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24 April, 2023To get to know us and our programmes, we offer you the latest news, interviews and stories about the MaastrichtMBA. Grab a cup of coffee, relax and read all our stories.
We are proud to announce that SBE further improved its ranking in the recently published 2023 CEO Ma...
24 April, 2023People are irrational creatures, taking most decisions based on short-cuts and routine instead of ra...
27 March, 2023Chances are that at school you have never heard about the Population Registration Act introduced in ...
28 February, 2023The first educational week of 2023 took place at the renowned University of Potsdam (Germany). Potsd...
15 February, 2023It is with great pleasure that we announce that Ron Jacobs has officially been appointed as MBA Dire...
10 January, 2023Famous for sea, sun and scenery Cape Town, South Africa, is a beloved tourist destination. It’s also...
07 December, 2022In 2010 global industrial giant General Electric (GE) embarked on a digital transformation journey u...
30 November, 2022Dr. Boris Blumberg (1965), Executive Director of UMIO as of September 1st, calls himself a real Rhin...
23 November, 2022We are proud to announce that MaastrichtMBA – the executive MBA programme of Maastricht University S...
10 November, 2022The old saying ‘the customer is king’ is truer than it was ever before. Savvy customers shop around ...
26 October, 2022What defines an engaging (or disengaging) leader? What is the relationship between engaging leadersh...
25 October, 2022Sustainability has become a business model. Not only for companies struggling for new markets, more ...
23 September, 2022Soaring energy prices, war in Ukraine, heat waves in Europe and floods in Pakistan, new corona virus...
08 September, 2022Climate change is a complex problem for which there is no simple solution. “However, economic scienc...
13 July, 2022“It was electrifying and felt like a big shower of positiveness when finally meeting all co-students...
09 July, 2022“Creating the conditions for innovation’ was one of the sessions that stood out for me. The energy, ...
14 June, 2022The second Online MBA educational week of 2022 has a focus on skill development at one of our Europe...
08 June, 2022As digital technologies and big data are becoming increasingly prevalent, ethical challenges arise. ...
31 March, 2022Imagine you are a cardiologist in an academic hospital. Four of your patients are waiting on a donor...
30 March, 2022Sustainability and digitalisation have played a major role in all kind of discussions at business sc...
26 January, 2022It is that time of the year again, a new year is coming up: what goals and resolutions do you have f...
18 January, 2022Is there a better place to organise an international week for the On-Campus track Digital Business e...
15 December, 2021We are proud to announce that MaastrichtMBA – the executive MBA programme of Maastricht University S...
10 November, 2021I felt so honored to have been invited by the UMIO family and Maastricht University to give this com...
03 November, 2021Fourteen proud graduates. The auditorium filled with maybe even prouder life-partners and parents. C...
08 October, 2021Anyone who thinks that talking about pensions is boring, should attend a lecture of Rogér Otten. Sur...
05 October, 2021‘Transformative Leadership for Future Challenges’ was the inspiring theme of 2021’s second education...
14 September, 2021The MaastrichtMBA Women Business Network (WBN) is an initiative of MaastrichtMBA students and establ...
20 August, 2021The second Online MBA educational week of 2021 has a focus on skill development at one of our Europe...
17 August, 2021Entrepreneurship is so much more than starting a new business or managing a small or medium sized en...
02 August, 2021Last weekend I spent with our dog in Sauerland, a hilly recreational region about two hours driving ...
22 July, 2021“If you value or need flexibility, and want to experience the ‘live’ MBA feeling as well, go for the...
09 July, 2021MaastrichtMBA alumnus Harm de Laat always knew that he wanted to become an entrepreneur. That his co...
05 July, 2021Launching a new service or product at the right time and in the right way is crucial for its success...
11 June, 2021The year 2020 was marked with uncertainty as the coronavirus rampaged across the world and impacted ...
19 May, 2021Everyone agrees: face-to-face education beats online in almost every aspect. Nevertheless, consideri...
05 May, 2021For every business it is important to invest in innovation in order to stay relevant. According to t...
01 May, 2021Imagine you have this exciting new idea. You think it’s absolutely brilliant and so does your team. ...
25 April, 2021Since last year, the pandemic has forced the world to adapt to increased virtual interactions and to...
19 April, 2021‘Sustaining competitive advantage’ is all about how companies manage to survive and thrive in their ...
19 April, 2021Ten students of the MaastrichtMBA programme participated in the HEC Montréal CSR Challenge on March ...
16 March, 2021Did you know that human behaviour is highly conditioned? (At least) 90% of our behaviour is subconsc...
14 January, 2021Our thirst for online shopping and engagement with multi-media streaming sites seems insatiable. The...
11 January, 2021Does privacy in our digital society have the same meaning as it did before? In what way (and to what...
15 December, 2020This year there were two issues that glued my family and me to the TV, ie we switched it on even whi...
14 December, 2020Henry Mintzberg considers management as a practice, an art even. “Knowledge may be important, but wi...
14 December, 2020In the Entrepreneurship module we learned that entrepreneurship is not necessarily written in your D...
18 November, 2020UMIO’s MaastrichtMBA programme moves up the grade on sustainable development as it impressively mana...
11 November, 2020What makes a good leader? What are the essential qualities a good leader should embody, and how can ...
14 October, 2020“The online sessions were quite good, but I missed the social interaction.” “It is possible to get a...
16 September, 2020Never mind it’s late Friday afternoon and everyone is longing for the weekend after MaastrichtMBA’s ...
15 September, 20202020 has been a shit of a year, but in the midst of it all one can still find good. COVID-19 snuck u...
15 July, 2020In December 2019, I attended a couple of theses defenses and evaluated students’ projects on how the...
12 July, 2020Watching my children trying to cope with the current situation of staying at home and not meeting wi...
15 June, 2020Due to job obligations, I am living in Jakarta right now and I am staying home, like many other peop...
12 May, 2020In a matter of weeks our lives have been turned around as a result of the pandemic. We are the same,...
08 May, 2020Katrin Muff is a Professor of Practice in Sustainability & Leadership at LUISS Business School i...
03 April, 2020It’s raining cats and dogs on a chilly February afternoon. But inside the classroom nobody seems to ...
09 March, 2020Mark Post is a Dutch pharmacologist who is Professor of Vascular Physiology at Maastricht University...
29 February, 2020wishes the MaastrichtMBA. Some might think, isn’t this a bit late, while some think it is quite on t...
28 January, 2020Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics (SBE) was admitted as a new member of...
13 January, 2020The Leading Strategic Change module is a special module in our Executive MBA programme. Our students...
13 December, 2019As of January 1, 2020, MaastrichtMBA expands its successful international executive MBA programme wi...
15 November, 2019I love to travel. From the hurried excitement and mild annoyances at airports and train stations to ...
12 November, 2019Each year, MaastrichtMBA produces graduates who go on to lead and inspire colleagues and organisatio...
08 October, 2019It is hard enough to combine a 9 to 5 with a busy personal life, not to mention adding studying for ...
07 October, 2019Maastricht radiates a unique international atmosphere, largely because of the many students, tourist...
12 September, 2019In March, Jeroen Duijsinx, started as the new Programme Manager at MaastrichtMBA. He is responsible ...
20 August, 2019During our summer break, we take often time to pick up reading again. Whether it is a novel, an inte...
16 August, 2019Starting this MBA course is, for many students, like being the new kid on the block again. Of course...
18 July, 2019re:publica, a giant digital conference, some call it a festival in the heart of Berlin: station 1. S...
11 July, 2019Forty-four students representing over 26 nationalities and 68 organisations across the globe descend...
06 June, 2019If you haven’t heard it before, you’re hearing it now. Data is hot. Everyone in just about every fie...
10 April, 2019How many of us would subscribe to the title – many is my guess. However, some experiences in the las...
09 April, 2019Each year between April 1st and June 30th, MBA students who work in the educational field can apply ...
27 March, 2019We are proud to announce that UMIO’s MaastrichtMBA ranks 13th globally according to the renowned CEO...
21 March, 2019On Thursday 31st January, Ron Albers successfully completed the MaastrichtMBA by defending his Busin...
19 March, 2019The MaastrichtMBA Weeks Abroad: Broadening Horizons, Setting Itself Apart “The week in Orshof change...
08 February, 2019The MaastrichtMBA International Week: Broadening Horizons, Setting Itself Apart The University of Ma...
08 February, 2019For students and staff alike, a week at The University of Stellenbosch Business School is bound to m...
06 November, 2018Learning from your fellow students, a talk between Susanne and Carlos Susanne de Vaal (38) started a...
05 November, 2018If there is anyone who almost immediately applied what he learned from our programme, it’s Daan Kroo...
11 October, 2018Recently, Bouwien Janssen joined Maastricht University as the new Director of Development & Alum...
11 October, 2018On Monday, June 25, Jaroslav Vlček completed the MBA successfully by defending his BCP. The BCP topi...
08 October, 2018Prof. dr. Simon de Jong is a (Full) Professor in Organizational Behaviour and HRM at the Department ...
08 October, 2018Dr. Boris Blumberg describes the Skill Gap Survey, which depicts which skills employers look for in ...
08 October, 2018Four times a year the MaastrichtMBA students visit their MBA homebase in Maastricht for an eventful ...
08 October, 2018Innovative thinking is an important part of the MaastrichtMBA program, in particular through the mod...
05 September, 2018We’re happy to share the news that the MaastrichtMBA has been granted NVAO accreditation (by the ned...
18 June, 2018