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Swiss School of Management, Rome Achieves Eduqua Re-Certification

The Swiss School of Management has been reaccredited by SQS with the Quality Certificate Award “EduQua”, the Swiss Quality Certificate for Institutes for Further Education, for the next three years.  ”I am extremely proud and honored by our partnership with SQS,” said Massimo Bracalé, president of the Swiss School of Management, Rome. “We pride ourselves […]

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The HR Executive MBA program at Thammasat University in Thailand visits SSM Rome

The Executive MBA program at Thammasat University in Thailand returned to SSM for a lecture on HR trends in Italy for the second year in a row. The lecture was given by Dr. Fabio Bernardi, HR Director, Avanzi , Italy and Dr. Giorgio Pataracchia, HR Manager, Banca d’Italia.  Topics ranged from a specific corporate internal

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MBA Alumni Profile of the Month: Daniela Mancinelli, USA

Name: Daniela Mancinelli Place of work: Imago Artis Tour (Rome) Graduation year: 2011 Current Job: International Marketing Director Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I see myself owning a beautiful vineyard with a family of my own and continuing my career in Luxury Tourism. So you finished classes in 2011. Tell us about your experience

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SSM: Executive/Night MBA program looks at Entreprenurial Financial Management

The Executive/Night MBA students in theEntrepreneurial Financial Management class discussed several important things about entrepreneurship including: the character of various entrepreneurs, idea generation, sourcing development funds, writing the business plan, the operating agreement, partners, forms of business and inexpensive ways to market (such as PR and internet-based advertising. Additionally, the class watched  entrepreneurship-related videos including

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SSM: Executive/Night MBA Class Meets former VP of International Franchising at McDonald’s Corporation

“Jim Kramer captivated, motivated and inspired me in a whirlwind 45 minute conversation” – MBA student, Steven Ciocca, Food and Agriculture Organization. As part of the franchising class, the Swiss School of Management Executive/Night MBA Entrepreneurship students had the honor of talking with James Kramer, former Vice President, International Franchising,  McDonald’s Corporation. With more than

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Happy Women’s Day!

This year the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome hosted a Women’s day seminar featuring MC, Zeinab Badawi, BBC Journalist, and panelists Maureen Rabotin, Founding Director, Effective Global Leadership, Gerda Verrburg, HE Ambassador of the Kingdon of the Neatherlands and Julianne Miles, Founder, Career Psychologists. HR director Monika Altmaier from FAO and   Rob Vos,

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MBA Alumni Profile of the Month: Zazan Farah, UAE

Name: Zazan Farah Place of work:   Dubai United Arab Emirates, Lugano Switzerland, Milano Italy Graduation year: 2012 Current Job: Marketing Director at Lutein GTLLC Freelance Writer for Gulf News Senior Consultant for Vision Expo SA Trade Consultant for Ticino Group Pizzeria Owner Entrepreneur Favorite Quote: Tough times don’t last, tough people do. So, you finished classes in

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2013 MBA Graduation

We’d like to start our first blog of 2013 with a heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS to a few of our MBA students who graduated this Winter Quarter. Our graduates come from Russia, Boliva and the United States, all finishing their MBA at the Swiss School of Management in Rome, Italy.  Wishing you all the best in your endeavours

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Congratulations MBA class of 2012!

The class of 2012 MBA students were awarded their diplomas in a formal graduation ceremony honoring their hard work and achievements. One undergraduate diploma in Business Administration was also awarded. Honored guests Dott. Michele Grillo and Dott. Roberto Donati from Interpol and Dott. Alfredo Folliero, President of the Associazione Europea Pizziaiuoli Artigianali, received the esteemed

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Nike HR Director Gives Graduation Keynote Speech

Pierfrancesco Vaca, HR Director, NIKE Italy was the keynote speaker at this year’s MBA graduation ceremony. He inspired students to think outside the box and to challenge themselves; urging them to reach their own highest potential. Vaca encouraged students to embrace new experiences and to follow their dreams and not let anything keep them from

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SSM – Adventure Day 2012

This year’s Adventure Day at the Adventure Park in Ostia was a great success! Students were challenged both physically and mentally through team building trust exercises and individually with the ever challenging high-ropes course. Candidates were also challenged to team up with other students to plan and strategize ways of overcoming different obstacles throughout the

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The Wall Street Journal Highlights the International Leadership Semester

The International Leadership Semester (ILS) was highlighted in an article in the Market Watch section of The Wall Street Journal Online. The article discussed the necessity for students to gain leadership skills in order to compete for jobs in today’s market. It showcased the ILS program as one that offers a study abroad leadership option

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Accreditation News

The International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE) moved to grant candidacy status to the MBA program of the Swiss School of Management, Università Europea di Roma effective immediately with no notes or observations. The school can now begin working on the IACBE Self-Study document to work toward Member Status which it hopes to achieve

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SSM Staff attend International Leadership Association Conference in London

Swiss School of Management staff attended the 13th Annual International Leadership Association Conference in London, England October 26-29 th. The conference theme was “One Planet, Many Worlds: Remapping the Purposes of Leadership” and was attended by over 800 leadership scholars, practitioners and educators from different institutions and organizations all over the world. This is the

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Adventure Day, 2011

This year\’s Adventure Day at the Adventure Park in Ostia was a real success! Candidates and staff members alike were challenged physically and mentally through team building exercises such as the trust-fall and ever challenging high-ropes. Candidates were also challenged to team up with other students to plan and strategize ways of overcoming different obstacles

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Collaboration between SSM and Anahuac University in Mexico

An agreement between the Swiss School of Management and Anahuac University has been signed. Both institutions will foster an academic collaboration leading to study abroad opportunities, faculty exchanges, dual degrees and joint programs. Prof. Fr. Jesus Quirce, L.C. Rector of Anahuac University, was honored for his life-long engagement to academic excellence and leadership contributing to

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Harvard Kennedy School meets SSM’s students in Rome

Swiss School of Management welcomes Dario E. Collado from Harvard Kennedy School, who leads the Latino Leadership Initiative of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard. On March 8th, 2011 Dario will speak to our ILS and MBA students about his ambitious project. He will also be available to answer questions about general Leadership. The

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