Employees who act as brokers, i.e., they sustain communications between coworkers who do not communicate directly, are more likely to burn out and become abusive towards their co-workers, according to new research from ESMT Berlin.
On Saturday, February 4, 2023, ESMT Berlin students will host an independent TEDx conference for the third time. This year’s theme is “Berlin: A driver of sustainable transformation?”.
This week, 37 students have started their full-time MBA program at ESMT Berlin (2022: 40). The new class is composed of 54 percent women and 46 percent men.
The pandemic changed the demands on employers. Topics such as flexible working and work-life balance are among the most important attributes for the new generation when choosing their future employer, shows a recent study by ESMT Berlin Master of Management graduate Jan Malte Jeddeloh.
ESMT Berlin has received a philanthropic contribution from Prof. Dr. Andreas Dombret, supervisory board member of ESMT. This donation will support campus development, specifically the forthcoming renovation of Wing A of the former State Council building, for which the planning is underway.
As of January 1, 2023, Prof. Jörg Rocholl, PhD, president of ESMT Berlin, will chair the advisory board to the German Federal Ministry of Finance for two years.
Companies should partially hide information on how long the queue is if their products are highly popular and valuable, according to research by ESMT Berlin. By partially hiding this information, the researchers say they are likely to generate more customers in the queue. However, if a product is of low-demand and of low-value, the researchers suggest that companies should avoid partially hiding the queue length information, as it is likely to have the opposite desired effect and deter customers.
One week before the start of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) in Montreal, an alliance of German science and non-governmental organizations calls for an end to economic activity against nature in its “Frankfurt Declaration,” which was published today. In their position paper, the organizations urge the German government and the European Union to ensure the success of the World Summit on Nature. At the same time, they offer concrete proposals for making a nature-friendly economy the standard. In doing so, they offer their expertise to solve the most urgent challenges facing humanity – the “twin crises” of biodiversity loss and climate change.
Today, November 22, 2022, ESMT Berlin launches the first stream of Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)-Berlin hosted by the DEEP – Institute for Deep Tech Innovation at ESMT. Startups and mentors will set critical objectives and priorities towards a global venture success story at CDL-Berlin’s first session.
The network of informal ties we build in the workplace is key to our success and performance. Yet, researchers at ESMT Berlin find, we often build networks that hamper our performance.
New research from ESMT Berlin finds that men are more likely to leverage co-location and face-to-face interactions to build high-status connections. Women, by contrast, are more effective at connecting with high-status colleagues via third-party ties.
Maximilian Köhler takes first place at this year’s Demo Day at ESMT Berlin with his startup Optiwiser A.I. Solutions, a cloud-based platform that enables AI-driven demand and inventory planning for food and beverages. With this, the founder beats five other startup teams and receives prize money of €5,000.
The three business schools EDHEC, ESMT Berlin, and Polimi Graduate School of Management have launched the Student Challenge for Sustainable Development Impact. The competition calls on students to develop innovative and technology-driven solutions based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
This week, 53 students with 28 different nationalities have started their Global Online MBA program at ESMT Berlin. The intake also includes ten recipients of the “BMW Group Fellowships for Ukraine.”
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