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Tedx stage at ESMT Berlin

ESMT Berlin holding second TEDx conference "Tomorrow's Mindset"

February 4, 2022
On Saturday, February 5, 2022, ESMT Berlin will host its second TEDx conference, independently organized by students. This year the focus is on “Tomorrow’s Mindset” and how to change your own mindset to be better prepared for the future. All speakers will base their presentations on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Full-time MBA 2023

ESMT Berlin welcomes newest intake of full-time MBA class

January 14, 2022
This week 40 students from 21 different countries have started their full-time MBA program at ESMT Berlin. The new class is composed of 48 percent women and 52 percent men and is therefore well gender- balanced.

ESMT Berlin strengthens cooperation with MIM Compass

January 10, 2022
ESMT Berlin and Master in Management Compass (MIM Compass) are extending their previous partnership.
Price discrimination of customers

Price discrimination of customers has limited profit impact in online industries

January 6, 2022
Compared to an optimal uniform price, charging different customers at different prices in online markets has limited effects on profits, finds new research from ESMT Berlin.
Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar

ESMT Berlin: New director to lead expansion of Digital Society Institute

December 9, 2021
Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar has been named the new director of the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT Berlin. Currently serving as an ambassador at large for cyber diplomacy and director of the cyber diplomacy department at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar will take up the position on January 1, 2022.
Research Findings

5 reasons innovative R&D projects don’t get funded

December 7, 2021
Understanding the biases that sneak into the decision-making process can help companies make smarter choices about which innovations to fund, according to new research.
Financial Times Ranking 2021

Financial Times: ESMT Berlin climbs to rank 7 in Europe

December 6, 2021
In the Financial Times European Business School Ranking 2021, ESMT Berlin has been ranked seventh in Europe (2020: ninth) and is once again the highest ranked business school in Germany.
Team work

Entrepreneurs perform better if able to choose ideas OR team members – but not both

December 2, 2021
Entrepreneurial teams perform better if able to choose their own team members or their own ideas, finds new research from ESMT Berlin. However, this benefit to performance disappears if given autonomy to choose both.
FOME Award

ESMT Berlin’s EdTech team wins FOME Learning Design Innovation Award

November 26, 2021
ESMT EdTech team members Jon Demiglio, lead media designer, and Claudia Ocera, instructional technologist and learning designer, received gold at the Future of Management Education Alliance (FOME) Learning Design Innovation Awards for the drawbridge learning sequence of the course "Ethics and Responsibility.”
Green Finance

Green finance makes a limited contribution to climate protection

November 18, 2021
Private investors are increasingly investing in green finance, but this only contributes to reducing CO2 emissions under certain conditions.
Green City silhouette with environmental icons — Vector

COP26: FUTURE Institute for Sustainable Transformation launched at ESMT Berlin

November 3, 2021
On the second day of the international climate conference COP26, leading representatives of German business, academia, and civil society launched a new sustainability institute.
Tatiana Lluent

Research on diversity in organizations: new endowed chair at ESMT Berlin

October 7, 2021
Tatiana Lluent, assistant professor of strategy, is the new holder of the Volkswagen Group Junior Chair for Diversity in Organizations at ESMT Berlin.
ESMT PTMBA 2023

ESMT Berlin welcomes new part-time MBA class

September 27, 2021
This week, 47 students with 24 different nationalities begin their part-time MBA program at ESMT Berlin.
Employees working

Should you keep your boss in the loop when connecting with people from other departments?

September 24, 2021
There are many benefits generated by employees connecting with people in different areas or departments. However, the managers of these employees can react negatively if they are not kept in the loop, according to new research from ESMT Berlin.
Vali Berlin Demo Day

SENVO wins €5,000 prize money at Vali Berlin’s Demo Day at ESMT Berlin

September 17, 2021
Nine startup teams from Vali Berlin’s Summer Entrepreneurship Program (SEP) presented their business ideas to a jury of executives, investors, and faculty members at the ESMT Berlin satellite campus in Schöneberg yesterday. First place went to the founders Marie Kober and Julie Rosenfeld, MBA students at ESMT, of the startup SENVO, an automated freight invoice auditing and claims management software as a service for logistic departments across industries. They received the prize money of €5,000.