Issue #3/2016

MSM Dean Wim Naudé

We often claim that MSM is the most international business school in the Netherlands. A quick overview of some of the news from MSM this month suggest that this not an exaggeration. The dancers in the banner above are from Uzbekistan, a country whose business opportunities, and culture, were recently under the spotlight at MSM. Being international is however not only about having connections: it is the substance of being international that is of the essence. In this regard we are very pleased to formally have launched our new exciting Maastricht-Suffolk Executive MBA. Its substance is in the unique pooling of expertise from three richly creative and innovative regions, where science, business and culture are intertwined: Maastricht, Ipswich and Boston. 

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The Maastricht-Suffolk Executive MBA: a truly multi-national program

Maastricht School of Management (MSM) and University Campus Suffolk (UCS) joined forces to offer an exciting new Executive MBA program in Ipswich, Suffolk.

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MSM launches Open Online Education Resource during Open Education Week

Open Education Week was held for the fifth time this year from 7 to 11 March. Maastricht School of Management (MSM) took part in Open Education Week by organizing a free global webinar together with a number of our partners. During the webinar MSM Dean Professor Wim Naudé Naude announced the launch of a new open online education resource, a Mini-MBA that can be followed freely online. 

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Education and protection of women paramount

In a recent article published in the Dutch national newspaper de Volkskrant, MSM Dean Professor Wim Naudé and MSM Honorary Professor Josette Dijkhuizen argue that as we celebrate International Women’s Day 2016 we should remember that there is no gender parity yet on this planet.

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Entrepreneurship pilot projects for migrants in the Netherlands

If you are a migrant you generally speaking possess two outstanding entrepreneurial qualities: courage and perseverance,” says Dr. Josette Dijkhuizen, Honorary Professor in Entrepreneurship Development at Maastricht School of Management.

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Call for papers: Forced migration, enterprise and development

Small Business Economics Journal, a leading journal in the field of entrepreneurship (impact factor 1.795) has issued a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on Forced Migration, Enterprise and Development.

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Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon: ‘states-within-the-state’ or hybrid form of governance?

In a recent article in Development and Change entitled ‘Languages of Stateness in South Lebanon’s Palestinian Gatherings. The PLO’s Popular Committees as Twilight Institutions‘ MSM assistant professor Nora Stel explores the above question.

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Ethiopian new public universities: achievements, challenges and illustrative case studies

In a recent article in Quality Assurance in Education MSM assistant professor Dr. Rita van Deuren and three Ethiopian co-authors analyze, describe and illustrate achievements, challenges and illustrative case studies of three Ethiopian new public universities.

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DBA defense at MSM: can regulation reduce the resource curse risk?

The MSM DBA program is recommended to all who strive to undertake quality applied research.” This said Ms. Sheila Mziray after successfully defending her DBA thesis: “Can Regulation Reduce the Resource Curse Risk? The Case Study of Gold Value Chain Actors in Tanzania” at Maastricht School of Management on 10 May 2016.

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Sustainable Business Development at MSM

Twelve participants from six countries successfully completed the Executive Program Sustainable Business Development for Emerging Economies on 26 February 2016.

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E-Government at MSM: how to lead e-Government projects

The 2016 Executive Education program on e-Government received participants from locations as close to Maastricht as Morocco and as far as Kalimantan, Indonesia. 

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New and upcoming programs

Executive Education
Costs and Cost Accounting
Financial Management Fundamentals
MSM deadline: 25 April 2016

Strategic Leadership
Organizational Change
MSM deadline: 9 May 2016

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

Maastricht Summer School
Development Projects Management
   Course date: 4 – 8 July 2016
Development Projects Proposals
   Course date: 11 – 15 July 2016
* Doing Business in Western West Africa: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
   Course date: 18 – 22 July 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:
Playing the Lottery or Dressing Up? A Model of Firm-Level Heterogeneity and the Decision to Export 
In: Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 
Authors: Wim Naudé, Thomas Gries and Natasa Bilkic

Languages of Stateness in South Lebanon's Palestinian Gatherings: The PLO's Popular Committees as Twilight Institutions
In: Development and Change
Author: Nora Stel

Ethiopian new public universities: Achievements, challenges and illustrative case studies
In: Emerald Insight
Authors: Rita van Deuren, Tsegazeab Kahsu, Seid Mohammed and Wondimu Woldie

Public-Private Entanglement: Entrepreneurship in Lebanon’s Hybrid Political Order
In: Journal of Development Studies
Authors: Nora Stel and Wim Naudé

Fostering Development of Local Communities Through the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Origin Products
In: The Commonwealth
Authors: Patrick Martens and Teddy Soobramanien

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Latest and upcoming events

Meet Maastricht School of Management at the Zorg & ICT fair in Utrecht
Date: 5-7 April 2016

Meet Maastricht School of Management at the Access MBA event in Kuala Lumpur!
Date: 27 April 2016

Meet Maastricht School of Management at the Access MBA event in Jakarta!
Date: 30 April 2016

Call for Papers Research Conference: The Rise of Eurasia – New perspectives on East-West Business and Economic Relations
Deadline submission of abstracts: 30 May 2016
Conference date: 9 September 2016

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MSM videos

The Research Methods and Skills program offers a unique program to develop academic skills and a scientific mindset. The program will also facilitate the kick-start of research activities of (junior) faculty and decision-makers in developing countries. Have a look at the video in which two Research Methods and Skills alumni talk about how the program helped them and how they can immediately apply the lessons learned in their future.  

Click here for the MSM YouTube channel

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Vacancies

Click here for the current job opportunities at Maastricht School of Management. 

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