Customised Inhouse Programmes

The Sino-German Center of Finance and Economics (SGC) at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Overview

Tailored learning solutions for your organisation’s specific challenges

Doing business between China and Germany requires more than technical expertise. It calls for a deep understanding of different markets, regulatory environments, management cultures and ways of doing business.

Frankfurt School’s customised inhouse programmes combine academic excellence and practical industry expertise with the Sino-German Centre’s in-depth knowledge of the Chinese and German business environments. Together with you, we design learning solutions that address your organisation’s strategic priorities, industry-specific challenges and talent development needs.

Whether you want to prepare executives for international leadership roles, strengthen strategic and financial capabilities, support transformation projects or build regulatory and compliance expertise, our programmes are tailored to your objectives.

Our Areas of Expertise

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Leadership & Localisation

Develop the leadership capabilities required to manage successfully across cultures, markets and organisational boundaries.

Possible topics include:

  • Intercultural Leadership for Sino-German Business
  • Leading Through Change, Uncertainty and Localisation
  • Leading the Sustainability Transformation
  • Women in Leadership: Sino-German Perspectives
  • Executive Leadership and Decision-Making
  • Leading International and Multicultural Teams
  • Talent Development and Organisational Transformation
  • Leading a German Subsidiary
  • HQ-Subsidiary Leadership and Cooperation
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Management

Build the managerial capabilities required to deliver complex projects, drive innovation and ensure effective collaboration across borders.

Possible topics include:

  • Intercultural Negotiation & Communication Skills
  • Project & Innovation Management in Global Teams
  • ESG Integration in Projects and Operations
  • Family Business & Succession Planning
  • Change Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • International Business Management
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Strategy

Equip executives and specialists with the tools to assess markets, define strategic priorities and successfully implement transformation.

Possible topics include:

  • Market Entry & Growth Strategies in China and Germany
  • Sustainable Business Strategy
  • Digital Transformation Strategy
  • Competitive Strategy and Business Model Innovation
  • Innovation and Growth
  • Geopolitical and Economic Developments and their Business Impact
  • B2B Market Development
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Finance

Strengthen financial decision-making and develop a deeper understanding of financing, investment and capital markets in an international context.

Possible topics include:

  • Cross-Border Finance & Taxation
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Analysis and Valuation
  • Financing Growth and Transformation: Bank Finance, Public Funding and EU Promotion Programmes
  • Sustainable Finance and ESG Integration
  • Green Bonds & Impact Investing
  • Financial Management and Controlling for German Subsidiaries
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Mergers & Acquisitions

Develop the financial, strategic and cultural capabilities required to successfully manage cross-border transactions.

Our programmes can cover the entire M&A lifecycle, including:

  • M&A Strategy
  • Company Valuation
  • Financial and Commercial Due Diligence
  • Transaction Structuring
  • Cross-Border M&A in a Sino-German Context
  • Post-Merger Integration
  • Cultural Challenges in International Transactions
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Compliance, Regulation & Governance

Strengthen the capabilities required to navigate complex regulatory environments, manage compliance risks and establish effective governance structures

Possible topics include:

  • Compliance Management
  • Corporate Governance
  • Risk Culture and Conduct
  • Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Prevention
  • Fraud Prevention
  • International Sanctions
  • ESG Regulation and Sustainable Governance
  • Regulatory Requirements for Financial Institutions
  • Compliance Challenges in Cross-Border Business

Our Areas of Expertise

⠀

Leadership & Localisation

Develop the leadership capabilities required to manage successfully across cultures, markets and organisational boundaries.

Possible topics include:

  • Intercultural Leadership for Sino-German Business
  • Leading Through Change, Uncertainty and Localisation
  • Leading the Sustainability Transformation
  • Women in Leadership: Sino-German Perspectives
  • Executive Leadership and Decision-Making
  • Leading International and Multicultural Teams
  • Talent Development and Organisational Transformation
  • Leading a German Subsidiary
  • HQ-Subsidiary Leadership and Cooperation
⠀

Management

Build the managerial capabilities required to deliver complex projects, drive innovation and ensure effective collaboration across borders.

Possible topics include:

  • Intercultural Negotiation & Communication Skills
  • Project & Innovation Management in Global Teams
  • ESG Integration in Projects and Operations
  • Family Business & Succession Planning
  • Change Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • International Business Management
⠀

Strategy

Equip executives and specialists with the tools to assess markets, define strategic priorities and successfully implement transformation.

Possible topics include:

  • Market Entry & Growth Strategies in China and Germany
  • Sustainable Business Strategy
  • Digital Transformation Strategy
  • Competitive Strategy and Business Model Innovation
  • Innovation and Growth
  • Geopolitical and Economic Developments and their Business Impact
  • B2B Market Development
⠀

Finance

Strengthen financial decision-making and develop a deeper understanding of financing, investment and capital markets in an international context.

Possible topics include:

  • Cross-Border Finance & Taxation
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Analysis and Valuation
  • Financing Growth and Transformation: Bank Finance, Public Funding and EU Promotion Programmes
  • Sustainable Finance and ESG Integration
  • Green Bonds & Impact Investing
  • Financial Management and Controlling for German Subsidiaries
⠀

Mergers & Acquisitions

Develop the financial, strategic and cultural capabilities required to successfully manage cross-border transactions.

Our programmes can cover the entire M&A lifecycle, including:

  • M&A Strategy
  • Company Valuation
  • Financial and Commercial Due Diligence
  • Transaction Structuring
  • Cross-Border M&A in a Sino-German Context
  • Post-Merger Integration
  • Cultural Challenges in International Transactions
⠀

Compliance, Regulation & Governance

Strengthen the capabilities required to navigate complex regulatory environments, manage compliance risks and establish effective governance structures

Possible topics include:

  • Compliance Management
  • Corporate Governance
  • Risk Culture and Conduct
  • Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Prevention
  • Fraud Prevention
  • International Sanctions
  • ESG Regulation and Sustainable Governance
  • Regulatory Requirements for Financial Institutions
  • Compliance Challenges in Cross-Border Business

Our Areas of Expertise

⠀

Leadership & Localisation

Develop the leadership capabilities required to manage successfully across cultures, markets and organisational boundaries.

Possible topics include:

  • Intercultural Leadership for Sino-German Business
  • Leading Through Change, Uncertainty and Localisation
  • Leading the Sustainability Transformation
  • Women in Leadership: Sino-German Perspectives
  • Executive Leadership and Decision-Making
  • Leading International and Multicultural Teams
  • Talent Development and Organisational Transformation
  • Leading a German Subsidiary
  • HQ-Subsidiary Leadership and Cooperation
⠀

Management

Build the managerial capabilities required to deliver complex projects, drive innovation and ensure effective collaboration across borders.

Possible topics include:

  • Intercultural Negotiation & Communication Skills
  • Project & Innovation Management in Global Teams
  • ESG Integration in Projects and Operations
  • Family Business & Succession Planning
  • Change Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • International Business Management
⠀

Strategy

Equip executives and specialists with the tools to assess markets, define strategic priorities and successfully implement transformation.

Possible topics include:

  • Market Entry & Growth Strategies in China and Germany
  • Sustainable Business Strategy
  • Digital Transformation Strategy
  • Competitive Strategy and Business Model Innovation
  • Innovation and Growth
  • Geopolitical and Economic Developments and their Business Impact
  • B2B Market Development
⠀

Finance

Strengthen financial decision-making and develop a deeper understanding of financing, investment and capital markets in an international context.

Possible topics include:

  • Cross-Border Finance & Taxation
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Analysis and Valuation
  • Financing Growth and Transformation: Bank Finance, Public Funding and EU Promotion Programmes
  • Sustainable Finance and ESG Integration
  • Green Bonds & Impact Investing
  • Financial Management and Controlling for German Subsidiaries
⠀

Mergers & Acquisitions

Develop the financial, strategic and cultural capabilities required to successfully manage cross-border transactions.

Our programmes can cover the entire M&A lifecycle, including:

  • M&A Strategy
  • Company Valuation
  • Financial and Commercial Due Diligence
  • Transaction Structuring
  • Cross-Border M&A in a Sino-German Context
  • Post-Merger Integration
  • Cultural Challenges in International Transactions
⠀

Compliance, Regulation & Governance

Strengthen the capabilities required to navigate complex regulatory environments, manage compliance risks and establish effective governance structures

Possible topics include:

  • Compliance Management
  • Corporate Governance
  • Risk Culture and Conduct
  • Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Prevention
  • Fraud Prevention
  • International Sanctions
  • ESG Regulation and Sustainable Governance
  • Regulatory Requirements for Financial Institutions
  • Compliance Challenges in Cross-Border Business

Industry-Specific Solutions

Automotive

The transformation of the automotive industry is reshaping Sino-German business relations. We support automotive companies and suppliers in areas such as strategy, leadership, transformation, innovation, finance, sustainability, supply-chain challenges and intercultural management.

Real Estate

From investment and financing to valuation, sustainability and regulation, our programmes address the key challenges facing real estate investors, developers and financial institutions. Specific modules can also focus on international real estate investment and Sino-German market perspectives.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure projects combine long-term investment, complex financing structures, regulation and multiple stakeholder interests. Our programmes can address infrastructure finance, project finance, investment analysis, sustainability, risk management and the management of large-scale projects.

Finance & Banking

As one of Europe’s leading business schools with strong roots in the financial sector, Frankfurt School offers extensive expertise in banking and financial services. Programmes can cover corporate finance, risk management, banking regulation, compliance, sustainable finance, capital markets, digital finance and strategic transformation.

There is no standard format for a customised programme. Each programme is designed around your organisation’s specific objectives, business context and stage of development in Europe.

Whether you are preparing to enter the European market, establishing your operations, localising and scaling your business, or moving towards the next stage of strategic development, we focus on the capabilities your leaders and teams need at that particular point in your journey.

Depending on your objectives, we can develop anything from a focused one- or two-day executive workshop to a multi-module development programme extending over several months.

Programmes may combine:

  • Faculty input and expert sessions
  • Case studies and simulations
  • Workshops and group projects
  • Company-specific business challenges
  • Executive coaching
  • Networking and peer exchange
  • Online and face-to-face learning

Programmes can be delivered in Germany, China or other international locations.

Where appropriate, customised programmes can be complemented by selected external perspectives and learning experiences. These may include visits to institutions, innovation hubs, start-up ecosystems or other organisations, as well as exchanges with practitioners and industry experts.

Such elements are selected based on the programme objectives, participant profile and local opportunities. Rather than offering a standard schedule of company visits, we focus on creating relevant access to the German and European business, regulatory and innovation environment.

The Sino-German Centre brings together Frankfurt School’s academic and industry expertise with a deep understanding of the economic, institutional and cultural relationships between China and Germany.

This enables us to develop programmes that go beyond generic international management training. Participants gain relevant knowledge, practical tools and the cross-cultural perspective required to operate effectively in both markets.

Every customised programme starts with your organisation’s objectives.

Talk to us about your strategic priorities, target group and development needs. Together, we will design a programme that creates measurable value for your organisation and your people.

Contact

sgc@fs.de