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Investing in Poland? Naturalnie!
Poland has become a land of interest for many international entrepreneurs and companies since the end of the communist regime in 1989. With a market of almost 40 million customers, it is the…
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Companies and customers, new partners in collaborative value creation
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Joining Forces: Maastricht School of Management and Maastricht University
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Investing in Poland? 20 interesting facts and figures about Poland
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Institutional accreditation and distinctive feature internationalisation for UM 15 May 2013
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Gamification: turn your online business into a fun experience for users
Companies and customers, new partners in collaborative value creation
The traditional view of the relationship between a company and a customer is based on the premise that a company has a product to offer and that the customer has a demand for…
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Joining Forces: Maastricht School of Management and Maastricht University
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Investing in Poland? 20 interesting facts and figures about Poland
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Institutional accreditation and distinctive feature internationalisation for UM 15 May 2013
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Gamification: turn your online business into a fun experience for users
Lecture video: The Euro, the Union and Europe: the two years ahead
Title: The Euro, the Union and Europe: the two years ahead Date: 22. April 2013 Speaker: Baron F. van Daele Will the euro crisis have lasting effects on the economy (a stronger economy,…
International Case Competition@Maastricht 2013 welcomes 16 international teams in Maastricht
SBE is proud to host this week the 4th edition of the International Case Competition@Maastricht (ICC@M). We wish a warm welcome to the 16 competing undergraduate business student teams who have joined us for this…
Join the SBE Video Competition!
Do you want a chance to win €150 and eternal fame? And do you have a favourite place in Maastricht? Then join the SBE Video Competition!
ICC@M 2013 teaser
The ICC@M 2013 team is proud to present its video teaser! Sixteen undergraduate business student teams will flock to SBE in Maastricht on 21-27 April to compete in SBE’s annual International Case Competition. Participants will compete…
Researcher Profile: Olivier Marie
Olivier Marie is a French Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Maastricht University and recipient of a NWO-Veni grant (2012-2015) for his project on ‘Labour Market Opportunities and Criminal Participation’. He…
Why are Turkish immigrants the least happy minority group in the Netherlands?
[UPDATE 28 March 2013] SBE’s PhD candidates Devrim Dumludag and Ozge Gokdemir’s video on their research “The happiness of Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands” is one of the winning videos in the NWO…
‘Base of the Pyramid’ Research and Action: Shuan SadreGhazi
UNU-MERIT PhD fellow Shuan SadreGhazi speaks about his mission to promote technology for international development. Some 4000 children die every day from lack of clean water, 80 per cent of the developing world…
SBE releases new promotional video animation: Meet André!
The Maastricht University School of Business and Economics has released a new promotional video animation, based on the character of André. André is a bright young mind whose dream it is to explore and…
What is it that Siddarth Goud from India finds unique about studying at SBE?
In this interview, Siddarth Goud, Msc student in International Business at SBE, talks about his experience in Maastricht as a foreign student from Bangalore, India and shares his views on the problem based-learned learning…
Taking Communities of Learning to a Higher Level: Martin Rehm
UNU-MERIT PhD fellow Martin Rehm shares some insights on his thesis ahead of his PhD defence on 1 March 2013. The full title of his thesis is: “Unified yet separated: Empirical study on…
Maastricht Business Days 2013: EXTENDED DEADLINE – Register before 8th of February
Since 1996, the Maastricht Business Days (MBD) is an annually returning recruitment event organized for students at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics. The Maastricht Business Days (MBD) give students the opportunity…
DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma awarded Maastricht University Honorary Doctorate
Mr. Feike Sijbesma, CEO and Managing Board Chairman of Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Maastricht on the occasion of the…
Prof. Hashem Pesaran awarded Honorary Doctorate at Maastricht University
Prof. Hashem Pesaran, Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California and Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Maastricht University during…
Energy Poverty and Rural Energy Markets in Pakistan: Bilal Mirza
Dr. Bilal Mirza has been working as a PhD Researcher in Innovations Studies and Development at UNU-MERIT since 2006 on project entitled “Energy Sources, Energy Poverty and Socio-Economic Development of Rural Communities”, under…
“Study abroad in Singapore, you won’t regret it”: SBE exchange student Alex Mundt
Each semester Maastricht University School of Business and Economics Exchange Students inform students about their exchange experiences by making a study abroad video. In this video clip, International Business student Alex Mundt tells…
The business implications of word use in online conversations
On 21 December 2012, Stephan Ludwig defended his PhD dissertation entitled: “Our World in Words: The Business Implications of Word Use in Online Conversations’”. Ludwig’s research examined the link between word use and user…
RTL Netherlands CEO Bert Habets: “The way we watch television is definitely going to change in the years to come”
SBE alumnus Bert Habets was a guest speaker at the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 Conference in Maastricht. Bert Habets is CEO of RTL Netherlands. He has been working at the Holland Media Group…
SBE alumnus Marc van der Chijs on entrepreneurship: “I don’t think I could do something for more than five years”
SBE alumnus Marc van der Chijs is the co-founder, together with Gary Wang, of the popular Chinese video sharing website Tudou.com (also coined “the Chinese YouTube”). Talkin’Business spoke with him about his first…
SBE alumnus Bert Habets at GEW 2012 Conference in Maastricht
SBE alumnus Bert Habets was a guest speaker at the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 Conference in Maastricht. Bert Habets is CEO of RTL Netherlands. He has been working at the Holland Media Group…
SBE alumnus Marc van der Chijs at GEW 2012 Conference in Maastricht
SBE alumnus Marc van der Chijs was a guest speaker at the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 Conference in Maastricht. Van der Chijs is the co-founder, together with Gary Wang, of the popular Chinese…
Jos Lemmink introduces the Service Science Factory at GEW 2012 Conference
SBE Dean Jos Lemmink introduces the Service Science Factory at the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 Conference in Maastricht. The Service Science Factory is an innovative place where students, researchers and professionals work in…
Gabor Steingart on our Wealth and its Enemies: How the Financial Crisis has Changed our Society
In his latest book The War for Wealth Steingart examines the effect of globalization on the state of the world’s economy. He lays out the three potential scenarios the world faces – a…
Are shop makeovers really worth the investment? An interview with Lisa Brüggen
Lisa Brüggen and Bram Foubert, both Assistant Professors at the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, this year won the SERVSIG’s Best Services Article Award 2011 for their study “Extreme Makeover: Short- and Long-Term…
SBE Sharing Success Event: Talkin’Business is alive and kicking!
Today SBE Dean Jos Lemmink and SBE Managing Director Edward Peters are cordially inviting all SBE staff to the second celebratory SharingSuccess event at 16.00 hrs in AdfundUM (TS53). During this event we will raise our glass…
Tans Lecture 2012: The Charisma of Adolf Hitler, by Laurence Rees
More than any other single figure, it is arguably Adolf Hitler who has most changed the course of history. He used the extraordinary power he held over those around him and the German…
Interview with Laurence Rees on The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler
Laurence Rees gave an interview for Talkin’Business shortly before he gave the lecture promoting his new book The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler. The full lecture recording is available here. Interview: Atticus Mullikin
Sustainability lecture series – 5. Responsible Investing in Commodities by Prof. J. Bos
Associate Professor of Finance Jaap Bos on October 17 delivered the fifth and final lecture of Studium Generale’s series on Sustainability and discussed the topic of Responsible investing in commodities. Read the review of the lecture by Ana Mihail…
Maastricht University Green Office featured on RTV Maastricht
In this video produced by RTV Maastricht, the Maastricht University Green Office team explains why it is seeking to make Maastricht University a sustainable university by 2030 and how it is planning to…
Sustainability lecture series – 4. Sustainable Development from a Humanistic Perspective by Prof. Harro van Lente
In this lecture, Prof. Harro van Lente Van Lente focused his talk on the core idea of need. After presenting past research on the definition of need, he looked at how needs are…
Sustainability lecture series – 3. Sustainable Property, Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in the Real Estate Sector by Prof. P. Eichholtz
In this lecture, Prof. Piet Eichholtz makes the case that green buildings are not only good for the environment but are also more profitable than non-sustainable buildings. Read the review of the lecture…
Sustainability lecture series – 2. Responsible Investing by Prof. R. Bauer
In this lecture, Prof. Rob Bauer defines and discusses the phenomenon of responsible investing. Many institutional investors have created financial products in which they integrate non-financial information into the investment decision making process….
Interview with ROA researcher Ruud Gerards: the E-miles employability voucher scheme
The Philips E-miles voucher scheme In 2009, Philips started the E-miles voucher scheme to make workers across all levels of education aware of the importance of continuous personal development and draw their attention…
Sustainability lecture series – 1: Innovation for Sustainable Development by Prof. R. Kemp
Sustainability has become an increasingly important attribute of economic activities describing methods of production, but also qualities of consumption and attributes of capital investment. In part, this reflects popular concern with environmental preservation,…
Lecture: A Better Europe without the Euro, by Prof. A. Klamer
On 20 September 2012, Prof. Arjo Klamer gave a lecture at Maastricht University entitled: A Better Europe without the Euro. Prof. Klamer is professor of the Economics of Art and Culture at Erasmus…
Meet Scope Maastricht
SCOPE Maastricht is a Study Association at the School of Business and Economics at Maastricht University. With more than 3000 members – Bachelor as well as Master students, SCOPE Maastricht is the largest study…
Opening of the academic year 2012/13
The opening of the academic year 2012/13 at Maastricht University will take place on Monday 3 September 2012. The programme consists of a morning symposium and the official opening ceremony with the theme ”Maastricht…
Wim Gijselaers: What is Leading in Learning?
Wim Gijselaers is a professor in the field of professional learning and head of the department of Educational Research and Development (ERD) at SBE. In this interview, he explains what Maastricht University’s project…
Probing Intellectual Property Rights: new
How do firms bring new products or components to the global market? How do they beat off the competition and the counterfeiters? A new working paper by UNU-MERIT researchers Can Huang and Jojo…
Jo Ritzen: ‘Empower European Universities’ Conference 2012
Established on Dec. 14, 2010 by Jo Ritzen, Tessa Blackstone and Magyar Balint, EEU is and NGO fighting for better higher education in Europe and aims to look into questions such as: 1….
International Case Competition Maastricht 2012
From 22 – 28 April 2012 Maastricht University School of Business and Economics will be the center of the world for the 64 international top talented bachelor’s students from 16 business schools all…
Companies and customers, new partners in collaborative value creation
The traditional view of the relationship between a company and a customer is based on the premise that a company has a product to offer and that the customer has a demand for…
Case ‘Maastricht Cultural Capital’ – ICC@M 2013
For the fourth time in a row, Maastricht University School of Business and Economics hosted the international case competition for business school students (ICC@M). This event aims to enhance the knowledge exchange between…
Investing in Poland? 20 interesting facts and figures about Poland
A country seven and a half times larger in size than the Netherlands, Poland occupies a central position between Western and Eastern Europe and serves as a gateway to both EU and non-EU…
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May 12, 2013Environmental accounting changes economic reality
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How SBE and TEFAF led me to a career in international art trade
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May 16, 2013Gamification: turn your online business into a fun experience for users
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May 12, 2013
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April 20, 2013
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April 10, 2013
Research Project Maastricht 2013 in Brazil: Exploring the Country of Ordem e Progresso
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May 15, 2013A bright cloud on the business horizon
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May 12, 2013
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The EU has drawn its lessons from the euro crisis, says EU expert
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April 18, 2013
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May 17, 2013Institutional accreditation and distinctive feature internationalisation for UM 15 May 2013
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April 17, 2013
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March 13, 2013
Limburg University Fund awards student entrepreneur with EUR 10.000 in seedfunding
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February 5, 2013
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January 23, 2013
DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma awarded Maastricht University Honorary Doctorate
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