News, events and blogs

Strategic planning to improve organizational performance
11-02-2020

From 27 January – 7 February 2020, 20 participants from different nationalities coming from all over the world took part in MSM's 5-day Strategic Leadership program and MSM's 5-day Change Management program.

Meet MSM's faculty members: introducing Jeroen van Wijk
10-02-2020

Each month we highlight one of our faculty members. This month the spotlight will be on Jeroen van Wijk.

The Travels of a Deposit in Turbulent Times: recent published paper
06-02-2020

Dr. Harald Sander, Professor of Economics at MSM, recently published a co-authored paper titled “The Travels of a Deposit in Turbulent Times: The Importance of Deposit Insurance Design for Cross-Border Deposits".

Triple helix strengthened in Indonesia
05-02-2020

On Wednesday February 5, key stakeholders relevant for the Indonesian agricultural vocational education met in Bogor for a Triple Helix Establishment consultative meeting of the SAS21 project.

Financial skills, an integral part of a manager’s toolkit and the MSM Executive MBA curriculum
03-02-2020

From 18 until 25 January, MSM welcomed the executive MBA students for their module on finance and accounting. For the non-financials this module is known to be one of the most difficult ones of the program. However, it is also a very important module

Paper on Ethiopia in China’s Belt and Road Initiative
21-01-2020

Last week Jeroen van Wijk, MSM’s Associate Professor in Global Value Chains, participated in a seminar on the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative in Beijing.

Meet MSM's staff members: introducing Previna Samsundar
21-01-2020

Each month we highlight one of our staff members. This month the spotlight will be on Previna Samsundar.

Annual Bright Future in Agriculture event inspires and motivates participants and partners
17-01-2020

On 14 and 15 January the annual review and planning event of the project Bright Future in Agriculture (BFA) took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. All project partners attended and strengthened existing and new alliances.

Successful inception workshop for reviving Ghanaian agricultural TVETs project
15-01-2020

At the end of 2019, The Ghanaian Orange Knowledge Project aimed at reviving Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Ghana by integrating Farm Institutions (FI’s) in the wider agricultural education system...

New agricultural development and water management project in Jordan set to start in March
14-01-2020

On 13 and 14 January, MSM Project Director, Diederik de Boer and Project Manager, Hans Nijhoff met with project partners from the University of Jordan and Al-Balqa Applied University in Amman, Jordan.