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| TRANSEARCH Russia / Top Hunt International becomes an adviser in possible questions of career planning for SSE participants and alumni |
On 17 January the Stockholm School of Economics in Russia signed an agreement with TRANSEARCH Russia with the aim of the further career development for students at SSE and alumni. The agreement provides for seminars and round tables dedicated to the important and current problems for Russian and foreign managers, with such topics as: ‘Downscaling– deliberate choice or necessity?’, ‘Emotional maturity of leaders’, ‘Networking as effective business tool’, etc.). TRANSEARCH Russia will also present research findings to SSE students and alumni. |
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| Governor of Stockholm Region Visits the Stockholm School of Economics in St. Petersburg |
On
1 February the Governor of Stockholm Region Per Unckel visited the
Stockholm School of Economics in St. Petersburg. The Governor met
directors of the MBA programs and gave a speech to students. In his
speech Mr. Unckel noted especially that the Stockholm School of
Economics is an excellent example of cooperation between St. Petersburg
and Stockholm in the area of education and science. |
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| Stockholm School of Economics – official partner and jury member at PR, Marketing and Advertising Competition |
On
3-4 March a PR, marketing and advertising competition was held for
fourth and fifth year students from tertiary educational institutions
around St. Petersburg studying marketing, PR and advertising. The
purpose of the competition is to give employees a better opportunity to
see which institutes provide better preparation in these spheres. The
second and conclusive round of the competition took place in SSE in the
form of defending of a case-study in front of members of the jury:
employees of large St. Petersburg companies, consisting of marketing
and advertising directors. |
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| RBC daily (St. Petersburg) reveals the secret of the evolutionary development of the business education market in St. Petersburg |
At the RBC round table meeting the Stockholm School of Economics was represented by Alexei Popov, Director of ЕМВА General Management programs. He commented that: “So far we haven’t heard of any new big names appearing. At the same time, the leading players aren’t standing still. They are actively developing their products and competition is having its positive influence”. For more information please visit the SSE website: http://www.sseru.org/img/news/280208-04.html |
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| The Stockholm School of Economics presents a new book by Igor Dukeov, a professor at the institute: ‘Strategy of Business Development: A Practical Approach’ |
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| New program for Executives – EMCC |
In October 2008 the Stockholm School of Economics, Russia is launching a new 5 module open program for business executives “Effective Management in Emerging Markets”. The new open program has integrated the best elements of the previous executive programs of the school with the new developments in the fields of management science and executive education. For more information please visit our website or contact us: |
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| New educational project from the Stockholm School of Economics (Russia) – Novartis Business Academy |
On 29 April a gala presentation for the Novartis Business Academy took place in the Hotel National, Moscow. The new educational project was initiated by the pharmaceutical company Novartis Farma. The main task of the Business Academy and SSE is preparing a new generation of top managers capable of carrying out multi-level managerial tasks for promoting Novartis products on the Russian market in Russia and for Russia. The educational program is intended for two years. |
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| Stockholm School of Economics Executive Education in the Financial Times ranking |
On
12 May the Financial Times published its ratings of educational
business programmes. The Stockholm School of Economics Executive
Education was ranked 4th in Europe and 11th in the world. The ranking
reflects the School clients’ point of view and shows that clients of
SSE have been satisfied with their educational experience at the
School, which for more than 10 years has been a leading institution in
Russia providing programs for top executives and entrepreneurs. |
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Debates “Brand for Customer or for Company Leaders? |
On 22 May in Moscow the Stockholm School of Economics (Russia) and Mann, Ivanov, Ferber Publishing House organized debates about branding – “Branding for Customers or Business Leaders?” Experts in marketing and branding shared secrets of brand-making and their own view on this subject and discussed the topic with the audience. Experts were: Igor Dukeov (SSE Professor), Sergey Mitrofanov (General Director of the Brandflight agency), Samvel Avetisian (marketing guru, former Marketing Director of the Tinkoff company), Christoph Marti (creative director of Interbrand agency). Over 60 participants including SSE Alumni took part in debates. |
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Stockholm School of Economics: Russia and Raiffeisenbank – MBA credit |
According to the cooperation agreement signed between SSE and Raiffeisenbank, SSE Russia participants are able to use special consumer credit programs from Raiffeisenbank in order to pay for Executive MBA programs. “We are interested not only in providing quality education at an international level to our students, but also in providing the most comfortable conditions while acquiring it”, commented Anders Liljenberg, Rector of the Stockholm School of Economics. |
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Representatives of SSE (Russia) participated in the "The QS World MBA Tour" (MBA Tour) exhibition taking place in Moscow on 4 March at the Radisson SAS Slavyanskaya Hotel. You are welcome to meet SSE Russia representatives at the “QS World MBA Tour", which is to take place in Kiev on 7 October 2008 The representatives of SSE Russia will be glad to meet you at the autumn fairs organized by Begin Group in Moscow on 2 and 13 September, and 8 and 18 October at the Radisson SAS Slavyanskaya Hotel. Welcome to the Stockholm School of Economics expo stand! |
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Communications and effective cooperation play an important role in the business education sector. Consequently a new position for a Market Communications Manager has been established for marketing and external links. This position has been held by Anna Izmailova since the beginning of 2008. Anna has a great deal of experience in the area of marketing communications. She is a doctor of pedagogical science and has two higher degrees: public municipal management and interpreter in professional communications. |
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As of 15 April 2008, SSE Russia has introduced a new position for an Executive Director to have overall operational responsibility for all SSE Russia programs, meaning both our MBA and our executive programs. Olga Loseva, former Head of Executive Programs, and of the SSE Russia Moscow Division, was appointed to this position. Olga Loseva, an SSE MBA graduate and an MD by training, has an extensive career with international companies. |
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From May 1 2008, Dr Ludmila Murgulets will take on the position as Senior Advisor to SSE Russia in the area of external relations. Dr Murgulets is an Associate Professor in social psychology from St Petersburg State University, and has an MBA degree from the Stockholm School of Economics. She has a rich experience in management and occupies several important positions in the Russian business community. |
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The
Financial Management module of Executive MBA Oil&Gas Round 3 was
held in Northumbria University in Newcastle (UK). The participants’
program included a visit to the Newcastle’s mayor (Peter John Arnold),
who talked about new educational projects in Newcastle. It should be
noted that every Executive MBA group in Stockholm School of Economics
visits leading international business schools and universities. |
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Graduation of the Executive MBA Oil&Gas 2 group |
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| Thomas Gad speech in Moscow |
On
April 16 in Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow an Alumni
seminar and roundtable was held with the recognized authority in
branding Thomas Gad (developer of a unique 4-dimensional method of
creating, transforming and maintaining brands and author of the
bestselling book 4-D Branding). |
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Cocktail for EMBA program Alumni |
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2–3 June (St. Petersburg) |
SSE
is one of the organizers of a workshop covering new ways of staff
motivation and staff development: development, management and
effectiveness of employee engagement. |
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17 June (Stockholm School of Economics), 18.00 |
Jacqueline Fendt is professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at ESCP-EAP and Scientific Director of the school’s Chair for Entrepreneurship.
She holds bachelors in organizational science and business
administration (honours), an MBA from GSBA/Boston University and a
Ph.D. in organization science (cum laude) from Leiden University,
Netherlands. On the seminar at SSE Jacqueline Fendt will tell about
current technologies foreign markets entry, key aspects of company’s
operation on the foreign market, and will give real examples from her
own experience. |
19–20 June (Yekaterinburg) |
Stockholm
School of Economics will take part in the conference ‘Top manager:
Creating the Future’. The subject of the conference ‘Business growth:
Territorial expansion’. Anders Liljenberg will make a report ‘A
European company’s experience of entering the Russian market: 10 years
history of development and formation’. |
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| SSE Rector interview |
In 2008 Anders Liljenberg, Rector of the Stockholm School of Economics, gave interview to the leading business magazine, Expert, and to the popular web portal for executives, E-xecutive. You can read the full versions of interviews on our website: |
| New articles by SSE faculty members published in very reputable “A-journals” |
Fey,
C.F., Mourgoulis-Yakoushev, S., Bjorkman, I., & Park, H.J.
Opening the Black Box of the Relationship Between HRM Practices and
Firm Performance: A Comparison of MNC Subsidiaries in the USA, Finland,
and Russia Forthcoming in the Journal of International Business Studies
in 2008. We congratulate the authors on this outstanding performance, testifying to the high standards that SSE Russia stands for.
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