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… will not be restricted, at least for the time being. This is a good thing, according to ongoing research by Carla Haelermans from the School of Business and Economics (SBE) and Patrick Bijsmans from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS). “Students, including Dutch ones, perform exceptionally well in tutorial groups with a mix of nationalities. And internationalisation is the future. You can’t put restrictions on that.” Just this morning, UM president Rianne Letschert lashed out in the regional newspaper at Robbert Dijkgraaf. The education minister hinted … we want to know is whether there’s an optimum number of nationalities in a tutorial group,” says Haelermans, who focuses on the quantitative side. “We’re also looking beyond FASoS. The study includes 12 English-taught bachelor’s programmes across all faculties except the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, where the main language of instruction is Dutch.” Data on students’ nationalities, prior education, previous grades and more are being collected and analysed; the tutorials observed …
… 23 mei 2022 Joining forces in economic and management education Zoekresultaten The Maastricht School of Management (MSM) and Maastricht University (UM) are complementary institutions that have the potential to strengthen one another. Therefore, the boards of both organisations signed an agreement on 20 May 2022, integrating MSM into the School of Business and Economics (SBE), one of UM's six faculties. After the summer, MSM's activities in the fields of education, research, and capacity building will continue as part of UM. Combining forces The integration is a true joining of forces in international academic and executive economic and … (UM) are complementary institutions that have the potential to strengthen one another. Therefore, the boards of both organisations signed an agreement on 20 May 2022, integrating MSM into the School of Business and Economics (SBE), one of UM's six faculties. After the summer, MSM's activities in the fields of education, research, and capacity building will continue as part of UM. … The Maastricht School of Management (MSM) and Maastricht University (UM) are complementary institutions that have …
… komt er geen beperking op de instroom van buitenlandse studenten in Nederlandse universiteiten. Gelukkig, menen onderzoekers Carla Haelermans van de School of Business and Economics (SBE) en Patrick Bijsmans van de Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) van Universiteit Maastricht op basis van bijna afgerond onderzoek. “Studenten in onderwijsgroepen met een mix aan nationaliteiten presteren uitstekend. Oók Nederlandse studenten. Bovendien is internationalisering de toekomst. Daarbij passen geen … zo veel van elkaar. Hoe diverser hun achtergrond, hoe beter.” International Classroom Vraag is natuurlijk of een international classroom aantoonbaar beter is dan bijvoorbeeld de opleiding met enkel Nederlandse of Britse studenten? Met die motivatie startten Bijsmans en Haelermans begin 2020 een onderzoek dat antwoord op die vraag moet geven. “Er zijn al meerdere onderzoeken geweest naar de resultaten van internationale classrooms”, aldus Bijsmans die zich vooral bezighoudt met de kwalitatieve kant van het onderzoek. “Sommige van deze studies identificeren bepaalde uitdagingen, maar anderen beschrijven juist de positieve uitkomsten van internationale groepen. In een in 2021 gepubliceerde studie naar de international classroom op FASoS komen wij ook tot de conclusie dat studenten over het algemeen profiteren van de interactie met medestudenten van een andere nationaliteit, mits de balans van de groep goed is. Deze keer pakken we het nog grondiger aan. We hebben veel meer data …
… social shareholder proposals won over 50 percent of shareholder support, while in 2016 only 3 percent of such proposals were approved by a majority of shareholders. Investors have also strengthened their private engagement efforts, with collaborative groups like Climate Action 100+ urging firms to make their operations more environmentally sustainable. Yet an important question persists: How relevant are these stewardship activities to the financial performance of target firms? In a new working paper, Rob Bauer, Jeroen Derwall and Colin Tissen, economist at Maastricht University, use an extensive global sample of private environmental, social, and governance (ESG) engagements to answer this question. Read more … efforts, with collaborative groups like Climate Action 100+ urging firms to make their operations more environmentally sustainable. Yet an important question persists: How relevant are these stewardship activities to the financial performance of target firms? In a new working paper, Rob Bauer, Jeroen Derwall and Colin Tissen, economist at Maastricht University, use an extensive global sample of private environmental, social, and governance (ESG) engagements to answer this question. Read more …
… on microfinance, together with one of my PhD students. In attendance at the conference was a nice mix of academics and practitioners. Our paper, presented by my PhD student, was about what has become known as ‘mission drift’: what happens when firms start to drift away from their original mission? Mission drift is especially interesting in markets where for-profit and not-for-profit firms compete, like healthcare, education … and microfinance. Why? Because in that case, mission drift can happen in two directions: from a pure for-profit start to a more mixed mission, and from a pure not-for-profit start towards the same middle. School of Business and Economics J.W.B. Bos Professor of Banking and Finance Finance, School of Business and Economics From a societal perspective, mission drift does not have to be bad. One of the key aspects is what …
… 2 mei 2023 Zoekresultaten Waarom doen mensen wat ze doen? Om deze complexe vraag te beantwoorden moet Hannes Rusch van alles een beetje zijn: econoom, bioloog, filosoof, wiskundige. Hij kreeg onlangs een ERC Starting Grant van 1,5 miljoen euro om een interdisciplinair theoretisch kader voor de beschrijving van uitbuiting in arbeidsrelaties te ontwikkelen en dit empirisch te toetsen. Het doel is om te komen tot beleidsmaatregelen die de drijfveren voor … heeft om het minder schadelijke alternatief te kiezen." … Waarom doen mensen wat ze doen? Om deze complexe vraag te beantwoorden moet Hannes Rusch van alles een beetje zijn: econoom, bioloog, filosoof, wiskundige. Hij kreeg onlangs een ERC Starting Grant van 1,5 miljoen euro om een interdisciplinair theoretisch kader voor de beschrijving van uitbuiting in arbeidsrelaties te ontwikkelen en dit empirisch te toetsen. Het doel is om te komen tot beleidsmaatregelen die de drijfveren voor uitbuiting wegnemen. … Waarom doen mensen wat ze doen? Om deze complexe vraag te beantwoorden moet Hannes Rusch van alles een beetje zijn: econoom, bioloog, filosoof, wiskundige. Hij kreeg onlangs een ERC Starting Grant van 1,5 miljoen euro om een interdisciplinair theoretisch kader voor de beschrijving van uitbuitingsrelaties te ontwikkelen en dit empirisch te toetsen. … “Uitbuiting komt overal voor” …
… 15 januari 2024 Zoekresultaten How can we help employees to fulfil their potential? And how can we do this in a way that is sustainable for both employees and organizations? Recently, I started a new professorship at the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) at SBE to address these questions, together with various stakeholders in science, policy, and practice. In this blog, I describe why these questions are … by general practitioners. It centers on the use of a conversation instrument. It works like this: first, a patient fills out a questionnaire about the six dimensions of Positive Health. The scores on the six dimensions are displayed in a "spider web" diagram. This spider web then forms the basis for a conversation between the care provider and the patient, in which the patient's condition is discussed, looking at all six dimensions of health, as well as the relationship between these … not explicitly mentioned. Also for employees it is not always clear what the goal of working with Positive Health is, and too strong a focus on health gains can even create resistance among employees. Finally, it is not clear whether different target groups benefit in the same way from working with Positive Health. Initiatives around Positive Health and work usually focus on people who are already working, but can they also be used for people who are struggling to find work? A new co-creation …
… 15 april 2024 Zoekresultaten What if students could use play to learn to think strategically, apply economic concepts and deal with complex problems? This is what we have started exploring in the first of a series of three pilots of the Maastricht Immersive Learning Lab. What is the MILL? The MILL is: Maastricht: a joint initiative from different departments of SBE (MILE, ERD, Finance, MSI), with support from MORSE, … technological ...) and will force the participants to strategize and anticipate new ways of thinking and acting regarding uncertainty about such shocks and scenarios. More information about the MILL and its developments are shared on the MILL webpage . In what follows we describe why we believe that serious games should be added to the portfolio of learning tools available to educators at UM and beyond, how we have implemented it so far and how it has been received by students of Pilot 1, … survey and invite the students to participate to a focus group as well). What was our goal for this game? “ The overarching objective of this simulation was to provide participants with an immersive experience, allowing them to navigate the intricate web of conflicting interests among stakeholders in the face of climate change. The primary focus was on finding a delicate balance in relationships between stakeholders to effectively address the challenges posed by climate change.” (Zhuxin) What …
… 19 december 2023 Zoekresultaten SBE alumnus Paul Schraven reflects on his journey after Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE). After a stint in management consulting, he co-founded SparkSupply in Berlin, connecting students to startups. Shifting away from this model, he worked remotely for a US startup, pursued an Entrepreneurship-focused Master’s, and eventually co-founded Packmatic. The company, focused on sustainability and digitization in the packaging industry, is currently in the middle of its Series A, with a team of approximately 35 … Unveiling the Transition: From SBE to Packmatic I just realized that my time at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE) ended more than 8 years ago now – time really does fly . During my studies, I was already quite curious about startups, however, ended up in management consulting at Capgemini Invent. Unfortunately, it wasn’t for me – I felt it was too hierarchical, political, and lacking direct impact. So, I moved to Berlin with Oscar and Jan (SBE classmates) to co-found our …
… 21 april 2023 Zoekresultaten Is duurzaamheid alleen zinvol als het financieel ook iets oplevert? Een gesprek tussen Nils Kok, hoogleraar Real Estate Finance en Pim Martens, hoogleraar Planetary Health. Duurzaamheid is populair. Er wordt veel over gepraat – veel meer dan er daadwerkelijk wordt gedaan – maar zelfs de praatjes schieten tekort. "Ik vertrouw niemand die beweert de enige definitie van duurzame ontwikkeling te hebben," zegt Pim … worden beredeneerd vanuit het menselijk welzijn als ultiem doel. Beide waarden worden ook gekoesterd door Kok, die de ideologische verschillen met Martens samenvat als evolutie versus revolutie. Door Florian Raith Pim Martens is hoogleraar Planetary Health en decaan van het Maastricht University College, Campus Venlo. Zijn oratie, getiteld Planetary Health: the recipe for a sustainable future, vond plaats op 21 April 2023. … Is duurzaamheid alleen zinvol als het financieel ook iets oplevert? Een gesprek tussen Nils Kok, hoogleraar Real Estate Finance en Pim Martens, hoogleraar Planetary …