“Although vital for millions of smallholder farmers, the cocoa and coffee industries are plagued by economic hardships, environmental concerns, and human rights issues”
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Welcome to the SBE Blog, a platform for our academic community to share their expertise with people beyond their academic borders! Our authors range from students and PhDs to tenured professors and lecturers.
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Blog posts
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In his master’s thesis, Paul Eichhorn, a recent MSc graduate in Sustainability Science, Policy, & Society, explored how the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) may influence the relationship between chocolate manufacturers and smallholder cocoa farmers. In this blog post, he...
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Students were issued student numbers (ID numbers) and the first student (alphabetically) was Ward Alfenaar. Today, 40 years later, we checked in with Ward to talk about his memories from those early days of studying in Maastricht.
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Have you noticed the latest addition to the WRDS research data platform during your recent browsing sessions? If not, take a moment to check again—you’re in for some exciting news! Thanks to the generous support from MORSE and individual researchers within SBE, UM researchers now have access to Capi...
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought about an unprecedented level of global stress, affecting nearly every aspect of daily life. As the world faced the threat of illness, economic uncertainty, and prolonged isolation, individuals' social behaviors and preferences were put to the test. Under such acute...
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Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics (SBE) is once again positioned among the best in the Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking 2024. Among Dutch institutions, SBE’s master is one of only four programmes ranked in the FT’s Top 100 list, and it is positioned 73rd...