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01 June 2016

Teaching collaboration through a game: the story of ERSLab

How to design a game aimed for children of Senegal; simple, replicable and that teaches the value of collaboration? Twine, stones, bottles and a few other materials available to students of the masters engaged in the laboratory organized by ERShub last May 2. An initiative coordinated by Professor Francesco Rullani, in collaboration with "Energia per i Diritti Umani Onlus" for students of specialized Master in English of  LUISS Business School. Designing a game for children in Senegal with limited time and resources. Students at work at the #ERSLab pic.twitter.com/NQdBIOicIO — LUISS BusinessSchool (@LUISSBusiness) 2 maggio 2016 The main objective of the workshop is to broaden the perspectives of the students involved, make it clear to them that a good economic player must necessarily take into account the impact that its action raises in social and environmental context. A mission which characterizes the whole activity of ERShub - the hub for ethics, responsibility and sustainability - engaged in the Organization of this type for several courses of study of  LUISS Business School and of the Department of business and Management. What kind of game can you conceive in order to transmit to children the value of collaboration? This was the task assigned to the students of the Master being tested in creating games aimed at kindergarten children managed by "Energia per i Diritti Umani Onlus" in Senegal and Gambia. Energia per i Diritti Umani, present during the lab with several volunteers, is an organization active in the field of development and international cooperation with the aim to defend and disseminate human rights. The organization is active in different sectors (from education to female empowerment, from training to agricultural projects) in Senegal, Gambia, India and Italy and in particular it runs six different schools in the two African countries to confront the limits of their respective school systems. During the day students were divided in groups, they worked with great commitment to design and test a game with the aim to reach an objective, not a simple task at all. How to use the few materials available? To what extent has the game managed to convey the value of collaboration? Will the game be suitable for children aged between 3 and 5 years? How to  empathize into a context, the African one, that is so different from the one we are used to? After confrontation regarding these matters students have exposed the games they have created in front of a jury. “Fishermen and Fishes” was the winner of the day, created by Angela, Chiara, Angelo, Fabrizio and Arianna and awarded for its simplicity and collaboration level required for its implementation. From brainstorming to idealization, from material assembling to the rules of the game, all participants have dealt with the workshop challenges with positivity and curiosity. A special mention is given to “Les avions du Senegal” created from the group composed by Maria Ludovica, Emilia, Carlo Alberto and Parfait, it distinguished itself for the particular imaginative idea and the "engineering" abilities in the realization of the game. A day to create, challenge their selves and most of all take into consideration the positive, social and environmental impact that the economy could have. Sensitize our students in these topics it’s one of the main objectives of ERSHub because we believe that this could make them better professionals, complete and competent. And the games? In recent weeks the volunteers of "Energia per i Diritti Umani Onlus" went to Senegal and Gambia to pursue their own projects and engage with local partners. They took along the game designed by the students of the specialized Master "Fishermen and Fishes" and they made children try it to convey to them, through fun, the need and the importance of collaboration. Workshop Gallery ERShub Staff 01/06/2016

31 May 2016

A training day at LUISS Business School for Zayed University students of the United Arab Emirates

Ten students and two professors of the College of art of Zayed University arrived in Italy with a delegation of five journalists to attend "The Intercultural Project®", a training program created  by the school of management and business organisation of Salerno (SDOA) with the aim of fostering the rapprochement of European culture in Arab economic integration, as well as promoting intercultural exchanges and in order to support mutual enrichment as it happened in earlier times. The President of SDOA, "Grande Ufficiale" Vittorio Paravia, carries on "The Intercultural Project®" since 2005. The program is sponsored by Her Highness Sheikha Lubna bint Khaled Al Qassimi, UAE Minister of State for tolerance and President of Zayed University in 2016 was honored with the personal support of his Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai. The delegation visited three regions: Campania, where they had the opportunity to travel in the most beautiful world heritage sites;  Abruzzo, where a visit to CERN was organized; Lazio, with the goal of being able to appreciate the sights especially of Rome. During the program the students attended lectures in art, architecture, literature, design and Italian, and could take part in a special training day at LUISS Business School on topics such as team building, leadership and entrepreneurship. Specifically, Prof. Andrea Montefusco allowed with his speech to reflect on how the social context, the educational background and personal characteristics can affect the ability of an individual to manage a team and to be part of it effectively. The entrepreneurship was the main topic of the lesson held by Prof. Riccardo Maiolini. The lesson gave an overview of typical entrepreneurship tapping key issues such as the identification of business opportunities, research and fundraising as well as the growth of organizations. Gallery The initiative possible thanks to the support of SDOA, Toto Costruzioni, Value Partners, LUISS Business School and Atac.

09 May 2016

#MasterYourCareer: an enthusiastic path and a new challenge to achieve a future career in the financial field

The Master in Corporate Finance experience described by Letizia Ridolfi, class of 2015/2016. Passion for success, new challenges and a dynamic work environment pushed me to undertake a specialized Master in Corporate Finance at LUISS Business School. Nowadays, we as students and professionals are asked to reach complex goals in a challenging international market. After obtaining a master degree in Economics and business law, I realized that my academic background did not provide me with an adequate knowledge of economic and financial fields. The Master in Corporate Finance provides precious tools to boost my academic background and to succeed in my professional path. During the course, we have the chance to meet colleagues and trainers coming from different countries who share best practices, methodologies and experience that allow all of us to enrich our understanding in international business industry and to spread our network.   The programme is fully taught in English, allowing me to easily learn from different culture and improve my communication and relational skills; which is an extra incentive of growing. Further, to students who wish to study abroad, this programme gives the chance to participate in the Going Global Lab in order to offer an international experience by spending a term abroad at a University campus and by enhancing international employability. During my studies I participated in the Erasmus programme and I have to say that this experience changed me a lot, I think that attending a Master with an international perspective can really be a golden opportunity for building a successful career. I decided to enrol at LUISS Business School to specialize in the Corporate Finance field, and acquire the tools to beat all market demands. I am pleased with the courses I attended so far, such as quantitative methods for finance, accounting, planning and control, desk analysis. They helped me understand and use some specific tools, software and websites through which I am now able to make benchmarking studies, budget analysis and bond yields calculation. The School puts us into contact with the business community through the Leader4Talent Lab, which aims to combine traditional lectures with speeches and testimonials from the corporate world and class courses are often held by important managers, such as BNP Paribas, GSE, and EY companies. However it is just the beginning of this enthusiastic path and I am taking on this new challenge with eagerness and curiosity in order to gain the best to achieve a future career in the financial field.   The suggestion I would give to anyone that wants to enrol in this master is to undertake this course with passion, motivation, as well as the will of growing and taking on many challenges with enthusiasm and dedication, since most of the courses concern the real business life which is complex and dynamic. Doing a Master at LUISS Business School means joining a network of professionals, it requires commitment. The Master in Corporate Finance is a way to enhance professional and personal skills, challenging ourselves and going beyond personal limits. Discover the Master in Corporate Finance

18 April 2016

Managing Mega-projects challenges, keynote speech by Mark Thurston

On May 19, 2016 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, as part of the 4th International Mega-Projects Workshop, an evening session will be held at LUISS Business School with the Keynote Speaker Mark Thurston, Regional Managing Director at CH2M. The session will be focused on major UK programmes, with the participation of high-profile discussants. The UK has seen a renaissance in infrastructure investment in the last 10-20 years, from the new terminal 5 at Heathrow airport, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Crossrail, Thames Tideway tunnel and now High Speed 2, Crossrail 2 and potentially further airport expansion at Heathrow for a third runway. This has been noticed, not just nationally but it has also attracted global interest from academics, the engineering and construction supply chain and clients from as far as Canada, the Middle East and Asia. The draw and development of organisational capability and leadership resources, the understanding of “what good looks like” and the understanding of the critical factors that drive successful outcomes have all become much better understood and are being actively shared around the UK “major projects” community. The talk will be based on the perspective and experience of Mark Thurston and his organisation’s participation in some of these major programmes. Session agenda 6pm – 8pm Room 211 Evening Session: “Managing Mega-project challenges: lessons from major UK programmes” Welcome Massimo Egidi (LUISS Guido Carli, Rector) Luigi Marengo (LUISS Guido Carli) Carla Messikomer (PMI) Andrea Prencipe (LUISS Guido Carli) Keynote Speaker Mark Thurston (CH2) Discussants Gernot Grabher (HafenCity University Hamburg) Raymond E. Levitt (Stanford University) Q&A The present event release 2 PDU (A category). The event will take place in Room 211, at LUISS Business School – Viale Romania 32, Rome (Italy). For further information: project.management@luiss.it. For organisational matters, registration is required. REGISTER

30 March 2016

A training in international taxation for eight Officers of the Italian Finance Police

On April 4, 2016 at 9.00 a.m. at  LUISS Business School, the winner of the tender of training in international taxation for Officers of the “Corso Superiore di Polizia Tributaria”, will inaugurate the beginning of the training activity on the theme of international tax planning, a module of the  Master degree in tax law, tax planning and accounting of business. Other than the institutional greetings from LUISS Guido Carli management representatives and an introduction from the Directors of the Master, Professor Livia Salvini and Professor Giuseppe Melis, the program involves the participation of commanding general Professor Saverio Capolupo, who, along with Professor Giovanni Puoti, will introduce the students to the programme. There are eight officers of the Italian Finance Police who will attend the entire module at LUISS Business School,  which adds up to a two-year composite program that involves the development of managerial and professional skills alongside the deepening of topics related to organizational behaviour. At the end of the course, the officers will receive the diploma issued by the Master's degree and will be directed to managerial career within their field. The program is a testimony of the attention lavished by the Italian Finance police for an instrumental qualified training professional development and continuous updating of their employees. The answer to this demands could only be LUISS Business School, the school of Business and Management of the LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome, recently EQUIS accredited. Discover the Master

24 March 2016

TEDxLUISS: (r)evolution. Participate in the contest to become a speaker!

Involve individuals whose revolutionary ideas or actions  can spark a radical change. This is the aim of TEDxLUISS, event of the TEDx Program, that the University will host on Friday, May 6, 2016, in the Aula Magna located at Viale Pola. A play on words revolution and evolution, (r)evolution, is the theme of the second edition of TEDxLUISS which guest speakers and the audience will debate to share ambitions and revolutionary projects on the world that surrounds us. In the spirit of Ideas Worth Spreading, TED’s mission statement since 1984, the TEDx Program is a series of local events organized independently to allow different audiences to have experiences similar to official TED talks. As per official TED rules, only 100 people are allowed to participate in each talk. To become an audience member, students and staff must apply through the official TEDxLUISS site starting April 7, 2016. Audiences will be chosen by a commission that will evaluate applicants based on their motivation and interest in the event. During the TEDxLUISS talks, an external event will take place on campus to celebrate innovation, featuring mind-stimulating activities including 3D printers and augmented reality. Those who are not able to attend in person can still see the talks thanks to a simulcast of the conference in another room on campus. LUISS Business School students can also compete to become speaker at the event: selecting "LUISS Business School" in the application form, students of the Specialised Masters will have the opportunity to participate in the contest open until March 31, 2016, through which the TEDxLUISS committee will choose one student speaker for 2016 edition. Bring your revolutionary idea to the TED stage! Apply to become a speaker

14 March 2016

Institutions, companies and academia together for the Master in Big Data Management

(by Flavio Venturini, Scientific Director of the Master in Big Data Management) The Corporate Advisory Board (CAB) for the Master in Big Data Management (aka MABDA) took place last Friday at LUISS Business School with the participation of many C-Level people from public sector institutions, private companies (Telco, Finance, Media mostly), software vendors and system integrators. The aim of the CAB is to get feedback from each other on the set up of the training programme for the MABDA. The key principle on which the programme is based are cross-fertilisation between statistics, econometric subjects, technology and business acumen and management. The CAB has been the opportunity for a very interesting discussion between  more than 15 participants. During the meeting the importance of the practical experience has been underlined. Students must get out of the master with a pedigree of real life analytics cases implemented using different technologies. In this context data availability for the above is not an issue, as most of the people present offered to provide the students with their own data. Some  cases which are trending at the moment, according to the participants, must be known in depth by the students. Fraud analysis, customer experience, predictive maintenance are some examples. Open Data must be also known in terms of their availability as well as in terms of the ways of publishing them. Data Governance is finally considered by the CAB members of paramount importance to ensure that any data-centric initiative is successful, especially to bridge the gap between the designers of the solution, comprising the data scientists but not only, and its final users. In summary, the CAB has been a very interesting experience to get a multiple view of the Big Data challenges companies and institutions are facing at the moment. The programme 14/03/2016

10 March 2016

LUISS Career Day for International Organizations - 4th edition

The Fourth Annual Edition of the LUISS Career Day for International Organizations will take place on March 31, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at LUISS Guido Carli, Viale Romania 32. Why join the Career Day for International Organizations?  This international career day will allow you to find out about professional opportunities, meet with representatives of international organizations operating abroad, and exchange ideas regarding your professional goals. The aim of this fair is to create the possibility of interaction between students, graduates and international organizations. Moreover, students and graduates will have the opportunity to ask questions and meet the representatives of international businesses which operates at the global level. The fair will consist of informative desks, set up by prestigious international entities as U.N. agencies, various international organizations and NGOs, research centers and think tanks. If you wish to enhance your professional experiences, you are welcome to participate! How to prepare The following guidelines should be followed: Formal dress code Be informed about the importance and the actual commitments of national and foreign organizations Prepare some specific questions for the different representatives Remember to bring with your most updated resume (both in English and Italian) Don't miss this opportunity and stay tuned for further information! The following organizations will take part: Amnesty International - Sezione Italiana Amref Health Africa Onlus CeSI - Centro Studi Internazionali Comitato Italiano per l'UNICEF - Onlus Commissione Europea - Rappresentanza in Italia COSPE onlus CRI - Croce Rossa Italiana ECPAT ITALIA ONLUS Emergency FOCSIV ICC ITALIA - Camera di Commercio Internazionale Comitato Nazionale Italiano IDLO (International Developement Law Organization) International Fund for Agricultural Developement (IFAD) INTERSOS - Humanitarian Organization ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI (IAI)  Legambiente Onlus Medici Senza Frontiere Onlus Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri - Dipartimento della Gioventù e del Servizio Civile Nazionale Save The Children Italia Onlus Servizio Civile Internazionale Italia SOS Il Telefono Azzurro Onlus Susan G.Komen Italia The World Bank Group UN/DESA Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Office in Rome UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency UNIDO ITPO Italy - United Nations Industrial Developement Organization - Investment and Technology Promotion Office in Italy World Food Programme UNICRI Carriere internazionali 

24 February 2016

Corporate managers and the Business School together for the Master in Corporate Finance

Friday, January 22 took place the meeting of the Corporate Advisory Board of the Master in Corporate Finance, chaired by its scientific director Alessandro Pansa. The Board includes important managers as: Stefano Siragusa, CEO and General Manager - Ansaldo STS Stefano Speroni, Partner - Dentons Europe Marco Vulpiani, Equity Partner - Head of Valuation Services - Deloitte Financial Advisory S.r.l. Giuliano Guarino, Director - Lazard Alessandro Frezza, Transaction Advisor Service Leader, Italian Geography Market - Partner - EY It involves different professional skills (University professors, professionals, managers, managers of public institutions) all excellent, with the goal of making different experiences together as part of a training process characterized by the integration between theoretical foundations and application of best practices in financial management. The meeting aimed to define and agree on guidelines that each professor of the Master will use to develop its own module of instruction: in order to ensure consistency in the teaching process and prerequisites between the courses of the programme, however at the same time to enhance the cultural differences – that in our view constitute a value for students – which necessarily derive from different career paths. The Board stressed the importance of supporting the teachings of strict economic and financial courses with some related to legal, administrative and Governance aspects, so as to take advantage of the benefits that always arise from some level of multi-disciplinarily. It was also restated the importance of developing the course entirely in English, to facilitate the integration of students of LUISS Business School in the world of work without any borders and very competitive. The Master started its journey on  January 27th with preparatory courses such as Fundamentals of Business, Statistics and Accounting, to develop shortly through the deep interweaving of finance subjects ranging from Public Finance to Corporate Banking and Capital Markets. Selected students, some of which with international backgrounds, have the profound ambition to learn the business and professional skills to fit into a company that can highlight and enhance the skills acquired during the academic program. Their training takes them not only through the mechanism of Corporate Finance-related modules but also through a series of workshops that will form their Soft Skills, Project Management skills and, above all, the important essential entrepreneurial attitudes. The Board’s wish was to incorporate this new edition in the wave of success as the previous, with the commitment to create an environment in order for students to take advantage of the Master for an interesting, fast and ambitious start of their professional lives. Watch the Interviews

16 February 2016

Call for Expressions of Interest Megaprojects: Innovation, learning, and design

To identify and develop new theoretical and applied research on mega-projects, LUISS Business School has the pleasure to host the 4th International Mega-Projects Workshop. The workshop brings together scholars and practitioners to further understanding of mega-projects: it allows established and emerging scholars to present their work, interact with other scholars studying related topics, transfer lessons learned across mega-projects and to the participating organizations, and hear the latest trends in mega-projects research. We call for expressions of interest to present though provoking ideas that can spur debates and develop research questions on the mega-project phenomenon. As the workshop connects theory with practice, we encourage papers that combine theoretical grounding with phenomenon-driven questions that can shape practice. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: What are key challenges in managing mega-projects? How can those challenges be overcome? What drives high-performing mega-projects? How might they be different across industries? How can we measure mega-project’s performance and how might this change over the lifecycle of the project? How does the role of mega-project constituencies influence their definition of performance? How can actors transfer lessons learned from one project to another and into their respective organizations? How do the economic and political contexts in which mega-projects are situated influence their performance? What are the different alternatives for the design of mega-project organization? What collaboration models and capabilities enhance and improve the quality of innovation?  Speakers: Raymond Levitt, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Standford University; Director of Global Projects Center and Academic Director ofStanford Advanced Project Management Program  Gernot Grabher, Professor of Urban and Regional Economic Studies at the HafenCity University Hamburg Mark Thurston, Regional Managing Director at CH2M, world’s leading consulting company on complex infrastructure, megaprojects and natural resource problems. He has been involved in some of the UK’s most important and recent megaprojects, London Olympic Games 2012 and Crossrail, Europe’s largest infrastructure project. In addition to research papers, the conference seeks to engage project managers to understand and discuss future research on the key challenges they face today. Please do not hesitate to submit an expression of interest (through an extended abstract or a draft paper) in participating and presenting your work to Francesca Di Pietro (fdipietro@luiss.it) before 15 March 2016. Authors will be notified whether their papers have been accepted for the Workshop by 15 April 2016. The 4th International Mega-projects Workshop is sponsored by the Project Management Institute, therefore the participation for accepted authors does not carry any fees. We look forward to welcoming you in Rome! Scientific Committee Andrew Davies (c.davies@ucl.ac.uk) Professor of Management of Projects in the School of Construction and Project Management, the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London Nuno Gil (Gil@mbs.ac.uk) Professor of New Infrastructure Development Manchester Business School (co-organizer) Niels Noorderhaven (g.noorderhaven@tilburguniversity.edu) Professor, Department of Management, Tilburg School of Economics and Management Andrea Prencipe (aprencipe@luiss.it) Professor of Organisation and Innovation, Department of Business and Management, University LUISS Guido Carli, Rome, Italy (local organizer) Jonas Søderlund (soderlund@bi.no) Professor, Department of Leadership and Management, BI Norwegian Business School Organising Committee Mariangela Barbuzzi (mbarbuzzi@luiss.it) Project Coordinator, Executive Education, LUISS University, Rome, Italy Francesca Di Pietro (fdipietro@luiss.it) Post-doc Researcher, Department of Business and Management, LUISS University, Rome, Italy Richard Tee (rtee@luiss.it) Assistant Professor, Department of Business and Management, LUISS University, Rome, Italy Francesca Vicentini (fvicentini@luiss.it) Assistant Professor, Department of Business and Law, LINK Campus University, Rome, Italy AGENDA

04 February 2016

MBA Sport Games: from business competition to sport competition! The first edition of a sport competition among MBA students of international business schools

Experience your limits! In the beautiful  setting of Rome, MBA students from International business schools will challenge each other in an amazing sport competition, MBA Sport Games. Each Business School will select a 13-players team which will compete in 5 different sport categories: futsal, streetball, badminton; triathlon and rely swimming. The tournament will take place at the “Giulio Onesti” High Performance Training Center of the CONI (Italian National Olympic Committee), a unique location acquired thanks to the support and the patronage of CONI. The teammates will face the challenges with great team-work spirit and scarce resources (some players will participate to more than one discipline). Participants will be lodged at the “Giulio Onesti”, where LUISS Business School staff and CONI staff will welcome them. The sport kermesse will begin with the knockout stage, a Sport Management session at LUISS Business School and the final matches on Saturday together with the closing ceremony. MBA SPORT GAMES is at its first edition and will hopefully become a yearly appointment among international Business Schools. It is a unique opportunity to foster teamwork, result-oriented approach, strategic vision, and the values of strong competition. The tournament will be presented at LUISS Business School  next February 9, at 5:30 pm with some special guest speakers: Alberto Miglietta, CEO CONI Servizi, Diana Bianchedi, former Olympic fencer and General Coordinator of Roma 2024, and Massimiliano Rosolino, former European, Worlwide and Olympic champion. Experience your limits, enjoy MBA Sport Games! Discover the program of the event Register your dream team as Business School 04 February 2016

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