Issue #8/2015

MSM Dean Director Wim Naudé

September was a great month at MSM. We started the new academic year with a fantastic graduation, with 144 students from more than 30 nationalities receiving their degrees. This was followed by our 5th Annual Research Conference, organized in collaboration with the German Development Institute and Austrian Foundation for Development.  Following quick on the heels of our fresh graduates, we then welcomed around 90 new students who will be studying at our Maastricht campus – a new MBA cohort, participants in our executive programs, and moreover the first students in our new Master in Management program. Soon we will also welcome the new intakes in our M.Sc in Management and Engineering that we offer in partnership with RWTH Aachen University, and our recruitment for our new Executive MBA program – with specializations in Sports Management, Healthcare Management and International Business & Sustainable Development will start. You can read about these highlights of the month and more in this edition of our newsletter.

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Graduation Day 2015

More than 144 MBA and DBA students, representing more than 30 nationalities, and their families and friends, special guests and stakeholders, embassy and partner university representatives, faculty and administrative staff, gathered in the conference hall of Maastricht School of Management on 3 September to celebrate the school’s largest and most festive event of the year, Graduation Day.

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Managing African agriculture: markets, linkages and rural economic development

Now seen as an established series of international research conferences, MSM’s 5th annual Maastricht-based research conference continues to attract leading scholars and is the scene for controversial discussions.

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MSM welcomes new students for Academic Year 2015-2016

The Introduction Day ceremony, held on 14 September 2015, marked the start of a new academic year at Maastricht School of Management. It is the second most important day of the year at MSM after Graduation.

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MSM Sports Managements MBA aims at Chinese market: partners with Dong Dao Group

MSM’s Sports Management Executive MBA has entered into a partnership with the Chinese Dong Dao Group to promote sport management in China and to promote sport-education exchanges and networking between Chinese sports officials, entrepreneurs and companies, and Dutch counterparts.

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MSM hosts the IACBE Conference on Global Education & Academic Partnerships: Register now!

Maastricht School of Management (MSM) is pleased to announce the IACBE International Conference and European Regional Assembly Meeting. The conference is titled Global Education and Partnerships and it is taking place at MSM on 22-23 October 2015.

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An evening of bonding through food and music

The international dinner at MSM on Thursday 24 September was one of the highlights of the Introduction Weeks of the new academic year. Students from the new MBA32 class and participants from the Executive Programs PMPDM and RMS demonstrated their cooking talents by hosting a superb buffet of culinary specialties from their home countries for MSM students and staff.

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Successful co-operation with Azerbaijan renewed

MSM and its partner in Azerbaijan, ADA University, recently renewed its co-operation. During a visit of Rector Hafiz Pashayev and senior managers and academics from ADA University to Maastricht, the success of the institutions’ joint Executive MBA program in Baku was celebrated. Twenty senior managers and entrepreneurs graduated during MSM’’s graduation ceremony, the first cohort from this program, which was started in September 2013.

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European championships equestrian Aachen 2015: Veni Vidi Vici the Dutch Way

The impressive achievements of the Dutch Equestrian team at the recent Equestrian European Championships in Aachen demonstrated the importance of education, innovation and cooperation to be successful in sports. Understanding the importance of these three elements in sports and the sports industry, MSM and Sportbizz developed the Executive MBA in Sports Management.

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New and upcoming programs

Refresher Course - Marketing Sustainability
Application deadline: 15 October 2015
Start date: 11 January 2015

Full-time MBA
Start date: September of each year

Executive MBA
Specializations: 
Sports Management
Healthcare Management
International Business & Sustainable Development
Start date: 15 January 2016
Early bird application deadline: 1 October 2015

Master in Management
Specialization: International Business
Start date: February 2016

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New and recent publications

Visit our research portal or click on the links below to access our publications. 

Recent titles include:
Environmental vulnerability as a legacy of violent conflict: a case study of the 2012 waste crisis in the Palestinian gathering of Shabriha, South Lebanon
Authors: Ms. Nora Stel and Irna van der Molen

Cost Estimates, Cost Overruns, and Project Continuation Decisions
Authors: Alexander Brüggen and Joan Luft

Structural Change and Industrial Development in the BRICS
Author: Wim Naudé, Adam Szirmai and Nobuya Haraguchi

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Latest and upcoming events

Scholarships available – deadline 18 October 2015

IACBE International Conference & European Regional Assembly Meeting
Conference date: 22-23 October 2015

Second conference – Palestinian-Dutch Academic Cooperation Program on Water
Conference date: 28 October 2015

Dutch-Palestinian Bilateral Cooperation Forum: Food security seminars
Date: 29 October 2015

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MSM videos

Have a look at the compilation of the MSM Graduation Day!

Click here for the MSM YouTube channel

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