Rita Klapper

The ESC Rouen is a Management Grande Ecole in France where I am employed as

Associate Professor for Corporate Strategy & Entrepreneurship
• Head of MSc course on development of International Enterprise.
• Responsible for 20 full-time and part-time staff (academic & professional): recruitment and evaluation of teaching staff, negotiation of course contents & remuneration
• Charged with restructuring and internationalizing the MSc programme (500
teaching hours):
o Recruitment of internationally minded staff
o Integration of entrepreneurial, innovative modules such as ‘Entrepreneurship in Europe’ and Female Entrepreneurship
o Organization of an annual study trip abroad as well as an international research project and a team building weekend.
• Representation of Rouen Business School and the postgraduate programmes at international and national recruitment fairs
• Charged with student selection
• Organisation of Comité de Perfectionnement (Expert Committee) to evaluate the appropriateness of the MSc programme
• Responsible for establishing contacts with leading international companies such
as Ferrero, Total, Valois, Interwise, Bosch, Würth AG, SAPP Maxims to negotiate participation in Master’s programme and internships
• Charged with the organisation of entrepreneurial seminars with international entrepreneurs from Germany, England and France
• Responsible for organising annual study visit to London, Brussels, Warsaw &
Krakow (companies and institutions include City Corporation of London, Lloyds, Peoplesoft, Shell, GlaxoSmithKlineWellcome, ING, Auchan, Lafarge)


Further responsibilities
• Head of International Strategy, 2nd year of the ESC programme, in charge of a team of 3 lecturers (2002-2006)
• Successfully restructured course contents and recruited part-time staff
• Developed contacts with internationally active companies


External responsibilities/memberships
• Member of the EFMD taskforce on Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Official ESC representative for entrepreneurship at the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Member of the British Academy of Management (BAM)
• Member of the OPPE (Observatoire des Pratiques Pédagogiques en Entrepreneuriat, Observatory for pedagogical practices in Entrepreneurship) (France)
• Member of the Scientific Committee of AIMS – Association Internationale de Management Stratégique, adhoc reviewer for entrepreneurship

Sector: Teaching - Research

Sector: Teaching