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Many companies gauge their success in terms of profit. Not so for social enterprises. For Tony’s Chocolonely, a Dutch confectionery company, making a profit is not an end in itself, but a means to create more social impact. But how do you measure the success of a social enterprise? And what makes an enterprise “social” in the first place? Should all profits go towards making a difference, or is that an unrealistic goal? Dr. Sergio Paramo Ortiz, a lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, will address these questions at the 8th International Conference on New Business Models.
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The PhD research of Karlien Strijbosch focuses on Senegalese migrants who were forced to return home after a stay in Europe. Doing justice to such stories is no easy feat, especially when you come up against walls of silence, distrust and shame. Strijbosch and her supervisor Valentina Mazzucato discuss a research project that yields important insights, exposes raw emotions and occasionally spirals out of control.
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In light of our MHPE kick-off weeks, two graduates of the MHPE look back on their experiences.
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Rob Bauer wins golden Pension Pro Award
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Open Science proposes openness about data, sources and methodology to make research more efficient and sustainable as well as bringing science into the public. UM has a thriving Open Science community. Dennie Hebels and Rianne Fijten talk about progress, the Open Science Festival and what researchers can do.
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The Maastricht Center for Robots (MCR) has been recognized for its exceptional contribution to the field of service robotics with the prestigious Robert Johnston 2022 Best Paper Award. The award-winning research titled "The Service Triad: An Empirical Study of Service Robots, Customers, and Frontline Employees" was published in the esteemed Journal of Service Management.
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On 15 June, the House of Representatives had the opportunity in the committee debate to respond to earlier proposals by the minister of OCW, around controlling the intake of international students.
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Uncertainty can make our lives difficult. This blog post will walk through the basic concepts of uncertainty in economics, coupled with a few takeaways from our research.
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Jascha de Nooijer receives the Comenius Leadership Grant for the project ‘Dream teams for a green future: on the role of interprofessional identity in collaborative and sustainable practices in health care’