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.
May 15, 2024
Businesses unintentionally discourage diverse ideas
Businesses influence the ideas they receive from external contributors by unintentionally signaling which ideas they like, finds research from ESMT Berlin and INSEAD. This leads to a narrow set of nondiverse ideas.
Nora Grasselli, an expert in experiential learning and action learning in executive education and a lecturer in leadership at ESMT Berlin, spoke to Times Higher Education about ways to embed an inclusive feminist pedagogy into business education.
New research from ESMT Berlin explores the key strategies that firms should adopt when launching a new product. The researchers say that these strategies depend on the current market view of the product and the firm. Employing the correct one, which might sometimes be collaborating with overtly demanding reviewers or instituting rather challenging pilot tests, ensures that the product launch will go as successfully as possible.
Tudor Dima, a former ESMT MIM student who graduated in 2023, discussed his Responsible Leaders Fellowship experience with BusinessBecause, emphasizing how his understanding of sustainability and its significance in business evolved during this time.
ESMT Berlin and the BMW Group are partnering for the third time to offer BMW Group Change Maker Fellowships. The 10 full-tuition fellowships for the ESMT Global Online MBA will support ambitious young mathematics or technology professionals to accelerate positive and meaningful change.
Nick Barniville, board member of the ESMT´s Circle of Friends, explains how the Ghana1000 program equips recent African university graduates with skills in data analytics and business intelligence, fostering employability and supporting Ghana's adoption of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with plans for significant expansion across Africa over the next five years.
Lei Lu, program director for executive education at ESMT Berlin, shares some insights from her professional experience in executive education programs and talks about key strategies for leaders who are facing disruptive transformation in their companies.
Find MBA interviewed Rebecca Loades, director of MBA programs at ESMT, about the tips she would give to international students to overcome cultural shock when embarking on an MBA abroad. She also discussed how ESMT supports its students throughout this journey.
ESMT Berlin has received institutional reaccreditation from the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) for a further 10 years without any conditions. The council confirmed the international business school’s right to award PhDs and also sees no need for ESMT to be accredited again. The decision was based on the business school’s exceptional academic performance and its globally recognized excellence in research and teaching.
ESMT's Maximilian Köhler and Henry Sauermann spoke to AACSB about their latest research on the potential for algorithmic management (AM) to facilitate several aspects of projects and what this means for future managers in scientific research.
Firms that receive research and development (R&D) credits are much more likely to acquire venture capital (VC) backed startups, alongside investing in their own R&D efforts, according to new research by ESMT Berlin.
ESMT alumna Nina Fechler spoke with BusinessBecause about her experiences in the Executive MBA program at ESMT and how these have shaped her career in sustainability.
Find MBA spoke with Rebecca Loades, director of MBA programs at ESMT Berlin, about the shift in business schools towards embracing the digital era through the launch of more online MBA degree programs and virtual learning platforms.
Starting June 1, 2024, ESMT Berlin will offer seven fully furnished shared apartments to provide affordable housing for its students in Berlin. Each apartment will accommodate up to six people and is owned by the Wohnungsbaugesellschaft Berlin-Mitte mbH.
April 12, 2024
Julia Langdon is new Volkswagen Group Junior Chair for Ethics and Diversity in Organizations
Julia Langdon, who joined ESMT as an assistant professor of organizational behavior in August 2023, has been appointed the Volkswagen Group Junior Chair for Ethics and Diversity in Organizations. The goal of the chair is to foster research on gender differences in career advancement, salaries, and entrepreneurial activities to identify opportunities to reduce inequalities in this area.
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