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Companies want to hire only the best, but Chengwei Liu, professor at ESMT Berlin, advises against it.

Leo Varadkar, minister for enterprise, trade and employment, will lead an Enterprise Ireland trade mission to the UK, France, and Germany from next Monday. In Germany, he will formally launch Enterprise Ireland's fourth "Enter the Eurozone" program in partnership with ESMT Berlin.

Rebecca Loades, director of career accelerator programs at ESMT Berlin, believes that the demand for online programs is here to stay and already saw growth in this sector start even before the pandemic.

Chengwei Liu, associate professor of strategy and behavioral science at ESMT Berlin, received “Best Proposal Runner Up Award” from the Strategic Management Society (SMS) for his paper “The Variance of Variance”. The paper investigates the often-overlooked role of luck in management and organizational design, promoting the applications of chance models to understand when luck is a better explanation for corporate successes.

Throughout the years, the SMS has developed several awards programs to recognize and honor those who have made significant contributions to the theory and practice of strategic management. Through these programs, the SMS distinguishes emerging scholars in different fields and the awards are targeted toward people and research that moves the study of strategic management forward.

Konstantin Korotov, professor at ESMT Berlin, explains in his article what to do if you have worked hard on a project for years and a sudden upheaval in the market dashes your hopes for a promotion.

Samantha Roberts, MBA student at ESMT Berlin, participated in the Responsible Leaders Fellowship and talks about her experiences in this interview.

ESMT's Global Online MBA program is listed as one of the top 10 Online MBA programs for technology careers.

York Yang talks about how he had to postpone his studies at ESMT Berlin because of Corona and what he is now most looking forward to at the start of his program.

Tatiana Llluent and Jamie Song, two new assistant professors, joined ESMT Berlin, strengthening the business school’s faculty in strategy.

Research findings are influenced by the scholar’s analytical approach, finds Martin Schweinsberg, assistant professor of organizational behavior at ESMT Berlin, in his latest research.

Bianca Schmitz and Aparajith Raman explain how design thinking is a potential enabler for digital transformation in companies of varying sizes.

Beijing's recent interventions in the high-tech sector show: The model of state capitalism also has dark sides, says Jörg Rocholl, president at ESMT Berlin.

The "Leading with Psychological Intelligence" program at ESMT Berlin is listed as one of the top 10 executive courses in psychology.

The paper "Price Comparison Websites" by David Ronayne, assistant professor of economics at ESMT Berlin, has been published in the International Economic Review. The paper investigates how price comparison websites (PCWs) work, and whether they benefit consumers as many assume.

PCWs are thought to benefit consumers by increasing competitive pricing pressure on firms while allowing consumers to compare options. However, these websites charge firms for sales which feeds back into raised prices. David’s research shows that PCWs can increase the prices for all consumers, including even those who do not use them.

Stephanie Kluth, head of admissions at ESMT Berlin, explains how MBA scholarship decisions are made and what MBA applicants can do to maximize their chance of receiving one.