Take for example, the coaching undertaken by Christophe Haag, an associate professor at the French business school, EM Lyon.

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Patrice Houdayer, at EM Lyon, takes a similar view.

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For advice, I asked members of the World Entrepreneurship Forum, one of the most influential global networks of business owners, social entrepreneurs and industry experts created by KPMG and the EM Lyon Business School, along with Nanyang Technological University, Zhejiang University, Only Lyon and Action Community for Entrepreneurship for in 2008.

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