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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.

Carsten Spohr, CEO at Lufthansa, spoke at the ESMT Berlin Annual Forum 2021 about possible flight bans that were occasionally irrational and lacking in substance.

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.”

After the meeting between Biden and Putin in Geneva, the European Union must realign its policy toward Russia, says Jörg Rocholl, president at ESMT Berlin.

Gianluca Carnabuci, professor at ESMT Berlin, explains how a cave day, made of distraction-free “sprints”, can help you concentrate on important work, starting with the most difficult task and working backwards.

ESMT Berlin welcomed its first group of students back to campus in April 2021 and plans to operate with the same hybrid model of teaching for the next academic year, so students can choose the option they prefer.

Joshua Glassmyer, MBA 2022, provides an insight into his key takeaways and experience of the financial accounting course by Per Olsson.

Diego Cammarano, MBA 2021, talks to the MBAGRADSCHOOLS team about why he chose ESMT Berlin, how the pandemic affected his MBA experience, and how ESMT helped him find a job amidst all the turbulence.

In this Monday interview, Volkswagen board member Hiltrud D. Werner talks about equality between men and women and tells that she is looking forward to the panel discussion at ESMT Berlin's Annual Forum, in which she will participate on Thursday.

Chengwei Liu, professor at ESMT Berlin, describes how luck influences the chances of being successful in business in his article in Harvard Business Review.

Marcelo Higuchi, Saravdeep, and Min Tsai, Full-time MBA students at ESMT Berlin, have been invited to attend the finals of the Global Innovation Challenge, held by IE Business School in Madrid.

The inaugural IE Global Innovation Challenge, which took place from June 4 - June 5, 2021, focuses on engaging future innovation leaders from business schools around the world to solve the challenges of today's digital age. The students worked on a case to implement context, analysis, and solutions to bring together in practice what they have learned from their MBA experiences.

Henning Lahmann, senior researcher at the Digital Society Institute at ESMT Berlin and research associate at Israel Public Policy Institute, explores the potential dissemination of mis- and disinformation entailed in the platform and the challenges that lie ahead.

The FBI has recouped almost all the Bitcoin ransom paid in connection with the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline. Isabel Skierka from ESMT Berlin told DW this was a sign US law enforcement can get online criminals even abroad.

Many employees have now become used to the new working conditions. But there are also employees who suffer from the psychological consequences of working at home, explains Eric Quintane, professor at ESMT Berlin, in an interview with dpa.

Azra Habibija talks to the Master Grad School team about how ESMT Berlin has helped her achieve her career goals, and why students shouldn't let the coronavirus pandemic stop them from following their dreams.