As humanitarian funding shrinks, conventional fundraising wisdom says to hold on to loyal donors. But new research shows that the value of a donor depends on how a nonprofit is set up. For many organizations, winning new donors matters more than keeping loyal ones.
In summer 2020, the German federal government lowered value-added tax from 19 to 16 percent for half a year as part of its COVID economic stimulus package. A new study, recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Review of Economic Studies, uses survey data, data on retail purchases, and an economic model to show the extent to which this measure actually influenced private consumption. The study found that lower-wealth households, as well as younger and middle-aged households, benefited particularly, regardless of their level of financial literacy.
DEEP Qatar, ESMT Berlin’s deep-tech innovation platform in Doha, has begun delivering programs for researchers, technology transfer professionals, and founders. The first cohorts of the DEEP Academy Qatar and the DEEP TTO (Technology Transfer Officer) Academy brought together 46 participants from Qatar’s research and innovation ecosystem. At the same time, Creative Destruction Lab Doha (CDL-Doha) has begun its inaugural program year with streams in artificial intelligence, health, and AgriFood.
The 2026 Berlin Global Dialogue summit will take place October 20–22 at ESMT Berlin, bringing together world leaders and senior business executives from over 95 countries. Two days of high-level dialogue will explore the alliances needed to strengthen collective agency at a time of profound geopolitical and economic change.
Unethical behavior inside organizations is often less sudden than companies assume. New research from ESMT Berlin shows how employees can collectively drift into misconduct as groups gradually reshape what they perceive as ethical or acceptable.
A new report by ESMT Berlin reveals an urgent need for action. Germany and Europe have only a very limited window in which to overcome their structural disadvantage in biotechnology. Failure to do so could result in the lasting loss of capital, talent, and companies.
Most well-known psychology studies claim that people are poor judges of how others see them. This assumption underlies many common pieces of advice about how to navigate social situations. New research from ESMT Berlin, however, suggests that it may not hold.
On October 20, the Invest in Germany Summit will take place at the international business school ESMT Berlin. The high-level summit will bring together German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and members of the federal cabinet with leading international investors and business executives to advance investment in Germany and strengthen the country as a business location. The fourth Berlin Global Dialogue will begin at ESMT immediately afterward.
The European Expectations Center (EEC), led by economist and recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship Michael Weber, examines how households, firms, and financial market participants form expectations about economic developments and how these expectations influence economic behavior.
Many people think of negotiation as something reserved for salary talks, car purchases, or business deals: infrequent, high-stake encounters most people would rather avoid. A new study shows that this assumption is misleading. Negotiation is, in fact, a routine part of everyday life, occurring in roughly one in three social interactions, and it is more often collaborative than adversarial.
BioM Biotech Cluster Development GmbH, bioRN Life Science Cluster and ESMT Berlin announced the establishment of a Unified Hub for Healthcare Innovation. Through this alliance, the two biotech cluster organizations and DEEP - Institute for Deep Tech Innovation at ESMT will collaborate strategically to reinforce Germany's position as a leading hub for translating scientific breakthroughs into impactful healthcare solutions.
ESMT Berlin and Bard College Berlin have launched a new Accelerated Bachelor to Master Pathway that enables outstanding Bard College students to transition seamlessly into selected master’s programs at ESMT. The collaboration creates new opportunities for students to combine a liberal arts education with internationally focused management studies in the heart of Berlin.
Startups and companies launching new products often believe they can quickly “learn from the market” by adjusting prices, advertising, and inventory as customer data comes in. But a new ESMT Berlin study shows that many firms learn the wrong lessons because they fail to coordinate these decisions properly.
ESMT Berlin and Zeppelin University (ZU) have established an accelerated academic pathway for
outstanding bachelor’s students at the Friedrichshafen-based university on Lake Constance,
making it easier for them to transition into a master’s program at ESMT, one of Europe’s leading
business schools.
Venture capital firms, research organizations, technology transfer offices (TTOs), and ecosystem partners today announced the launch of the German Spin-off Framework (GSOF), a unique, jointly developed framework designed to make research-based spin-offs faster, fairer, and more predictable across Germany.
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