ACIEK CONFERENCE 2024

Sorbonne Business School is an institution specialized in Management and Business sciences since 1956. Research and training are its core activities offering degree-granting programs to Executives and young Professionals.

Sorbonne Business School’s portfolio includes not only general business training for experienced profiles looking to gain business competences but also specialized Masters. Part time tracks have been designed over the years to fit the needs of students who work while studying, making Sorbonne Business School an expert in continuous training.

Sorbonne Business School’s very active research work enriches programs with innovative approaches providing students with the necessary skills and tools to respond to tomorrow’s challenges.

Sorbonne Business School is associated with the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne in order to deliver Internationally recognized degrees and share its humanistic values : equal opportunities and making success accessible to all.

Faithful to its public service mission, Sorbonne Business School is proud to contribute to the development of knowledge both through training and research.

For centuries Paris has been one of the world’s most important and attractive cities. It is appreciated for the opportunities it offers for business and commerce, for study, for culture, and for entertainment; its gastronomy, haute couture, painting, literature, and intellectual community especially enjoy an enviable reputation. Its sobriquet “the City of Light” (“la Ville Lumière”), earned during the Enlightenment, remains appropriate, for Paris has retained its importance as a centre for education and intellectual pursuits.

Paris’s site at a crossroads of both water and land routes significant not only to France but also to Europe has had a continuing influence on its growth. Under Roman administration, in the 1st century BCE, the original site on the Île de la Cité was designated the capital of the Parisii tribe and territory. The Frankish king Clovis I had taken Paris from the Gauls by 494 CE and later made his capital there. Under Hugh Capet (ruled 987–996) and the Capetian dynasty the preeminence of Paris was firmly established, and Paris became the political and cultural hub as modern France took shape. France has long been a highly centralized country, and Paris has come to be identified with a powerful central state, drawing to itself much of the talent and vitality of the provinces.