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In today’s highly dynamic business environment, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) adopting Lean need to do more than merely reducing waste in their processes. To achieve sustainable competitiveness, they need to develop an in-depth understanding of what their customers truly value and to broaden their value creation focus from internal processes to their value network. This is one of the conclusions that Erdogan Gülyaz has reached in his dissertation titled “Extending Lean Framework Beyond Conventional Boundaries: Exploring Value Creation and Appropriation in SMEs and Services”, with which he got his doctoral promotion on Thursday July 13th at Nyenrode Business Universiteit.

Egor Fiodarau reflects on his first year as a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration student before going home for the summer break. ''The year has come to an end. Assignments are done, exams are finished. Good weather and a good feeling - vacation. Yet, I am sad that I have to leave for a month or so. I will miss this place.

Brad Kanters, current student of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, reflects on the benefits of practicing sports as part of his education at Nyenrode.

Rany Skaff, Vice Chairman of the Rugby Board, shares his experience during a weekend of rugby matches and fun at the beach.

The Full-time Master (MSc) in Management program has been recently redesigned to provide young talents with the best toolkit to enter the labor market as skilled starters.

Nyenrode's Full-time MBA has been recently covered by numerous international media in topics such as the relocation of the program to Amsterdam and success stories from alumni.

Team Leadership (TL) program is a new Executive Education course. Some of the teams of the program have been asked to share what they have learned. One of the most notable stories comes from the Group Procurement team at Delta Lloyd, from supervisor Thomas de Jonge and his colleagues Guido Boer and Richard Groot. The men hesitate to call their team situation special, but it is definitely just that. With ratings of 8.5 (engagement), 8.6 (enthusiasm) and 9.6 (leadership), they boast the highest scores for the Sustainability Engagement Survey within the organization. What makes them so successful?

Saber Benjah, current student of BSc in Business Administration, describes his entrepreneurial journey to develop the first online mint tea delivery service.