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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.
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ESMT Berlin: New Global Online MBA starts with 47 students

September 16, 2021
Forty-seven students with 27 different nationalities have started the Global Online MBA at ESMT Berlin this week.
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Financial Times’ Masters in Management ranking: ESMT Berlin advances 14 places and ranks 12th globally in 2021

September 13, 2021
Only two years after breaking into the list as the highest new entrant, ESMT Berlin has placed 12th in the Financial Times' global Masters in Management (MIM) 2021 ranking. The international business school has the highest ranked program of any university based in Germany.
HCI CEO Conference

Hidden Champions Institute of ESMT Berlin hosts 1st CEO Conference

September 9, 2021
Around 80 executives from hidden champions, as well as leading representatives from academia and society, will come together today at the 1st CEO Conference of the Hidden Champions Institute (HCI) at ESMT to discuss trends and developments in business and the economy.
Negotiation

How can we overcome negotiation impasses? New research from ESMT Berlin explores effective solutions

September 7, 2021
New research from ESMT Berlin explores how negotiators can effectively solve negotiation breakdowns and prevent bitter deadlocks. The researchers identified three different types of negotiation impasses; wanted, forced, and unwanted.
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ESMT Berlin welcomes two new faculty members

August 25, 2021
Two new assistant professors joined ESMT Berlin, strengthening the business school’s faculty in strategy.
Data Analyses

Same dataset, same research question, 29 different analyses – new research at ESMT Berlin shows potential variance in academic research

July 15, 2021
New research, led by Martin Schweinsberg, assistant professor of organizational behavior at ESMT Berlin, shows wide variance in research results due to different analytical approaches, even though all analysts tested the same hypotheses on the same data. Almost 180 co-authors from all around the world worked together on the project. A crowd of analysts independently analyzed the same dataset to test two hypotheses, and the researchers came up with 29 different results.
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DigitalFuture Summit 2021 at ESMT Berlin: Leaders and students discuss digital future

July 8, 2021
The DigitalFuture Summit will take place July 8-9, 2021 at ESMT Berlin. The two-day conference is hosted by Master in Management students in an online format and offers executives from global companies and innovative startups, talented students, and experts from academia an assortment of discussion and networking opportunities, as well as interesting future career possibilities.
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LGBTIQ+ Campus Index: ESMT Berlin in the Top 5 in Germany

July 2, 2021
ESMT Berlin achieved the fifth-highest score in Germany and the highest in Berlin/Brandenburg in the LGBTIQ+ Campus Index. Sixty-two universities from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland participated in the audit organized by UHLALA Group.
Data Security

Privacy-friendly AI for the public sector: Xayn and the Digital Society Institute at ESMT Berlin publish joint position paper

June 22, 2021
To implement and futureproof governmental AI strategies, we need powerful and GDPR-compliant technology for the public sector. So-called Masked Federated Learning can meet these high requirements for data protection, trustworthiness, and performance. In a position paper published today, the Berlin-based tech company Xayn and the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT highlight the potential of this decentralized new approach and elaborate on potential use cases in the health sector and law enforcement.
Sustainable Business

ESMT Berlin establishes Sustainable Business Transformation Initiative

June 18, 2021
With the support of BMW, Daimler, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, and Werte-Stiftung, ESMT Berlin has launched the Sustainable Business Transformation Initiative. The goal of this initiative is to increase its academic footprint in research and education on critical areas with impact for business and society and to provide innovative solutions to global environmental and social challenges.
International CEOs discuss the future of Europe at ESMT Annual Forum 2021

International CEOs discuss the future of Europe at ESMT Annual Forum 2021

June 17, 2021
Top-level representatives and experts from business and academia will come together at the ESMT Annual Forum 2021 to discuss this year’s theme “Designing the Future: How technological transformation influences the way we work, learn, and live.”
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ESMT Berlin launches initiative to track and reduce its carbon emissions

May 26, 2021
Students of Net Impact ESMT recently started a data-driven carbon accounting initiative to measure, track, and reduce the carbon emissions of the international business school. This initiative is another step in ESMT’s efforts to place sustainability at the forefront of the institution.
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ESMT Berlin customized executive education programs recognized with international awards

May 20, 2021
EFMD, Europe’s largest network association for management development, has given two ESMT Berlin customized executive education programs Excellence in Practice (EiP) Awards.
Francis de Vericourt

Book release: Framers: Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil

May 11, 2021
In “Framers: Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil,” ESMT Berlin Professor Francis de Véricourt, together with Economist journalist Kenneth Cukier and Oxford Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger present an in-depth analysis of framing. The ability to frame, which is unique to humans and cannot be handed off to machines, gives us a tool to conquer today’s global challenges. The publication is being released today, May 11, 2021.