MIP has increasingly been collaborating with top business schools and universities in the world and the latest addition to our list of partners is SP Jain School of Global Management, Mumbai, which is one of the most reputed business schools of India with a strong international reputation, thanks to its global campuses in Dubai, Singapore and Sydney.

This partnership involves the launch of our brand new master’s program in Global Luxury Goods and Services Management. This unique partnership will allow students to study partly in Mumbai (which is the financial capital of India and, most importantly, the biggest consumer market for luxury products in India) and in Milan (which is the business hub of Italy and the fashion capital of the world – home to more than half of the world’s top luxury brands and designers).

We are glad to have entered in this partnership which will allow candidates to gain first-hand understanding of the luxury industry in Europe and the application of marketing, sales and retail concepts in emerging markets like India.

I am pleased and excited to share the news that MIP will be joining forces with SP Jain School of Global Management to launch a new master’s program in Global Luxury Goods and Services Management. Participants will start with a first term in Mumbai where they will be introduced to the three main themes of the program:

• “Global” - where participants will receive basics of intercultural management, to be prepared to apply the masters' content globally
• “Luxury” - with an introduction to the luxury sector and the meaning of luxury
• “Management” - with an “MBA in a nutshell”, where all major General Management topics (from strategy to marketing, accounting and organisation, supply chain and finance) will be covered

In the second semester, the cohort will move to Milan, where my colleagues and I will reveal the secrets of success of luxury companies. From brand creation to innovation, from luxury supply chain management to retailing, all the contents will be addressed using a triple perspective:

• First, professors will introduce tools and methodologies useful to understand the luxury industry processes
• Managers will discuss the practical implications of the studied theories, sharing their success stories with participants
• Finally, a study tour through half a dozen of the most important luxury districts in Italy and Europe (from German cars to watches in Switzerland, to leather and champagne in France), will allow students an up, close and personal view of the processes behind-the-scene, with factory and showroom tours and meeting with managers and executives.

Selected participants will have the opportunity to conclude the masters with an internship in a partner company.