ESMT Berlin is regularly featured in national and international media outlets. In our newsroom, we showcase selected highlights that present the exceptional achievements of our faculty, including their research activities, and offer valuable contributions to discussions in business, academia, and broader societal debates.
In WirtschaftsWoche, Ulf Schaefer, senior lecturer in strategy at ESMT Berlin, explains how collective misconduct can become normalized in organizations as employees gradually shift their moral boundaries under pressure.
Funmi Odunowo explains how the idea of “business as unusual” brought her to Berlin, and why the joy, growth, and connection she is building in the Part-time MBA make her international commute worthwhile.
The ECB is launching a blockchain-based infrastructure for instant, 24/7 security transactions, sharply lowering corporate financing costs. As ESMT experts highlight in CEO.Table, this is a strategic shift for CEOs: embracing it unlocks faster liquidity and lower costs, while ignoring it leaves money on the table.
In BILD, Jörg Rocholl, president of ESMT Berlin, warned against reopening the pension package and underscored the importance of the proposed capital-funded pension.
In the Capital Reformtalk, Jörg Rocholl, president of ESMT Berlin and member of Germany’s Pension Commission, discussed the structural reforms needed to strengthen Germany’s competitiveness and secure future prosperity.
In an interview with MDR, Rebecca Schaumberg, associate professor of organizational behavior at ESMT Berlin, discusses her recent research on bias in psychological studies.
In an interview with The Pioneer, Jörg Rocholl, President of ESMT Berlin, discusses why Germany needs to pursue reforms with greater resolve, particularly in response to demographic change and the challenges facing the pension system.
ESMT Berlin has launched ESMT Berlin 2030: Empower to Excel, setting its direction for the years ahead. The people-first strategy builds on ESMT’s mission and purpose and introduces updated values to guide us as we empower people to create a better tomorrow.
Deutschlandfunk Nova picked up research from, Rebecca Schaumberg, assistant professor of organizational behavior at ESMT Berlin, suggesting that widely held assumptions about how accurately people judge others’ reactions to their behaviour may rest on a methodological flaw in earlier studies.
In ntv “Reitzpunkt”, Jörg Rocholl, president of ESMT Berlin, discussed with IG Metall chair Christiane Benner and journalist Ulrich Reitz whether high labour costs threaten Germany as a business location, or whether energy prices, bureaucracy, and competition from China pose the greater challenge.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on Germany’s new investment agreement with the United Arab Emirates, mentioning the Invest in Germany Summit, taking place at ESMT Berlin on October 19 and 20.
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In VDI Nachrichten, Christoph Burger, senior lecturer and faculty lead of the MBA programs at ESMT Berlin, explains why an MBA can help engineers turn technical expertise into entrepreneurial influence and lead organizations through technological and strategic transformation.
