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MBM – Practical Learning via Live Case Projects

2020-08-31T13:02:58+03:00

Three teams of the CIIM MSc Business Management students successfully completed a ‘live’ case project to help develop a marketing strategy for a new painkiller made by Medochemie, the Limassol-based pharmaceutical giant that has disproved the often-heard excuse that Cyprus is too small to manufacture and export products to the global market. Our sincere congratulations to the winning team: Leana El Daccache, George Kakourides, Sara Demetriou and Ioannis Yianni! The latest FT Business Education issue on Masters in Management Ranking 2018 emphasizes the growing importance of hands-on experience and other ways to make learning truly engaging and stimulating. The opening [...]

MBM – Practical Learning via Live Case Projects2020-08-31T13:02:58+03:00

7+1 benefits of attending a company visit as an MBM student

2020-08-31T13:03:43+03:00

A blog post written by Nikos Vardouniotis As part of the core course entitled Career and Industry Seminars of the MBM – MSc in Business Management programme, students have the opportunity to attend visits to CIIM’s partner companies such as Hermes Airports Ltd, Vassiliko Cement Works Public Limited, Medochemie, Hyperion, Zorbas Bakeries, Engino.net. The purpose of the visits   is to give the students the opportunity to Learn by Doing through meeting, engaging and interacting with the management teams and the top-level executives of the companies. The 3rd company visit for the academic year 2017 – 2018, took place on 26.01.2018 where [...]

7+1 benefits of attending a company visit as an MBM student2020-08-31T13:03:43+03:00

CIIM MBA – An Alumnus’ perspective – Go for Gold!

2020-08-31T13:08:36+03:00

CIIM asks Captain VS Parani - who joined the CIIM MBA in 2013 on his experience during the programme. Captain VS Parani, MBA, LLM, FNI, FICS, CMarTech-IMarEST is an executive at a multinational shipping company in Limassol and is also the author of the Golden Stripes-Leadership on the High Seas, the world’s first book on leadership in the shipping industry. In his spare time, he writes blogs on maritime leadership at parani.org. Q: Why did you choose to do a CIIM MBA? VSP: Two reasons - One, I was transferred to another department within my organization – and it was [...]

CIIM MBA – An Alumnus’ perspective – Go for Gold!2020-08-31T13:08:36+03:00

CIIM’s Study Field Trip to Athens (Jan 2018)

2020-08-31T13:06:50+03:00

At CIIM we believe that the best way to develop your field-skills is to immerse yourself in the environment. That is why CIIM organises at least three field-trips abroad, mainly to USA, Greece and Israel, every academic year.  One of CIIM’s educational goals is to develop students' Entrepreneurship and innovation skills, while exposing them to new surroundings.  Through these field- trips, our students visit start-up companies and incubators-accelerators to have the opportunity to directly interact with entrepreneurs and learn what it takes to put their innovative ideas into practice. Entrepreneurship in Athens On our most recent study field trip, 21 of [...]

CIIM’s Study Field Trip to Athens (Jan 2018)2020-08-31T13:06:50+03:00

Cyprus Blockchain Technologies joins the ISO/TC 307 as participating member

2020-08-31T13:07:25+03:00

Cyprus Blockchain Technologies joins the ISO/TC 307 as participating member The Cyprus Blockchain Technologies Ltd. is a non-profit organisation established as a collaboration among academic institutions, including University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT) and CIIM - The Cyprus International Institute of Management, banks (including Bank of Cyprus and Hellenic Bank), as well as local regulators, financial institutions and technology associations and companies. The aim of the centre is to conduct research as well as organise transfer of knowledge sessions and executive education on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger technologies (DLT) by bringing prominent academics and professionals from leading organisations [...]

Cyprus Blockchain Technologies joins the ISO/TC 307 as participating member2020-08-31T13:07:25+03:00

There are Reasons for the New Scepticism on Free Trade and Globalization

2020-08-31T13:08:02+03:00

One of the oldest and most widely held economic theories is that international trade is a win-win situation. Through the benefits of international specialization, all parties to agreements which extend free trade can “win”.  This is the theoretical basis for free trade and globalization. It has become so widely accepted that it’s support has become almost a test of political correctness within the economic profession. Even so, past experience indicates that there are (should be) no sacred cows in economics.  Questions have recently been raised, particularly regarding the distribution of benefits from trade. It is clear that not all groups within [...]

There are Reasons for the New Scepticism on Free Trade and Globalization2020-08-31T13:08:02+03:00

How the Telecom Industry Could Benefit from Predictive Analytics

2020-08-31T13:10:20+03:00

Data Mining is the science of uncovering insights, patterns and correlations and discovering meaningful information from mounds of data that exists in various forms, structured and un-structured. It employs techniques from a diverse set of scientific fields including computational statistics, machine learning, deep learning, mathematics, data processing, visualisations, business intelligence and many others. Data science or data art could be characterized as an attempt to shift away from the traditional empirical-based reasoning to a formal, scientific, data-driven way of thinking and operational tactic. The research firm IDC’s estimate of the size of big data market for last year, 2016, was $136B [...]

How the Telecom Industry Could Benefit from Predictive Analytics2020-08-31T13:10:20+03:00

Why study business management and why choose MBM

2020-08-31T13:11:03+03:00

In the hyper-competitive job market of today a postgraduate degree in business management has become a required qualification for employment in jobs that university graduates would find appealing and rewarding. Fields that were in high demand a few years ago are now saturated and many graduates are unable to secure the job they have targeted with their first degree. They are seeking to discover new opportunities in the private and public sector to secure gainful employment with good career prospects. Here at  CIIM - Cyprus International Institute of Management, with 27+ years in management education, we have designed and tested over [...]

Why study business management and why choose MBM2020-08-31T13:11:03+03:00

Analytics in Financial Services: Time to appreciate the value

2020-08-31T13:11:58+03:00

Around 1980s-1990s, Information Technology (IT) Systems transformed every manual operational and business bank process to a digital one, reducing in this away unnecessary costs and improving upon efficiency and speed. Today, the Financial Services Industry is undergoing a major transformation driven by big data technologies and predictive analytics, moving towards a formal, critical and data-driven decision making approach and shifting away from empirical and ad-hoc procedures. According to Toos Daruvala, director in McKinsey’s New York office, “Every single major decision to drive revenue, to control costs, or to mitigate risks can be infused with data and analytics”. The adoption of new [...]

Analytics in Financial Services: Time to appreciate the value2020-08-31T13:11:58+03:00

Αναλυτής Δεδομένων ίσως ο πιο υποσχόμενος ρόλος του 21ου αιώνα

2020-08-31T13:12:21+03:00

Η επιστήμη της ανάλυσης δεδομένων είναι ένας νέος σχετικά επιστημονικός τομέας, με πολύ ελπιδοφόρο μέλλον. Επιχειρήσεις και βιομηχανίες έχουν συνειδητοποιήσει την τεράστια αξία και τις δυνατότητές της στη διαδικασία λήψης αποφάσεων. Θα μπορούσε να χαρακτηριστεί ως η τέχνη της ανακάλυψης μοτίβων, συσχετισμών καθώς και γνώσεων από δεδομένα σε διάφορες μορφές, δομημένα και μη δομημένα, χρησιμοποιώντας τεχνικές από διάφορους τομείς όπως τα μαθηματικά, την επιστήμη των υπολογιστών, τη στατιστική, την τεχνητή νοημοσύνη και πολλά άλλα. Με λίγα λόγια, θα μπορούσε να χαρακτηριστεί ως η διαδικασία της μετατροπής των δεδομένων σε γνώσεις οι οποίες θα μπορούσαν να βελτιώσουν κατά πολύ τη διαδικασία λήψης [...]

Αναλυτής Δεδομένων ίσως ο πιο υποσχόμενος ρόλος του 21ου αιώνα2020-08-31T13:12:21+03:00

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