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March 2, 2020

By Antwerp Management School

Watertruck+: pioneering for a modal shift toward inland navigation

Supply Chain & Logistics

The ambition of the European CEF project Watertruck+ was high: to develop inland navigation into a profitable and environmentally friendly alternative to road transport. The challenges turned out to be high too. But the project partners followed through and provided for concrete

February 19, 2020

By Antwerp Management School

How a Master in Management at AMS & a passion for entrepreneurship lead to a fantastic sustainable product

Students & Alumni

While it’s ‘hot’ news that the film industry is encouraging celebrities to wear sustainable clothes on the red carpet, the Belgian start-up Wølven Global has been way ahead of them. One of the leaders of the wolf pack is Sander Van de Walle, co-founder, believer of circular economy and

December 11, 2019

By Antwerp Management School

Check out our successful MIE entrepreneurs

Students & Alumni Strategy & Innovation

The Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship has already brought forth many great enterprises. From medical products to coffeebars, from fashion to apps, their founders have all followed the same program. They can all be an example and an inspiration for alumni to be.

Opinion Column

November 28, 2019

By Antwerp Management School

Meyer’s Management Models - episode 6: Confidence quotient

Human Resources Strategy & Innovation

What determines how much confidence people have in me? Confidence is the psychological state of feeling sure about something or someone. When people are confident, they feel certain and at ease, which allows them to move more freely and commit themselves to actions or relationships with

Opinion Column

November 5, 2019

By Antwerp Management School

Meyer’s Management Models - episode 5: House of engagement

Human Resources

Which factors can contribute to a higher level of engagement in my organization? People are engaged if they feel connected to their organization and if they are motivated to contribute to its success. So, becoming engaged is about emotional bonding – buying in to an organization and

Opinion Column

September 30, 2019

By Antwerp Management School

Meyer’s Management Models - episode 4: Revenue model framework

Human Resources

What are the different ways to generate income as an organization? All organizations need money to operate and thus require ways to generate sufficient income. An organization’s revenue model is the specific manner by which it acquires funds – it constitutes the way in which the

Interview Testimonial

September 18, 2019

By Antwerp Management School

Innovative Labor Organization: a revolution with measurable positive results

Human Resources

Pieter-Jan De Man is director at STAS, a fourth-generation company specializing in moving floor trailers and tippers. The company had already undergone a first organizational change, inspired by Pieter-Jan's participation in a learning network of Workitects. Intrigued to find out what

Interview Testimonial

September 17, 2019

By Antwerp Management School

Master class HRM: an investment with a sustainable return

Human Resources

Corinne Scoyer has been working at the Antwerp Police District for eighteen years now. She started out as a strategic analyst. Three years ago, she was appointed HRM Director. Together with her team of 56 employees, she supports the more than 3,000 employees of the Antwerp Police

Interview Testimonial

September 10, 2019

By Antwerp Management School

Master Class HRM in 3 words: frameworks, networks and open doors

Human Resources

Lien Demerie has been an HR Business Partner at Logi-technic for three years now. It was a newly created role with many challenges. She was all too happy to meet the challenges, however, even though she didn’t have a Human Resources Degree. The first step was to find a suitable

Interview Testimonial

September 9, 2019

By Antwerp Management School

The building blocks of an organizational architect

Human Resources

Gui Boven was destined to become an engineer architect, but then, he also wanted to work with people. He eventually chose the latter, although his enthusiasm for design was never far away. Thus, for more than 25 years he contributed to ‘building’ organizations from various managerial

August 6, 2019

By Antwerp Management School

Impact on society - a selection of recent AMS alumni projects

Strategy & Innovation

Every year students come up with products that are sometimes no more than a one-shot and sometimes develop into real success stories. Our alumni have also been busy. Here are some examples of recent projects from students, alumni and staff at Antwerp Management School.

Interview

August 5, 2019

By Antwerp Management School

Fast forward to 2079

Corporate

The dean still has a paper version of the original mission of 60 years ago. And that mission is surprisingly contemporary, despite its dated language: ‘Cultivate participants in the art of decision-making and leading of people and organizations. An art that first and foremost needs to