Born out of the coming together of business issues and the expertise of emlyon professors, the research chairs and projects contribute to fuel ever-upgraded knowledge into the community of emlyon business school at once.
A chair creation reflects a large-scale multi-year commitment (usually of four years) from the partner's side, both financially and in terms of providing access to a great variety of valuable data. The commitment of emlyon business school is equally important, with the R&D activity of the chair's holder – an expert professor – and the means he/she will rally for the chair's project. Research projects correspond to a once-a-year or twice-a-year commitment which can also be large-scale projects.