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55 BizEd March/April 2014 MBA Highlights n Meets once per month over 18 months in Shanghai. n Culminates with a two-week capstone session at Washington University's Charles F. Knight Executive Education and Confer- ence Center in St. Louis. This residency includes company visits, presentations by senior executives, and an intense inter- active experience with students from Washington University's St. Louis and Kansas City EMBA programs. n Allows students to earn an MBA degree from Washington University and a certificate from Fudan University that makes them full-fledged alumni of Fudan. and written assignments must be completed in English. Many poten- tial students find it much more attractive to study in their native language. In fact, I would say that if there are two million middle managers in Shanghai, almost two million of them would prefer to get an MBA in Chinese. Schools com- pete intensely for the executives who are qualified—and willing—to pursue EMBA degrees in English. Fortunately, we have more than 500 successful alumni from our Shanghai EMBA program, and they are our best ambassadors and recruiters for the program. They not only recommend executives from their own companies, but help spread the word among the Chinese and ex-pat community of executives based in Shanghai. Olin Business School's partnership with Fudan's School of Management opened the door to many other joint opportunities for our universities. MARK YOUR CALENDAR for next year's International Conference and Annual Meeting (ICAM). AACSB brings ICAM 2015 to the home of the international headquarters, beautiful Tampa, Florida, USA! APRIL 26–28, 2015 SAVE THE DATE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL MEETING ICAM 2015 Ad.indd 1 1/30/2014 4:17:18 PM The Asian Institute of Management (AIM) is in the middle of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Come to AIM and learn about leading in the AEC. Be in the middle of the marketplace. www.aim.edu Today, the schools of social work, law, medicine, and engineering from both institutions are involved in research partnerships through the St. Louis-based McDonnell Academy that also sponsors exchange pro- grams for students and faculty. Our next goal is to take the les- sons we've learned from the Fudan program and replicate it in other markets. Olin is currently develop- ing an EMBA program with IIT- Bombay, and we expect to enroll our first class in 2015. We know there will be challenges as we set out for Mumbai—but we are con- fident that we can profit from the lessons we learned in China as we explore this exciting new market. Jim Little is the Donald J. Danforth Jr. Distinguished Professor of Business at the Olin Business School of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He has been the academic director of the EMBA- Shanghai program since its inception.