MSM Dean Director Wim Naudé |
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If there is a theme in this newsletter, it is innovation-entrepreneurship-change. The DNA of MSM. Meaning we practice what we preach. In earlier newsletters I shared some new program innovations with you, such as our new MBA in Energy Management in Azerbaijan and our new Master in Management and Engineering with RWTH Aachen University in Germany, among others. In this newsletter we lead with a story from Ethiopia, where we are involved in a large-scale project to build university capacity in this country (one of the fastest growing in Africa). We are uniquely positioned in this regard. Not only do we understand the indigenous development of business schools and management education in emerging and low-income countries but we nurture South-South learning through our unique partnership-networks. For instance, we recently lead a dozen Presidents and Vice-President of Ethiopian Public Universities to visit, and exchange ideas, with counterparts in Beijing and Shanghai. It is therefore no wonder that our Maastricht MBA class is the most global and diverse, and the most exciting in the Netherlands. The deadline for enrollment in the 2014-2015 class is fast approaching – make sure your application makes it in time, and see you soon in Maastricht. |
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Higher Education in Ethiopia: MSM’s Roundtable stresses co-operation in Research and Innovation |
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MSM and the Ethiopia Education Strategy Center organized a Roundtable on Higher Education in Ethiopia. Held in Addis Ababa on 7 June, participants included University Board Chairs and Presidents of the 31 Public Universities in Ethiopia. |
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Leadership, change and project management education for Bangladesh Government |
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Government officials from various Ministries in Bangladesh recently completed executive education programs on Project Development and Management at Maastricht School of Management. |
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Risk and change management executive education for Thai Government |
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As part of a 10-day tailor-made executive education program on risk- and change management, especially designed by MSM, the Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC) from Thailand recently visited the information center of the A2 tunnel project in Maastricht. The group also visited the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment. |
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International workshop on social entrepreneurship |
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On 22 May MSM organized an international workshop on social entrepreneurship. With the collaboration of partner institutions such as the Maastricht Centre for Entrepreneurship (MC4E) and WakaWaka Foundation, participants defended their own Social Entrepreneurship promotional plans. The winner, Ms Simona Serban (MBA participant from MSM Romania) was awarded a tuition fee for the Social Entrepreneurship Program at Maastricht Summer School. |
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Inclusive economic growth through Women’s Entrepreneurship Promotion |
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“Is entrepreneurship promotion a miracle solution to inclusive economic growth? No, we need to temper our expectations and look for alternative and feminist strategies to overcome issues of gender-inequality that underpin exclusive economic development…” |
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Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: new book and working paper |
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A new Oxford University Press book entitled “International Development: Ideas, Experience and Prospects” features a chapter on “Entrepreneurship and Economic Development” by MSM Dean-Director Professor Wim Naudé. The chapter is drawn from a paper which ranks among the Top 10 monthly downloads of the IZA Discussion Paper Series of the Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn, Germany. |
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Rural entrepreneurship in Africa: a source of jobs? |
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MSM Research Fellow and UNU-MERIT PhD Fellow Paula Nagler presented a paper on ‘Non-Farm Entrepreneurship in Rural Africa: Patterns and Determinants” at the 9th IZA/World Bank Conference on Employment and Development that was held in Lima, Peru on 25 and 26 June. Her paper, joint work with MSM Dean and UNU-MERIT Professorial Fellow Wim Naudé, reports for the first time empirical estimates of the size, importance and determinants of rural entrepreneurship in six African countries covered by the World Bank’s LSMS-ISA surveys. |
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Rural entrepreneurship in Africa: do spatial spillovers matter? |
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University of Ghana Lecturer Dr. Nkechi Owoo and MSM’s Dean-Director Wim Naudé presented a paper on “Non-Farm Enterprise Performance and Spatial Autocorrelation in Rural Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria” at the first Annual Bank Conference on Africa (ABCA) held in Paris, France, on 23 and 24 June. In their paper they show that location matters for the performance of enterprises in rural Africa: being closer to highly productive enterprises raises other enterprises productivity, but being closer to highly productive farms, may not… |
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Field research in Lebanon |
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MSM Research fellow Nora Stel is back in Lebanon to do fieldwork in Qasmiye, focusing on the situation of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Nora keeps a blog on her fieldwork in Qasmiye. Read her new blog post - The 'why' of doing research and the lures of narcissism, snobbism and megalomania. |
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MSM and KMBS celebrate 97 new MBA graduates in Kuwait |
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MSM’s partner institution in Kuwait, the Kuwait Maastricht Business School celebrated its eighth graduation on Saturday 17 May. On this occasion 97 students graduated with the joint MSM-KMBS degree of Master of Business Administration. The highlight of the evening was the conferment of the degrees by Ms. Kati Kovacs, MSM’s Associate Dean for Quality Assurance and Services. Almost 1,000 students have graduated from the joint MSM-KMBS Executive MBA program. MSM has been active for more than 10 years in the Gulf region. |
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The Netherlands is looking for you! |
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Career perspectives in the Netherlands for MSM MBA graduates |
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Maastricht MBA in Vietnam |
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Would you like to join our Maastricht MBA program in Vietnam? |
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New and upcoming programs |
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Full-time MBA |
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New and recent publications |
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Visit our research portal or click on the links below to access our Working Paper series. The MSM Working Paper series was established in 2011 to disseminate the early research findings of MSM faculty and students. |
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Latest and upcoming events |
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Seminar on The role of entrepreneurship towards sustainable development: The case of Africa |
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