For the past decade, business schools have progressively turned to online learning in an attempt to meet overseas demand. But this is not an undertaking for the faint-hearted. Web-based content has proved expensive to develop and needs constant updating. It requires an IT platform compatible with global technical standards and learning materials that deliver business objectives.

This is the market that French business e-learning provider CrossKnowledge wants to dominate. Launched in 2000, the company publishes 10,000 resources in 10 languages.