Solvay Business School - Université Libre de Bruxelles

   
International name: Solvay Business School

Description

One hundred years ago, our founder Ernest Solvay, defined the School mission as follows:

“The mission of the Solvay Business School is to train men and women who are capable of selecting, initiating and managing.”

Our mission remains unchanged, but it can be declined according to more specific axes relevant to our time:

1. Our aim is to “train through transformation”. We consider it part of our responsibility to participate in the transformation of men and women who follow courses at our School. Whether taking a short course or a long-term programme, our students and participants acquire much more than knowledge. They graduate from the Solvay Business School as different people, to their own benefit and that of their company or organisation.

2. We believe it is our role as an international business school to furnish society with talented men and women with a thesaurus of intelligence, in order to elevate and contribute to the long-term development of society. This can only be achieved through ensuring the highest possible level of excellence in teaching and research.

3. Lastly, we have set ourselves the objective of cultivating a European profile, through our own infinitely rich cultural component, but also via those aspects linked to building a more balanced, peaceful and economically prosperous world. It is this thought that lies behind our ambition to be “the most European of European business schools”.

Affiliations and Partnerships

EABIS logoEFMD logo

European Academy of Business in Society (EABiS), http://www.eabis.org
European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), http://www.efmd.org

Address

Solvay Business School - Université Libre de Bruxelles
87A avenue A. Buyl
Bruxelles
1050
Belgium

Programs and classes available at Solvay Business School - Université Libre de Bruxelles

Undergraduate & Diploma
CR-specific classes belonging to non-CR Undergraduate & Diploma programmes
Full-time MBA
CR-specific classes belonging to non-CR Full-time MBA programmes

Published work

Sustainable Development in an Industrial Enterprise: The Case of Ontario Hydro
By Nigel Roome (2006)in Business Process Management Journal, 12, 6, 696-721. With Bergin, R.
The Enterprise Strategies of European Leaders in Corporate [Social] Responsibility
In 'The Challenge of Organising and Implementing CSR' (ed.) Jan Jonker and Marco de Witte, Palgrave: London, pp 223-247 with J. Jonker
Sustainable Enterprise in Clusters of Innovation
In Corporate Environmental Strategy and Competitive Advantage (eds.) S. Sharma, A. Aragan-Correa, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham pp 336-, with F. Boons
Pan-European Approaches: Some implications of national agendas for CSR
In CSR Across Europe (eds.) A. Habisch, J..Jonker, M. Wegner & R. Schmidpeter, Springer Publishing: Heidelberg, pp 317-334.
Corporate environmental management and sustainable enterprise: the influence of information processing and decision-styles
(2003) Business Strategy and the Environment, 12 (4) 265-277 with Sweet, P. & Sweet, S.

Case Studies

Sustainable Development in an Industrial Enterprise: The Case of Ontario Hydro
N Roome in Business Process Management Journal, 12, 6, 696-721. With Bergin, R.
The Role of Visioning in Environmental Management and Organizational Change: The Case of Abitibi-Price
(2001) In K. Green, Groenewegen, P. & Hofman, P. (Eds.) Ahead of the Curve. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht. pp19-40

Research actions

Other Initiatives

Collaborative learning
Through the use of companies as research partners and laboratories for study, advisory board work and companies as case-studies
Meeting and seminars - cross-university
meeting and seminars - cross university / conferences and meetings / research as opportunities arise / joint courses with other universities in Brussels, Belgium and other Countries
Working with companies
Advisory board work with a number of companies on futures, organisational change and innovation and embedding processes around CR. Consulting and advice.
Students support
Encourage and support MBA invitations to organisations involved in CSR and social innovation. Support for AIESEC leadership work. Support for other opportunities as they arise.

People working for Solvay Business School - Université Libre de Bruxelles

Nigel Roome | | +32 (0)2 650 48 99
Eric de Keulenaar | edk@credi.be | +32 (0)2 650 67 42
Anupama Mohan | | +32 (0)2 650 67 42