IEE Newsletter No. 25

News: PhD IDS Student Wins International Research Competition

PhD Student Themba Nyasulu has won this year's global "Microeconomics of Competitiveness" Team Project Competition

NyasuluThemba Nyasulu, member of the PhD IDS and Research Cluster 1, has most successfully participated in the course "Microeconomics of Competitiveness" (MOC) offered by Prof. Kiese (RUB, Institute of Geography). Together with three other fellow students from the Institute of Geography and the Faculty of Management and Economics he co-edited a paper on 'The Frankfurt Financial Service Cluster' and participated in the MOC project competition. The MOC panel of judges at Harvard Business School selected the paper to be the winner of this year's global paper competition. More than hundred papers from all over the world participated in this competition organised by Harvard's MOC network, which is led by Prof. Michael Porter. If you want to repeat Themba's success in the next year, you may register directly for Prof. Kiese's next MOC course starting 18 April 2017 (email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

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