Hult International Business School
Cambridge, Massachusetts (ots/PRNewswire) - Hult International Business School Report Highlights Business Schools' Failure to Modernize in Response to Technological, Economic, and Societal Change Hult International Business School today released a report entitled "The Future of Business Education & the Needs of Employers." Hult Labs, the school's internal think tank, ...
Geneva (ots) - The triple-accredited multicampus international business school, European University, will be present at the QS World MBA Tour (http://www.topmba.com/events/qs-world-mba-tour/europe/geneva), on March 17th at the Grand Hotel Kempinski in Geneva. A Top MBA Fair for Accredited Schools QS is the leading global career and education network for ambitious professionals looking to further both their personal and ...
Hult International Business School
London (ots/PRNewswire) - The Hult Prize today announced the six finalists for its annual start-up challenge. Thousands of PhD, MD, MBA, Master's, and undergraduate students pitched startup enterprises aimed at tackling non-communicable-diseases (NCD) in urban slums. This year's Hult Prize challenge topic, selected by President Clinton, asked participants to build sustainable and scalable social enterprises to address ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - IMD, a top-ranked global business school based in Switzerland, today published a new book that aims to help business leaders and their organizations navigate major transformations more effectively. Titled "Quest: Leading Global Transformations ...
Zurich (ots) - The Jacobs Foundation is issuing a call for nominations for the 2014 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. The prize, which is endowed with a cash award of one million Swiss francs, recognizes the work of scholars devoted to promoting the successful development and life chances of children and youth. Experts and professional organizations all over the world who are engaged in research on children and youth are ...
Lausanne (ots) - IMD (http://www.imd.org/ ), a top-ranked global business school based in Switzerland, today announced the appointment of Arturo Bris (http://www.imd.org/about/facultystaff/bris.cfm ) as the new director of the IMD World Competitiveness Center (http://www.imd.org/wcc/ ) (WCC). Professor Bris, who is ...
EF Corporate Language Learning Solutions
London (ots/PRNewswire) - EF Education First, the world leader in language training for business, government and the education sector, announced today the signing of a partnership with Saudi Arabia's Tatweer Company for Educational Services Company (T4EDU), a government-owned company dedicated to education ...
Singapore (ots) - IMD, a top-ranked business school and worldwide expert in executive education, announced today the expansion of its activities and the opening of its offices in Singapore. From its new base, IMD will extend its offering to the region by bringing its experience in developing global leaders to ...
Zürich-Airport (ots) - The civil aviation authority of the Russian Federation has certified Swiss AviationTraining (SAT) to provide maintenance training for the Embraer 170 and 190 aircraft types. SAT's practically-oriented basic and further E-Jet training for technical personnel was formally approved by the Russian aviation authority for Levels B1, B2, B3 and C on ...
Zurich (ots) - - - The 2013 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize goes to Professor Greg J. Duncan of the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. - Receiving the 2013 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize is Germany's ELTERN-AG organization. The Jacobs Foundation, a Zurich-based foundation that is active ...
Lausanne (ots) - Introducing two new programs for executives seeking and moving into leadership roles IMD business school recently added two new open enrollment programs for managers aspiring to move into business leadership positions and for managers who are transitioning into leadership roles. Starting in 2014 and ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - IMD, a top-ranked global business school based in Switzerland, today announced its 25th anniversary world competitiveness rankings, looking at 60 economies in 2013. The top 10 countries in competitiveness for 2013 are: US (1), Switzerland (2), Hong Kong (3), Sweden (4), Singapore (5), Norway (6), Canada (7), UAE (8), Germany (9), and Qatar ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - What connects an Indian tractor manufacturer, an iconic American ice-cream company, an Italian luxury goods brand, a South African bank and leading European fast-moving consumer goods firms? The answer is simple: business leaders at all these companies must deliver results today while ...
Zurich-Airport (ots) - Swiss AviationTraining (SAT) unveiled their new CAE Embraer 190 full-flight simulator to the public today. The new facility marks another milestone in SAT's evolution into an experienced provider of total "E-Jet" training solutions, and further underlines its standing and expertise as a competence centre for integrated cockpit, cabin and ...
Uithoorn, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - Starting 1 September 2013, HOYA appointed Mrs. Olga Prenat as the new Dean of HOYA's Faculty Education & Experience Centre in Budapest, Hungary. Currently holding the position of Director of the Institute and Centre of Optometry in Bures sur Yvette - France, Mrs. Prenat follows up Mr. Hans Warntjes who will officially retire in June after having worked with HOYA for 24 years. ...
Zurich (ots) - Dr. Olaf von Maydell has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Jacobs Foundation, effective May 1, 2013. A tax consultant who holds a PhD in agricultural economics, Dr. von Maydell is a partner in the Schomerus & Partner tax consulting firm in Berlin. He served as General Manager of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin from ...
HWZ Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich
Zurich (ots) - The department of Social Media Management of HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich, in cooperation with BV4 Certified Brand Valuation Experts, present the 2013 ranking of the most valuable social media brands. The four most valuable brands in 2012 were able to defend ...
Bergen, Norway (ots/PRNewswire) - Leading educational software company itslearning AS has received an investment boost from EQT Expansion Capital II. The deal, signed on 21st of March 2013, gives itslearning the ability to increase product development and expansion into new markets, and makes EQT Capital II the largest investor in the company. EQT Expansion Capital II has agreed to invest approximately EUR 40 million in ...
SIU-Societe Internationale d'Urologie
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - The Société Internationale d'Urologie is pleased to announce the launch of SIU Academy [http://www.siu-academy.org ], a powerful new eLearning resource for urologists. Engineered for the cloud, SIU Academy [http://www.siu-academy.org ] can be accessed anywhere in the world. All users ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - IMD, a top-ranked global business school based in Switzerland, today announced plans to launch five new open-enrollment programs in 2013. These leadership-focused programs are designed to meet the ever-evolving needs of senior executives, including growing demands for insight on Asia. ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - IMD, the world pioneer in executive education, announced a new Asia edition to its Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP) program, which will take place in Singapore from November 17-22, 2013. www.imd.org/owp For 19 years at the IMD campus in Lausanne, Switzerland, OWP has served as a forum for global executives looking to step back and ...
Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) - For the first time ASM, the world route development consultants, are running a training course in the CIS region. This inaugural CIS programme gets off to flying start with not one, but two courses being held in St. Petersburg: The Fundamentals of Route Development, 5-6 February 2013 and a Traffic Forecasting Masterclass, 7-8 ...
Zurich Airport (ots) - Swiss AviationTraining (SAT) has become the world's first flight training organization to offer the CEFAsim simulator flight evaluation facility on an Airbus A320 simulator. The new CEFAsim technology makes flight training debriefings more efficient, more effective and more successful; and by adopting it in its A320 simulator SAT is further ...
Cobham, England (ots/PRNewswire) - Cargill has announced a U.S. $1.35 million, three-year partnership with the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) to provide support for the Bilibiza Agriculture Institute (IABil) in order to enhance and expand educational possibilities for farmers in northern Mozambique. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120709/543450 ) The partnership ...
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - ? Three winners of the new Physics Frontiers Prize will be announced this December and become nominees for the 2013 US$ 3 million Fundamental Physics Prize The Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation announces the opening of online nominations for the next Fundamental Physics Prize and New Horizons in Physics Prize. The electronic nomination ...
Basel (ots) - The annual meeting of the directors of Europe's largest ethnology museums will take place in Basel, Switzerland from 20 to 22 September 2012. The EEMDG conference (European Ethnology Museums Directors Group) brings together the 'heavy weights' among Europe's ethnologists to discuss current issues, trends and future demands on their museums. Four ...
Petroleum Technology Research Centre
Regina, Saskatchewan (ots/PRNewswire) - There is a new-look website and new materials online for people wanting to know more about Carbon Capture and Storage technology (CCS). The CCS101.ca website is a one-stop-shop for information on CCS. At CCS101.ca visitors can access the latest knowledge on CCS in Canada and ...