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May 17, 2013 24 Heures, Formation: “Quatre étudiants brillent dans une compétition américaine”.     [...]

BSL’s Dean, Dr. Katrin Muff, shared her story of positive disruption and the spirit of “just getting started” at a TEDx event in Lausanne, Switzerland (April 2013). Besides acting as the Dean of BSL, Dr. Katrin Muff is one of the visioneers behind the 50+20 initiativ [...]

  Next Open Day | June 13, 2013 Master of Arts in International Business Master of Science in International Finance Full-time MBA Executive MBA Diploma in Sustainable Business   We welcome you to join us for an Open Day at BSL and learn more about our Master’s and E/MBA prog [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland, April 18, 2013 – BSL’s MBA team placed in the Top 10 and earned an honorable mention in the Aspen Institute’s 2013 Business & Society International MBA Case Competition. The team included MBA students Almendra Salazar, Jon Baguley, Juan Barbero and Mischa Li [...]

March 22, 2012 L’Agefi: “Collaboratoire expérimental: Conférence-débat à Lausanne sur l’économie du bien commun.” [...]

Three BSL MBA teams are participating in the Aspen Institute’s 2013 Business & Society International MBA Case Competition. Two of the teams have an intense 3-day MBA module to complete in parallel and have prepared for two night-shifts at BSL. BSL is one of the 25 leading business [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland – 15 March 2013 – Business School Lausanne (BSL), Politique Intégrale Suisse and the Association Gemeinwohl-Oekonomie hosted a debate on the Economy for the Common Good at BSL on March 12, 2013. The event was attended by more than 70 guests – community members an [...]

March 8, 2013 24 Heures, Formation: “Un doctorat en développement durable des entreprises”. [...]

Business School Lausanne will meet interested MBA and Master’s students on 7 March in Geneva as part of the QS World MBA Tour, Spring 2013. BSL’s Associate Dean, Dr. Olivier Brenninkmeijer, will take part in a panel discussion, organized by the QS on the topic of “Ge [...]

Swiss Knowledge Management  Forum (SKMF) roundtable on March 21, 2013 Project and Knowledge Management We are delighted to invite you to the 23rd SKMF roundtable in Lausanne. Date March 21  from 6:00 to  8:00 PM. Free refreshments will be served as of 5:30 PM. Location EPFL BC buildin [...]

Business School Lausanne will host a discussion on the Common Welfare Economy on 12 March, Tuesday, 17h30. A featured guest speaker will be Christian Felber, Austrian author and political activist who developed the basis for the Common Welfare Economy in his book “New Values for our E [...]

February 22, 2013 Le Temps: “La mue verte d’une école de business“. [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland, February 14, 2013 – Next month, BSL students will participate in a case study competition celebrating innovation at the intersection of corporate profitability and environmental, social and ethical issues. BSL is one of the 25 leading business schools, among whi [...]

Lausanne, 13 February 2013 – Business School Lausanne (BSL) and the Global Organizational Learning and Development Network (GOLDEN) of Bocconi University have joined forces to launch a doctoral program which will provide independent researchers from around the world with a platform fo [...]

A series of short films capturing key moments of the 50+20 presence at the RIO+20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro was released online this week. The 50+20 film team documented some of the experiences and unique encounters and meetings that 50+20 contributors took part in from 14 to 19 June a [...]

Business School Lausanne will be meeting interested MBA and Master’s students in Moscow (2 March) and Geneva (7 March) as part of the QS World MBA Tour, Spring 2013. If you are interested in exploring education opportunities at BSL, you can meet our school representative prior o [...]

Business School Lausanne, IMD and University of St. Gallen rank amongst the 200 top business schools worldwide A Total of 3 Swiss Business Schools Make the QS Top 200 List 2012/13 Lausanne, Switzerland – 06 December 2012 – There are three business schools in Switzerland that have made [...]

An article by Dr. Katrin Muff, Dean of Business School Lausanne, was published in EFMD’s Global Focus magazine in November 2012. In the article, Dr. Muff presents a new vision of management education for the world, based on her engagement with the 50+20 initiative. 50+20 is a co [...]

Diana Kilel, a 26-year-old Kenyan, is the first scholarship student to start her MBA studies at Business School Lausanne in cooperation with the Kofi Annan Business School Foundation. She will join the full-time MBA program in February 2013, fully sponsored by BSL. Diana is the first [...]

Robin Cornelius, Founder and Executive Chairman of Switcher Group, will deliver a guest talk at Business School Lausanne on 7 December 2012. The event will be followed by BSL’s seasonal celebration, bringing together students, alumni, faculty and staff. After running Switcher fo [...]

Swiss Knowledge Management  Forum (SKMF) roundtable on December 13,  2012 The Influence of Mobile Applications on Knowledge Management We are delighted to invite you to the 22nd SKMF roundtable in Lausanne. Date December 13  from 6:00 to  8:00 PM. Free refreshments will be served as o [...]

Business School Lausanne will present its master’s programs at the Master-Messe in Zurich on 9-10 November 2012. Over 30 universities and schools from Switzerland and abroad will present 400 master’s programs to interested students at the 2-day event. Our school representa [...]

Dr. Katrin Muff, Dean of Business School Lausanne, will participate in the “Innovating for Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities Post Rio+20″ panel discussion on Saturday, 6 October 2012, in Berlin. The panel is one of the key sessions at the 5th International Confe [...]

Jean-Claude Biver’s commencement address to BSL graduates Mr. Jean-Claude Biver, Chairman of the Board of Hublot, delivered a commencement address to the graduating students of Business School Lausanne at the annual Graduation Ceremony on 22 September 2012. At the ceremony, Mr. [...]

Dr. Katrin Muff, Dean of BSL, will moderate an interactive debate on “Basic income for all” on 7 October, Sunday, 17h in Morges. External guests are invited to attend the event free of charge. The event includes a film projection and a debate on achieving guaranteed minimu [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland, 24 September 2012 – Business School Lausanne, leading innovator in business education, marks 25 years of providing quality business education to students from around the world. Since its foundation and first MBA intake in 1987, the school has been committed to i [...]

Business School Lausanne will host its 25th anniversary on 22 September 2012. To mark 25 years of leading innovation in business education, BSL prepares a special program in alignment with the school’s commitment to responsible leadership and entrepreneurship. The 25th anniversa [...]

It is a long standing BSL Tradition that students, professors and staff members dine together and celebrate the near end of the academic year. This is an occasion to relax together and be part of a social event that crowns the end of our efforts during the year. BSL students, professo [...]

On the 10th of July, Business School Lausanne will host a presentation to showcase to external visitors the school’s practical and applied learning approach. The 1-hour presentation is the final session of a business simulation, created by the Schmidheiny Foundation, and conducted as [...]

The 50+20 initiative launched an official video presenting their vision for management education at the 3rd Global Forum for Responsible Management Education on 15 June 2012. 50+20 shared a summary document of their vision (50+20 Agenda: Management Education for the World) and a short [...]

15 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro – the 50+20 initiative unveiled a vision for the transformation of management education at the RIO+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro. The new vision revises the common tenet of being the best in the world in favour o [...]

As part of the 50+20 project, Business School Lausanne is attending the upcoming Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (20-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro). 50+20 is a collaborative initiative of management education providers from around the world who critically qu [...]

BSL’s Dean, Dr. Katrin Muff, is blogging daily from Rio+20, reporting latest updates and reflecting on her experiences during the intense pre-meetings of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (20-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro). Business School Lausanne i [...]

50+20 was featured in an article by Financial Times on June 11. The article highlights the upcoming launch of the 50+20 report at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (20-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro). 50+20 is a collaborative initiative of management educat [...]

Swiss Knowledge Management  Forum (SKMF) roundtable on June 21,  2012 Diagramming KM with Causal Loops and Success Logic We are delighted to invite you to the19th SKMF roundtable in Lausanne. Date June 21  from 6:00 to  8:00 PM. Free refreshments will be served as of 5:30 PM. Location [...]

  BSL is traditionally taking part in the autumn edition of the QS World MBA Tour. Come and meet us in any of the following destinations: Sao Paolo, August 29 Caracas, September 7 Mexico City, September 12 Istanbul, October 13 Milan, October 16 Munich, October 22 Zurich, October [...]

BSL co-organizes the 19th roundtable of SKFM dedicated to transferring knowledge: “Knowledge cannot be transferred through wires”. The discussion is open to people who share an interest in Knowledge Management and IT in organizations. The event will be conducted in both Fr [...]

A Total of 3 Swiss Business Schools Make the QS Top 200 List  Lausanne, Switzerland – 16 January 2012 – An employer choice based ratings system, implemented by QS (Quacquarelli Symonds Limited), ranks Business School Lausanne among the top 200 business schools worldwide and # 3 in Swi [...]

Lausanne, September 24, 2011 – Business School Lausanne awarded honorary degrees (Doctorate Honoris Causa) to Sung-Joo Kim and Claude Nicollier at the annual Graduation Ceremony held at the Beau-Rivage Palace Hotel. Korean born Ms. Sung-Joo Kim is a Chairwoman and CEO of Sungjoo Group [...]

50+20 report: A survey on the future of business education Within the framework of the 50+20 report (see below), our working group has conducted a survey on the future of business education. 176 respondents with different professional backgrounds completed the survey, representing 30 [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland – 10 May 2011 – Business School Lausanne (BSL) and the Institute for Economy and the Environment at the University of St. Gallen announce the creation of a joint executive degree – a Diploma in Advanced Studies in Sustainable Business BSL-HSG. This one year [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland – 4 March 2011 – Business School Lausanne (BSL) held a conference with Joseph Deiss, current President of the General Assembly of the United Nations (U.N.) on March 2, 2011, on “Who Runs the World? - Challenges and Opportunities of World Governance in [...]

We are very happy to have a new Network Partner aboard our long journey towards a sustainable future that works for all. We would like to welcome WBSCSB (World Business School Council for Sustainable Business), a sustainability think tank and platform of action for business schools to [...]

The Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI and the World Business School Council for Sustainable Business (WBSCSB) with the active support of the United Nationals – backed Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Secretariat today announced a strategic pa [...]

CEO Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen to Speak at Business School Lausanne about Sustainable Investing Who:    Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen, CEO of Vestergaard Frandsen—a leading company (headquartered in Switzerland) of disease control textiles. What:   Winner of The Economist’s 2009 Innova [...]

Business School Lausanne Ranks Amongst the Top Business Schools A Total of 4 Swiss Business Schools Make the QS Top 200 List Lausanne, Switzerland – 18 October 2010 – An employer choice based ratings system, implemented by QS (Quacquarelli Symonds Limited), ranks Business School Lausa [...]

Business School Lausanne to Host a Networking Event Presenting New Solutions for Business Growth Alex Gofman, co-author of Selling Blue Elephants, presents an innovative new approach for businesses and entrepreneurs: How to Make Great Products that People Want Before They Even Know Th [...]

Business School Lausanne Relocates to New Landmark Building Lausanne, Switzerland – 25 June 2010 – Business School Lausanne (BSL) announced today their move from their Lausanne downtown campus at Avenue Dapples to an historic landmark building in the southwestern part of the Greater L [...]

Business School Lausanne Launches 4 New Master’s Programs for Students Seeking Specialties in Marketing, Finance, Sustainability and International Business Lausanne, Switzerland – 03 May 2010 – Business School Lausanne (BSL), announced the creation of 4 new master’s degree programs in [...]

Dean of Business School Lausanne, Dr. Katrin Muff, to Present at the Communication on Top Forum in Davos Who:    Dr. Katrin Muff, Dean of Business School Lausanne What:  How to communicate the right thing, the right way, at the right time…. Dr. Katrin Muff will present on the importan [...]