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Daniella won a research grant with the title "Sustainability Outliers: Learning from Leaders about How to Define and Reconcile Goals in Highly Conflicting Environments". This grant is provided by the Leading House for Latin America at the University of St. Gallen. Congratulations Daniella!!

Landslide victory of Daniella Laureiro and Henry Sauermann (ESMT Berlin) at the DRUID Debate Conference in Copenhagen. Daniella and Henry argued against the motion questioning the value of lab experiments. After an intense 90 minutes debate, a very skeptic audience of scholars was persuaded to appreciate the usefulness of lab experiments for promoting scientific progress in the innovation, entrepreneurship and strategy field.

After supporting the TIM Group as a long-time research assistant, Savindu Herath Pathirannehelage graduated from MTEC (ETHZ) at the end of September and this with the grade 6 in his MSc-Thesis and a GPA of 5.8 (out of 6)!!! Congratulations Savindu, VEEERY well done!:-)

Stefano participated at the SRF (Strategic Research Foundation) workshop for SRF Dissertation Scholars, organized by Giada Di Stefano (Bocconi University) and Tammy Madsen (Santa Clara University), on October 1. Lively conversations about how to manage supervisors, co-authors and generally career development in the early phase of the academic career.

We welcome Tomoko as a new external PhD-student at the TIM Group!! Tomoko holds an MBA from IMD and has extensive entrepreneurial experience in the field of digital transformation. We wish her the best of luck for her new journey with the group. 

David Baschung joins the TIM Group as an external PhD-Student employed by the Swiss Military Academy. Previously, he obtained an MSc in mechanical engineering at ETH Zurich and worked several years as a project manager in the field of information security. In his PhD, he will investigate the topic of cyber security management. Welcome David!!

Hacking Digital-a new book coauthored by doctoral student Tomoko Yokoi is out this week. It provides practical advice and tips for business executives to accelerate their digital business transformation. For more information, check out this link: https://www.amazon.com/Hacking-Digital-Practices-Accelerate-Transformation/dp/1264269625

Stefano and Alan joined the 2021 ETH Week (12-17 September) helping, supporting, facilitating and generally enjoying the ride together with about 100 ETH students from all departments and a team of students coaches trained within PRISMA! Please find below more information about the ETH Week!