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  Newsletter No. 7  September 2006

 


 

Maastricht
Programs
Department news

Over 120 graduates received their degree during MSM’s International Graduation Ceremony

On September 11, 2006, over 120 students received their degree of Master of Management in International Business, Master of Business Administration, Master of Philosophy or Doctor of Business Administration
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MSM presents first Philip Houben Award

During the annual graduation ceremony on September 11, the Philip Houben Award was presented for the first time in MSM History. Winner of the award was Mr. Pero Mocan from Macedonia.

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Graduation speech Ms. Ruba Hazboun, Class Vice President

A wonderful year comes to an end; it was an extremely enriching  experience that we will never forget. We arrived holding our dream to become MBA’s, today that dreams comes true.

Read Ruba's full speech


Publications

Service Quality in the hotel sector: modeling the effects of national culture
Yasser Altayeb, MA, Prof.
Dr. Olaf Fissher and Dr. Pieter Terlouw

This paper has been accepted for the ISFAM Conference in Berlin, Germany (September 28-30 2006)
Mr. Yasser Altayeb has a  Master of Philosophy from Maastricht School of Management (MSM), 2003He is an Egyptian PhD student at MSM in cooperation with Twente University (UT) and is working as assistant lecturer at Faculty of Commerce and Business AdministrationAzhar Cairo University, Egypt. 
Read the abstract


Faculty

Honor and Distinction for Professor Eno L. Inanga

CSA Illumina has honored Professor Eno L. Inanga with the publication and indexation of one of his published journal articles. CSA is a worldwide information publishing company, which serves as a guide to researchers to help them to be more effective in their work by enabling and expediting discovery, and the management and organization of quality information, and providing tools to assist in the subsequent distribution.
CSA is based in the USA, and has offices throughout the country as well as in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, Latin America and the United Kingdom
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MSM needs your help on a survey on foreign direct investors from China

The research project

The Maastricht School of Management is conducting a research on the readiness of Chinese companies to invest in Europe. In conducting that research we appreciate your help, as important players in our global network! You may have witnessed the ongoing trend of globalization within your own organization, and as a manager you may be part of the processes of deciding whether, why, where and when to invest in overseas operations.


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Graduations & Ceremonies

Ms. Malak Reda receives degree of Doctor of Business Administration with distinction

On July 5, Ms. Malak Reda received her degree of Doctor of Business Administration. The title of her dissertation was: "Performance of Egyptian Commercial Banks (1995-2003): An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis and Malmquist Productivity Index". That she did an excellent job is proven by the fact that she graduated with distinction. Ms. Reda's supervisor was Prof. Eno L. Inanga. The defense committee consisted of Prof. dr. E.J. de Bruijn, Dr. B.W. Scheider and Prof. F.Y. Phillips, PhD
To read Dr. Reda's abstract, click here


Ossama El-Hadary: Doctor of Business Administration

On Tuesday August 29, Ossama El-Hadary defended his thesis about "B2B Digital Marketplaces: Factors Affecting the Adoption Decision in Egypt". His promoter was Prof. Dr. D. Nikolik. The defense committee consisted of Dr. V. Feltkamp, Prof. J. van Dalen, Prof. Dr. F. Fawzi, Prof. Dr. B. Veltman (Chairman of the Board of Doctoral Degrees Studies) and Prof. Dr. B. van der Heijden (chairman). 
To read Dr. El-Hadary’s abstract, click here


Jacques Brook: Doctor of Business Administration with Distinction

On Thursday August 31, Jacques Brook received his Doctoral degree after he passed with distinction. He defended his thesis on Strategic Reorientation of Industrial R&D Towards Commercial Objectives very successfully. He did a thoroughly and in depth qualitative research. His promoters were Prof. Dr. E.J. de Bruijn and Prof. Dr. E. McDonough. The defense committee existed of Prof. Dr. L. Feijs, Prof. Dr. S. de Boer, Prof. Dr. J. van Dalen (member of the Board of Doctoral Degree Studies) and Prof. Dr. R. Tuninga (chairman). To read the abstract of Dr. Brook’s thesis, click here.


First PhD degree result from cooperation between MSM and UM

On Thursday June 29, the PhD defense of Mr. Mohamed Wahdan took place at the University of Maastricht (UM). The title of his dissertation was: "Automatic Formulation of the Auditor's Opinion". This PhD degree was the first result of the cooperation between Maastricht School of Management and the University of Maastricht.


International Projects & Programs

Tailor Made training 'Sustainable Tourism Marketing Linkages'

From September 10 -23, a group of 20 staff members from the Nepal Tourism Board, Travel & Trekking Associations, NGO's, Vocational and Academic Training Institutes for Travel & Tourism and Hotel Management stayed at MSM for for the tailor made training ''Sustainable Tourism Marketing Linkages'.

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Alumni

 

First Meet & Greet with Dean Tuninga
Almaty Kazakhstan


On October 9 2006, MSM organizes for the first time a meet & greet with Dean Tuninga for alumni. Our Dean combines this event with the graduation at our Counterpart, the International Academy of Business (IAB), which takes place on October 8. 
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And More

MSM launches new website

During the opening of the new academic year, Prof. R.S.J. Tuninga, PhD, launched the new MSM website. The improved website is symbolic for the way in which MSM continuously seeks to improve the services she delivers to stakeholders all over the world. Together with the website we restyled the newsletter. The redesign of our website and newsletter are important steps towards the new MSM house style.
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MSM presents first Philip Houben Award

Survey on foreign direct investors from China

New MSM website

Tailor Made training 'Sustainable Tourism Marketing Linkages'
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