SBE maintains outstanding position in CEO Magazine’s Global MBA Rankings
We are delighted to announce that Maastricht University School of Business and Economics has maintai...
27 March, 2024
News
To 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.
2024
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Exploring Sustainability
A software company’s CEO, a travel company’s Director of International Public Policy and an internat...
26 March, 2024 -
The promise and challenges of data sciences
“I really enjoyed the Data Science Life Cycle session. It gave me the opportunity to familiarise wit...
09 March, 2024 -
Exploring Digital Business in Sun-Drenched Florida
If you ask our students about their most memorable experiences during their On-Campus MBA trajectory...
31 January, 2024
2023
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Maastricht University keeps leading position in 2023 Better World MBA ranking
We are delighted to announce that the MaastrichtMBA programme of Maastricht University School of Bus...
09 November, 2023 -
Design Thinking Theory: a roller-coaster ride
‘Design a new competitive and sustaining value proposition for Vekoma Rides Roller coaster Manufactu...
17 October, 2023 -
Exploring Leadership with Flexible Leadership Model
The Flexible Leadership Model: a tested framework for unlocking the potential of many rather than re...
06 October, 2023 -
Ready to make a difference in the world
All books are read, all presentations delivered and papers submitted. No less than 38 graduates have...
23 September, 2023 -
SBE Awarded AMBA re-accreditation
We are proud to announce that Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE) has recei...
05 September, 2023 -
Considering the impact of business beyond the quarterly report
“This was one of the sessions I was most excited about. Especially the in-class discussions were ver...
01 August, 2023 -
Una semana en Barcelona: welcome to our Online MBA’s Educational Week
From Monday, 26 June to Friday, 30 June, it was time for another online MBA educational week. With a...
08 July, 2023 -
In Your Shoes: An MBA Lecture on Entrepreneurship, Perspective, and the Challenges of a Startup
When was the last time you stepped into someone else’s shoes and learned something helpful or surpri...
05 June, 2023 -
For Whom the Bell Tolls
As I stepped off the plane and drove through the bustling streets of Cape Town, I couldn’t hel...
19 May, 2023 -
SBE moves up the MBA ranks at CEO Magazine
We are proud to announce that SBE further improved its ranking in the recently published 2023 CEO Ma...
24 April, 2023 -
Simplicity is key
People are irrational creatures, taking most decisions based on short-cuts and routine instead of ra...
27 March, 2023 -
Why You Should Strive to Be a Good Tourist for South Africa and How to Do It
Chances are that at school you have never heard about the Population Registration Act introduced in ...
28 February, 2023 -
Leadership in the digital age
The first educational week of 2023 took place at the renowned University of Potsdam (Germany). Potsd...
15 February, 2023 -
Announcement: New MBA Director
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Ron Jacobs has officially been appointed as MBA Dire...
10 January, 2023
2022
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Confronting, stimulating, positive, hard work and much fun!
Famous for sea, sun and scenery Cape Town, South Africa, is a beloved tourist destination. It’s also...
07 December, 2022 -
Digital Transformation of Organisations
In 2010 global industrial giant General Electric (GE) embarked on a digital transformation journey u...
30 November, 2022 -
Boris Blumberg: “I am a real Rhinelander”
Dr. Boris Blumberg (1965), Executive Director of UMIO as of September 1st, calls himself a real Rhin...
23 November, 2022 -
MaastrichtMBA retains top spot in 2022 Better World MBA ranking
We are proud to announce that MaastrichtMBA – the executive MBA programme of Maastricht University S...
10 November, 2022 -
Design Thinking: a human-centered approach to innovation
The old saying ‘the customer is king’ is truer than it was ever before. Savvy customers shop around ...
26 October, 2022 -
What kind of leader are you? And how to become (more) engaged?
What defines an engaging (or disengaging) leader? What is the relationship between engaging leadersh...
25 October, 2022 -
Manager training: sustainability courses are booming – WELT article
Sustainability has become a business model. Not only for companies struggling for new markets, more ...
23 September, 2022 -
There is hope!
Soaring energy prices, war in Ukraine, heat waves in Europe and floods in Pakistan, new corona virus...
08 September, 2022 -
Energy transition is achievable
Climate change is a complex problem for which there is no simple solution. “However, economic scienc...
13 July, 2022 -
A big shower of positiveness
“It was electrifying and felt like a big shower of positiveness when finally meeting all co-students...
09 July, 2022 -
Creating the conditions for innovations
“Creating the conditions for innovation’ was one of the sessions that stood out for me. The energy, ...
14 June, 2022 -
Preview Online MBA track educational week in Warsaw
The second Online MBA educational week of 2022 has a focus on skill development at one of our Europe...
08 June, 2022 -
Big data, big responsibility
As digital technologies and big data are becoming increasingly prevalent, ethical challenges arise. ...
31 March, 2022 -
The Battle is on!
Imagine you are a cardiologist in an academic hospital. Four of your patients are waiting on a donor...
30 March, 2022 -
Constructive Disagreement
Sustainability and digitalisation have played a major role in all kind of discussions at business sc...
26 January, 2022 -
Resolutions for 2022: are you ready for a Growth Mindset?
It is that time of the year again, a new year is coming up: what goals and resolutions do you have f...
18 January, 2022
2021
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International weeks: “A once in a lifetime experience”
Is there a better place to organise an international week for the On-Campus track Digital Business e...
15 December, 2021 -
Second place for MaastrichtMBA in Corporate Knights’ 2021 Better World MBA ranking
We are proud to announce that MaastrichtMBA – the executive MBA programme of Maastricht University S...
10 November, 2021 -
The only constant in life is change
I felt so honored to have been invited by the UMIO family and Maastricht University to give this com...
03 November, 2021 -
Prepped to make a difference in the world
Fourteen proud graduates. The auditorium filled with maybe even prouder life-partners and parents. C...
08 October, 2021 -
Pension funds boring stuff?
Anyone who thinks that talking about pensions is boring, should attend a lecture of Rogér Otten. Sur...
05 October, 2021 -
Today’s mistake makes a better strategy tomorrow
‘Transformative Leadership for Future Challenges’ was the inspiring theme of 2021’s second education...
14 September, 2021 -
Let’s meet the WBN members
The MaastrichtMBA Women Business Network (WBN) is an initiative of MaastrichtMBA students and establ...
20 August, 2021 -
Preview Online track educational week in Barcelona
The second Online MBA educational week of 2021 has a focus on skill development at one of our Europe...
17 August, 2021 -
Everything you always wanted to know about entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is so much more than starting a new business or managing a small or medium sized en...
02 August, 2021 -
Sauerland, my heart beats for the Sauerland
Last weekend I spent with our dog in Sauerland, a hilly recreational region about two hours driving ...
22 July, 2021 -
“A really impactful learning experience”
“If you value or need flexibility, and want to experience the ‘live’ MBA feeling as well, go for the...
09 July, 2021 -
The good, the bad and the ugly of entrepreneurship
MaastrichtMBA alumnus Harm de Laat always knew that he wanted to become an entrepreneur. That his co...
05 July, 2021 -
Creating a Self-perpetuating Marketing Machine
Launching a new service or product at the right time and in the right way is crucial for its success...
11 June, 2021 -
Building value-based relationships
The year 2020 was marked with uncertainty as the coronavirus rampaged across the world and impacted ...
19 May, 2021 -
Online was fun, but simply not ‘the real deal’
Everyone agrees: face-to-face education beats online in almost every aspect. Nevertheless, consideri...
05 May, 2021 -
Ideation and creativity make your business future proof
For every business it is important to invest in innovation in order to stay relevant. According to t...
01 May, 2021 -
Discovering value for the customer and the organisation
Imagine you have this exciting new idea. You think it’s absolutely brilliant and so does your team. ...
25 April, 2021 -
Collaboration is the new Innovation
Since last year, the pandemic has forced the world to adapt to increased virtual interactions and to...
19 April, 2021 -
Mastering the art of sustainable competitiveness
‘Sustaining competitive advantage’ is all about how companies manage to survive and thrive in their ...
19 April, 2021 -
HEC Montréal CSR Challenge: Online case-cracking for MBA students
Ten students of the MaastrichtMBA programme participated in the HEC Montréal CSR Challenge on March ...
16 March, 2021 -
Feeling and experiencing instead of frameworks and analysis
Did you know that human behaviour is highly conditioned? (At least) 90% of our behaviour is subconsc...
14 January, 2021 -
”We think you might like this”
Our thirst for online shopping and engagement with multi-media streaming sites seems insatiable. The...
11 January, 2021
2020
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A stroll through digital transformation
Does privacy in our digital society have the same meaning as it did before? In what way (and to what...
15 December, 2020 -
A word from our MBA Captain: Allowing other opinions makes a community
This year there were two issues that glued my family and me to the TV, ie we switched it on even whi...
14 December, 2020 -
Leadership is not a power, it’s an attitude
Henry Mintzberg considers management as a practice, an art even. “Knowledge may be important, but wi...
14 December, 2020 -
What are our alumni up to: Marcel Adriaens
In the Entrepreneurship module we learned that entrepreneurship is not necessarily written in your D...
18 November, 2020 -
MaastrichtMBA among the world’s best sustainable MBAs
UMIO’s MaastrichtMBA programme moves up the grade on sustainable development as it impressively mana...
11 November, 2020 -
Learning to lead with authenticity
What makes a good leader? What are the essential qualities a good leader should embody, and how can ...
14 October, 2020 -
The next best thing during corona times
“The online sessions were quite good, but I missed the social interaction.” “It is possible to get a...
16 September, 2020 -
Martien Kennis: Doing business in the post COVID-19 era
Never mind it’s late Friday afternoon and everyone is longing for the weekend after MaastrichtMBA’s ...
15 September, 2020 -
Positive corona story: Catching up with family and friends
2020 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, 2020 -
A word from our MBA Captain: New normal will be quite similar to the old
In December 2019, I attended a couple of theses defenses and evaluated students’ projects on how the...
12 July, 2020 -
Positive corona story: Planting trees during the lockdown
Watching my children trying to cope with the current situation of staying at home and not meeting wi...
15 June, 2020 -
Positive corona story: Supporting the poor in Jakarta
Due to job obligations, I am living in Jakarta right now and I am staying home, like many other peop...
12 May, 2020 -
A word from our students: Finding how to in this new life
In a matter of weeks our lives have been turned around as a result of the pandemic. We are the same,...
08 May, 2020 -
Connecting sustainability to business
Katrin Muff is a Professor of Practice in Sustainability & Leadership at LUISS Business School i...
03 April, 2020 -
It’s the data, stupid!
It’s raining cats and dogs on a chilly February afternoon. But inside the classroom nobody seems to ...
09 March, 2020 -
Sustainability is single most important subject for people & planet
Mark Post is a Dutch pharmacologist who is Professor of Vascular Physiology at Maastricht University...
29 February, 2020 -
A word from our MBA Captain: Happy New Year
wishes the MaastrichtMBA. Some might think, isn’t this a bit late, while some think it is quite on t...
28 January, 2020 -
SBE admitted as new member of GMAC
Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics (SBE) was admitted as a new member of...
13 January, 2020
2019
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Looking back on a successful Orshof week
The Leading Strategic Change module is a special module in our Executive MBA programme. Our students...
13 December, 2019 -
MaastrichtMBA releases EuroMBA Online track
As of January 1, 2020, MaastrichtMBA expands its successful international executive MBA programme wi...
15 November, 2019 -
A word from our UMIO Director: Discovering the common core in diversity
I love to travel. From the hurried excitement and mild annoyances at airports and train stations to ...
12 November, 2019 -
When one journey ends, another begins
Each year, MaastrichtMBA produces graduates who go on to lead and inspire colleagues and organisatio...
08 October, 2019 -
A healthy work-life balance? Tough, but possible
It is hard enough to combine a 9 to 5 with a busy personal life, not to mention adding studying for ...
07 October, 2019 -
Maastricht: Meet Europe!
Maastricht radiates a unique international atmosphere, largely because of the many students, tourist...
12 September, 2019 -
New kid on the block
In March, Jeroen Duijsinx, started as the new Programme Manager at MaastrichtMBA. He is responsible ...
20 August, 2019 -
The ultimate MaastrichtMBA reading list
During our summer break, we take often time to pick up reading again. Whether it is a novel, an inte...
16 August, 2019 -
The MBA journey, a new beginning
Starting this MBA course is, for many students, like being the new kid on the block again. Of course...
18 July, 2019 -
A word from our MBA Captain: Democratisation of digitalisation
re:publica, a giant digital conference, some call it a festival in the heart of Berlin: station 1. S...
11 July, 2019 -
Making connections that matter
Forty-four students representing over 26 nationalities and 68 organisations across the globe descend...
06 June, 2019 -
MaastrichtMBA to launch new Digital Business
If you haven’t heard it before, you’re hearing it now. Data is hot. Everyone in just about every fie...
10 April, 2019 -
A word from our MBA Captain: I am I
How many of us would subscribe to the title – many is my guess. However, some experiences in the las...
09 April, 2019 -
Did you know DUO “Lerarenbeurs”
Each year between April 1st and June 30th, MBA students who work in the educational field can apply ...
27 March, 2019 -
MaastrichtMBA reclaims top spot
We are proud to announce that UMIO’s MaastrichtMBA ranks 13th globally according to the renowned CEO...
21 March, 2019 -
BCP defence Ron Albers
On Thursday 31st January, Ron Albers successfully completed the MaastrichtMBA by defending his Busin...
19 March, 2019 -
Ahmed Mongeal: Gaining a New Perspective
The MaastrichtMBA Weeks Abroad: Broadening Horizons, Setting Itself Apart “The week in Orshof change...
08 February, 2019 -
Ruud Jacobs: Two Passions, One Goal
The MaastrichtMBA International Week: Broadening Horizons, Setting Itself Apart The University of Ma...
08 February, 2019
2018
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Elzette van Zyl: “The MBA is our flagship programme.”
For students and staff alike, a week at The University of Stellenbosch Business School is bound to m...
06 November, 2018 -
Lunchtime at the MaastrichtMBA
Learning from your fellow students, a talk between Susanne and Carlos Susanne de Vaal (38) started a...
05 November, 2018 -
“I was inspired to see the possibilities within myself”
If there is anyone who almost immediately applied what he learned from our programme, it’s Daan Kroo...
11 October, 2018 -
MaastrichtMBA alumna Bouwien Janssen joins Maastricht University
Recently, Bouwien Janssen joined Maastricht University as the new Director of Development & Alum...
11 October, 2018 -
BCP Defense Jaroslav Vlček
On Monday, June 25, Jaroslav Vlček completed the MBA successfully by defending his BCP. The BCP topi...
08 October, 2018 -
Simon de Jong: An Analogy of Basketball and Business
Prof. dr. Simon de Jong is a (Full) Professor in Organizational Behaviour and HRM at the Department ...
08 October, 2018 -
A Call for General Programmes in Business and Management
Dr. Boris Blumberg describes the Skill Gap Survey, which depicts which skills employers look for in ...
08 October, 2018 -
UMIO Congratulates New MaastrichtMBA Graduates
Four times a year the MaastrichtMBA students visit their MBA homebase in Maastricht for an eventful ...
08 October, 2018 -
Introducing our MaastrichtMBA students to Service Science
Innovative thinking is an important part of the MaastrichtMBA program, in particular through the mod...
05 September, 2018 -
New and Extended Accreditations for MaastrichtMBA
We’re happy to share the news that the MaastrichtMBA has been granted NVAO accreditation (by the ned...
18 June, 2018