Newsletter #11/2016

Season's Greetings
On behalf of Dean Wim Naudé and personnel of Maastricht School of Management we wish you a joyful holiday season and a prosperous New Year full of peace and happiness!

MSM finalist for the AMBA Innovation Award 2016

Maastricht School of Management has been shortlisted for the MBA Innovation Award 2016 issued by the Association of MBA’s (AMBA).

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MSM continues to climb in Eduniversal rankings

In the recent rankings of business schools by Eduniversal, Maastricht School of Management (MSM) moved up in the MBA rankings to #11 in Europe, from place #14 in 2015. We also retained our #2 place ranking in the Netherlands and our 4 Palmes of Excellence, signifying that MSM is classified as a “Top Business School internationally known”.

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MSM: Responsible Management Report

Recently, MSM released its 2015-2016 Report “Responsible Management Education at MSM”. This report is now available on the PRME site. In this report MSM shares information on how it implements the seven PRME principles.

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International student dinner: good friends, good food, good times

Empañadas, molletes, Punjabi chole masala, gulab Jamoon, lemon rice, Thai vegetarian green curry, Vietnamese rolls, potato fry, homous b lahmeh, arepas colombianas, bubur sumsum, sochni… These are just some of the names of the delicious homemade dishes that were served at MSM’s annual International Student Dinner on Friday 2 December.

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Research Methods and Skills for Evidence-Based Management at MSM

“My experience in the RMS program is that I consider myself lucky to have been very much exposed to all the components of modern research methods and skills tutored by world class professors”. That is what Mr. Ziad Abdi said after successfully completing the cutting-edge three-month Research Methods and Skills program at MSM.

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New and upcoming programs

Executive MBA
Specializations:
Sports Management
Healthcare Management
International Business & Sustainable Development
Early bird deadline: closed
Application deadline: 3 January 2017
Start date: 14 January 2017

Executive Education – upcoming deadlines
e-Government Policies – 3 January 2017
e-Government Projects – 3 January 2017
Team Leadership for Impact – 3 January 2017
Strategic Leadership for Impact – 3 January 2017

Master in Management
Deadline for non-EU residents: closed
Deadline for EU-residents: 15 January 2017
Start date: 14 February 2017

Online MBA
Early bird deadline: 1 March 2017
Application deadline: 1 April 2017
Start date: May 2017

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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:
What Holds Back Eco-Innovations? A “Green Growth Diagnostics” Approach
In: Elsevier Handbook of Environmental and Sustainable Finance, Elsevier (North Holland)
Author: Harald Sander

Business in Genocide
In: Economic Aspects of Genocides, Mass Atrocities, and their Prevention. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Authors: Wim Naudé and Nora Stel

The Silk Road and Chinese Interests in Central Asia and the Caucasus: The Case of Georgia
In: MSM Working Paper no. 2016/12
Authors: Meine Pieter van Dijk and Patrick Martens

Benchmarking Sanitation for the Poor has to take the Real Sanitary Problems in the Slums of Kampala as the Point of Departure
In: International Journal of Water
Author: Meine Pieter van Dijk

Netherlands economic mission to Japan – analysis of export opportunities
MSM Business Brief #3, October 2016

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