the School invests in its Centres of Excellence in terms of communication support, priority recruitment and administrative support which, in turn, contribute to the reputation of the School. Given those resources, each Centre manages its research agenda and processes, initiates external contacts and alliances and organizes doctoral courses and conferences.