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The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) approved funding for a new research group involving 12 scientists from Germany and Austria, inlcuding Özlem Bedre-Defolie from ESMT Berlin. The project is called “Consumer Preferences, Consumer Mistakes, and Firm’s Response”.

A total of 2.25 million Euros for a period of 4 years was approved. Prof. Özlem Bedre-Defolie is a co-scientist in this research group and will lead a sub-project together with Prof. Dr. Markus Reisinger from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, titled “Consumer Behavior and Search on Platforms”. Özlem has been awarded a total of €215.600 from the DFG for her research.

Isolde Stephan she shares her EMBA experience of mastering negotiations, taking part in a business simulation, and getting started on her master's thesis.

The Federal Finance Minister wants startups to be internationally competitive. Baris Efe, a co-founder of Vali Berlin, the start-up hub of ESMT Berlin, shares his concerns regarding the reform of employee participation.

At ESMT, with the support of BMW, the school has awarded 10 full MBA scholarships to female students displaced from Ukraine and, additionally, established the Ukraine Impact Project, explains Molly Ihlbrock, director of corporate communications at ESMT.

The Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), an international nonprofit dedicated to eradicating cyber risk, announced today the appointment of Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar as the new chair of its Board of Directors.

With the NIS-2 directive, the EU has defined a new framework for cybersecurity, and even smaller companies can now fall under the critical definition. But they are sometimes left alone, comments Nils Brinker from ESMT Berlin.

MBA student Magdalena Kuropatwińska shares her top 10 tips on how to make your MBA application succeed.

Study International shares an interview with Viktoriia Kulish, Global Online MBA student at ESMT Berlin and one of the recipients of BMW Group Fellowships for Ukraine. Viktoriia talks about her experiences and challenges as an MBA online student and hopes to contribute to rebuilding post-war Ukraine.

The WirtschaftsWoche ranking about economists and their research records is mentioning several ESMT faculty members for their achievements in the global top 250.

Eric Quintane, professor at ESMT, explains in his article for Forbes the risks and damages of employee burnout.

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.

Gianluca Carnabuci and Eric Quintane give an interview to Der Spiegel about their research on professional relationships and how they affect our work performance.

Kateryna Nadtochiy, Global Online MBA student at ESMT Berlin, is one of the winners of BMW Group Fellowships for Ukraine. This fellowship gave her an opportunity to study in Global Online MBA program at ESMT Berlin for free. In an interview with Study International, Kateryna shares her experience in Germany and at ESMT Berlin.

We need a more efficient EU domestic market, not a new transatlantic trade conflict, analyzes Jörg Rocholl, president of ESMT, in his article.

Jörg Rocholl, President of ESMT Berlin, is quoted in a Deutsche Welle's article about UN Biodiversity Summit, saying that the climate crisis has been researched better than biodiversity loss, and calls to catch up on scientific research.