Nikola ZIVLAK

Nikola ZIVLAK

Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Academic Director, Undergraduate/Graduate programs
Director of International Cooperation
emlyon business school Asia

zivlak@em-lyon.com

Dr. Nikola Zivlak earned his PhD degree in Business Management at Donghua University in Shanghai, at Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, where he was a researcher founded by Chinese Government Scholarship. Before that Dr. Zivlak has obtained his master degree in Industrial Engineering and Management.

Prior to joining emlyon business school, Dr. Zivlak was an Assistant Professor at Donghua University, Shanghai, China where he is based since 2007.

Dr. Zivlak has an academic experience of more than 18 years as a professor and a researcher. Besides his academic work, we also possess practical experience as a consultant and an executive trainer for various industries, working within multinational teams. He worked with people from over 100 countries.

He has lectured at numerous universities in China and Europe including Shanghai Jiaotong University, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, ESSCA School of Management and Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW).

Dr. Zivlak has got an extensive knowledge about Chinese industry and high sensitivity to Chinese society. Indeed, he organized research and visited and cooperated with numerous companies in China.

Dr. Zivlak is one of the founders and Deputy Director of Belt and Road Institute in Serbia, member of China-CEEC Think Tanks Network at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and ESTIEM Alumni. At the same time, he is also a foreign consultant for China Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME).

His passion is international education, and he is specialized in creating and managing high-level international educational programs between Europe and Asia.