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• Why purpose-driven leaders today need an MBA

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 12/22/2025

  Bridge purpose and performance to lead your organization with real impact.

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• Nyenrode strengthens its foundation for sustainable growth with solid results

  Type: About Nyenrode

  Publication date: 12/18/2025

  Nyenrode Business University closed the 2024–2025 academic year with a clear financial turnaround and a strong foundation for future growth. Revenue increased by 2.75% to €77.1 million. Net results improved significantly, from a loss of €3.9 million last year to a positive result of €2.36 million, driven primarily by higher income from bachelor’s and master’s programs and targeted cost management. Solvency also increased to 45.4%. These results create room for continued investment in the quality and innovation of education.

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• AI process optimization – from bottleneck to blueprint in 6 steps

  Publication date: 12/8/2025

  AI process optimization – from bottleneck to blueprint in 6 stepsAI is the driving force behind modern process optimization. Organizations that digitize their operations and deploy AI for process improvement build agility, efficiency and strategic advantage. Professor Dr. Sam Solaimani — Professor of Digital Technology, Innovation & Operations Management — delivers a clear message: digitization affects not only the infrastructure of organizations, but their core business processes down to the very core. In this article he outlines six essential steps by which organizations can turn bottlenecks into a future-proof blueprint — with AI as the engine of sustainable process optimization.

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• AI and ESG: the new skills defining future leaders

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 12/5/2025

  Future-ready leaders connect innovation, ethics, and impact.

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• Multiple Identities, Rising Pressure: Why Young Professionals Are Reaching a Breaking Point

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 11/25/2025

  Recent data shows a worrying increase in mental health issues among young professionals. In her PhD research at Nyenrode Business University, Yoy Bergs demonstrates that these issues are not only caused by high workloads, but also by the pressure of managing multiple identities — both at work and in private life.

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• “Those who innovate sustainably build pure competitive strength”

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 11/20/2025

  Companies that use, develop, and market green technologies either lower their costs or create new revenue models. That’s pure competitive strength.

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• How Can Supervisory Boards Influence Strategic IT Directions?

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 11/20/2025

  IT systems are no longer merely supportive tools for organizations; they increasingly form an essential part of organizational strategy. In her PhD research, Simone van Golden demonstrates how supervisory board members with digital expertise can influence an organization’s digital strategy.

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• Future talent and leading with purpose at ForFarmers

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 11/4/2025

  Leadership and talent development in a changing agricultural landscape.

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• How the Johan Cruijff ArenA turns ESG into Strategy and value creation

  Type: Education

  Publication date: 11/3/2025

  ESG is becoming increasingly influential in shaping organizational strategy. The Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam is an example of how ESG can move beyond reporting to become a catalyst for innovation, operational efficiency, and long-term value.

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• Impact Case: "Treat Generative AI Like a Junior Colleague”

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 10/29/2025

  Management is at a crossroads. What do managers need? And how can we prepare business students for a world where business, sustainability, and technological disruption intersect? Since 2019, Dr. Stefanie Beninger, Associate Professor of Marketing at Nyenrode Business University, has been working with an international team of scholars to tackle this pressing question.

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• Prof. Dr. Sam Solaimani appointed Professor of Digital Technology, Innovation & Operations Management

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 9/29/2025

  As of October 1, Prof. Dr. Sam Solaimani (1981) has been appointed Professor of Digital Technology, Innovation & Operations Management at Nyenrode Business University.

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• Restoration of Castle Nijenrode’s bell tower begins

  Type: About Nyenrode

  Publication date: 9/26/2025

  This month marks the start of the restoration of the monumental Bell Tower of Nijenrode Castle. This project is the first step in a broader, future-oriented approach to preserving the 13th-century castle.

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• “You can’t force innovation, but you can unleash it”

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 9/23/2025

  In today’s complex world, standing still means falling behind. From digital transformation to geopolitical uncertainty, the challenges facing companies and governments are unprecedented. It is against this backdrop that Nyenrode’s emeritus professor of innovation Jeff Gaspersz, together with Dr. Peter Oeij, has published a book on Leading Innovation.

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• Inaugural Lecture Marlies de Vries

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 9/20/2025

  In her inaugural lecture Humans Are Not Machines, Professor Marlies de Vries argued that we need to pay far more attention to human behavior in business management. “If we do everything strictly by the rules, we run the risk of missing what really matters.”

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• Changing geopolitical dynamics take center stage during academic year opening

  Type: About Nyenrode

  Publication date: 9/10/2025

  "Leadership in these times sometimes feels like assembling IKEA furniture without instructions while blindfolded." With this metaphor, Rector Magnificus Barbara Majoor highlighted the challenges leaders face during times of geopolitical unrest.

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• Green Steel transformation at TATA Steel Netherlands

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 8/18/2025

  MBA students witness the impact where heavy industry turns light on carbon.

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• Exploring Singapore’s blueprint for economic and social success

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 8/12/2025

  Executive MBA students dive into Singapore’s unique growth story.

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• Dr. Ir. Taher Ahmadi Appointed Professor of Supply Chain Management & Transformation

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 7/31/2025

  Dr. Ir. Taher Ahmadi (1986) has been appointed Professor of Supply Chain Management & Transformation at Nyenrode Business Universiteit, effective August 1. The chair is part of the Nyenrode Center for Marketing & Supply Chain Management.

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