- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), (simplified Chinese 长江商学院, Hanyu Pinyin: Chángjiāng Shāng Xuéyuàn). Established in November 2002 with the financial backing of the Li Ka Shing Foundation, CKGSB is one of the leading business schools in China. The school's student body in a given year consists of 600 Executive MBA students, an MBA class of 60 young professionals as well as 150 Finance MBA and Executive Education students. Headquartered in Beijing, CKGSB has campuses in Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Cheung Kong GSB Beijing Campus
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School name
The "Cheung Kong" from CKGSB's name comes directly from the name of Li Ka Shing's Cheung Kong (Holdings), Hong Kong’s leading multinational conglomerate. In the Cantonese dialect widely spoken in Hong Kong, "Cheung Kong" is the name for China's longest river, the Yangtze River.
Programs offered
- Chinese Language Programs
- Executive MBA
- China CEO Program
- Finance CEO Program
- Finance MBA (part time)
- Mini/Post EMBA Programs
- Media Management Program
- Real Estate Management Program
- Family Business Program
- Company Specific Programs
- English Language Programs
- MBA
- Country Manager Program
- China from the Inside Program
- Customized Programs
Faculty and Research
CKGSB's greatest strength is its faculty, which includes a growing number of world-class academics who have joined from the faculties of such schools as Wharton, Stanford, New York University, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Michigan, Washington University, MIT, Columbia, UC San Diego, University of Minnesota, University of Texas at Austin, Insead, UCLA, Yale, Duke University, Darden, Cornell and Ohio State University. The school's professors publish research in top academic journals at rates comparable with those of top 20 business schools world wide. In addition, many faculty members were raised in China before studying at leading universities abroad. Their bi-cultural perspective makes them uniquely positioned to help Westerners understand busiess in China's fast-changing market.
Library
The Library at Cheung Kong GSB Beijing CampusThe CKGSB Library in Beijing has total holdings of more than 12,000 volumes of Chinese and English books, and more than 150 periodicals. In addition to these traditional collections, the library also provides a variety of e-resources, including online and CD-ROM databases, such as Proquest, ISI Emerging Market, as well as thousands of e-journals and e-books. Two branch libraries have been established on the Shanghai Campus and Guangzhou Campus.
Case Center
The CKGSB Case Center has a case study library of over one hundred cases, focusing on Accounting and Finance; Business Models and Innovation; Chinese Macro-economics; Globalization and Strategy; Logistics, Operations and HR Management; Marketing and Customer Information. Cases are derived from faculty research and teaching interests, feature CKGSB alumni, and encapsulate Chinese business scenarios.
Alumni
Notable CKGSB alumni include:
- Jack Ma - Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group
- Fu Chengyu - Chairman and CEO of China National Offshore Oil Corporation
- Zhang Lan - Chairwoman and Founder of South Beauty Restaurant Group Ltd.
- Jason Jiang - Chairman of Focus Media Holding
- Niu Gensheng - Chairman and CEO of China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited
- Li Dongsheng - Chairman, CEO, and President of TCL Corporation
- Guo Guangchang - Chairman, CEO, and Founder of Fosun International Limited
- Zhao Benshan - Chairman Ben Mountain Media Group; Chinese comic actor
- Jin Zhiguo - President, Tsingtao Brewery Group
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