The EM Strasbourg Business School's core business is the dissemination of management knowledge, know-how and skills. This is transmitted via different, increasingly diverse channels, at the forefront of which is the education provided by expert faculty staff.

To achieve optimal quality, in keeping with international standards, EM Strasbourg Business School backs the transmission of this knowledge to Research in management Sciences, through the three following objectives:

• Produce a state-of-the-art, and original knowledge, recognised in major domains for the training of the School's full-time and continuing education students,
• Anticipate the major trends affecting businesses and organisations, within a constantly evolving environment, to provide managers and future managers with the tools and methods required for strategic steering,
• Help businesses and organisations decipher their policies and practices, with a view to detecting and promoting "best practices" that are crucial for managerial turnover.

Teacher-researchers are welcomed within two research laboratories attached to the EM Strasbourg Business School: HuManis and LaRGE.

Humans and Management in Society (HuManiS, EA 1347)

This laboratory, run by Professor Thierry Nobre, plays host to researchers whose ambition is to train managers "in a different way", i.e. go beyond simply transmitting management engineering knowledge and skills. The research conducted is in keeping with a perception of management as an action science and aims at supporting organizations as they move towards developing their legitimacy, based on 4 major themes:

• Public and Hospital Management and Performance
• Diversity Management and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Individuals, Strategy and Organisations (ISO)
• Marketing and Information and Communication Technologies (MICT)

Laboratory for Management and Economics Research (LaRGE, EA 2364)

This laboratory, run by Professor Laurent Weill, specialises in finance. It studies all the aspects of this discipline and focuses on the methodological coherence of industrial organisation and econometric modeling methods. The team includes faculty members completing research activities in management sciences and economics, working on 4 priority research areas:

• Economy and Banking Finance
• Behavioural finance
• Corporate finance
• Public finance

Pedagogical innovation

The creation of case studies by EM Strasbourg Business School's faculty members is an integral part of the School's research activities. The field research - scientific production - educational cases triumvirate constitutes the foundation of the educational approach. EM Strasbourg Business School is regularly rewarded by the Centrale des cas et des medias pédagogiques (CCMP, Case Studies and Multimedia Department) of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry for its case study productions.

With 18 Stylos d'or (Golden Pens) awarded since 2001, EM Strasbourg Business School is one of the undisputed leaders in practical case studies.