Founded in 2001, the research institute of ESG Business school (CERESG) has grown considerably over the last years, reaching 40 members in 2008.

This institute is divided into three research laboratories:

Finance
Head: Joëlle Cernes

Management & International Relations
Head: Frédéric Encel

Management & Strategy
Head: Serge Guerin

The main goals of the research institute are:

• contributing to the progress of the knowledge about management and finance techniques
• enhancing the transfer of knowledge to the students (through the teaching), the companies (via reporting and seminars) and the teachers (by seminars, meetings, scientific articles and other publications)
• forcing up the international awareness level of ESG

The research institute has a strong focus on interdepartmental cooperation, facilitated by the intimate structure of ESG. The institutes have been created to make sure that the Management, responsible for creating the necessary incentive structures to ensure that certain research topics are given priority treatment, can facilitate profile building in research activities.

The theoretical research fields are mainly focused on:

the assets of other disciplines and their contribution to the research done (social sciences, politic science, human science etc.)
the building of prospective sustainable models
political analysis and its effect on Economy and Finance

ESG research work has to respect two equally important conditions:

Utility for the companies

The scientific quality of the methods of investigation

ESG's research work is done on the field, focused on real problems of companies which are analysed with classical theories and methods (modelling, historical data base research, case studies etc.).

The majority of our publications go hand in hand with the implementation of analytical and controlling tools, which guarantee the sustainable quality of the results.