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[Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Belgian-Hungarian Business Simulation Competition](https://www.cesim.com/hubfs/BGE%2001.jpg)](https://www.cesim.com/blog/belgian-and-hungarian-students-get-a-taste-of-business-life-with-cesim-simulations) For a second consecutive year, students from **BGE-PSZK** (Department of Finance and Accounting of Budapest Business School and University) and from the **Belgian HoGent University** took part in an English-language business simulation course in **Budapest, Hungary**. The 35 participants formed a diverse group with different nationalities (Belgium, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Georgia, China, Holland, Mongolia, Germany, Lebanon and Ethiopia, to name a few) and who spoke twelve different native tongues. [Read More](https://www.cesim.com/blog/belgian-and-hungarian-students-get-a-taste-of-business-life-with-cesim-simulations) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.cesim.com/blog/belgian-and-hungarian-students-get-a-taste-of-business-life-with-cesim-simulations#comments-listing) Tags: [simulation](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/simulation), [Business simulations](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/business-simulations), [How to use business simulations](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/how-to-use-business-simulations), [Practice business theories](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/practice-business-theories), [business game](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/business-game), [simulation game](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/simulation-game), [competition](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/competition), [simulations](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/simulations), [Generation Y](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/generation-y), [Neomillennials](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/neomillennials), [Millennials](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/millennials), [Student engagement](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/student-engagement)   --- #### [**Using business simulations in higher education from a student's point of view (video)**](https://www.cesim.com/blog/using-business-simulations-in-higher-education-from-a-students-point-of-view) Posted by [Cesim Team](https://www.cesim.com/blog/author/cesim-team) on Thursday, April 26, 2018 | Reading time: 3 min. - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Mikola thumbnail](https://www.cesim.com/hubfs/Mikola%20thumbnail.jpg)](https://www.cesim.com/blog/using-business-simulations-in-higher-education-from-a-students-point-of-view) We recently spoke with **Mikola**, an International Business student from **Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences** in Helsinki, Finland. In the video below, he shares his experience with, why he enjoyed and what he learned by playing **[Cesim Global Challenge](https://www.cesim.com/simulations/cesim-global-challenge-international-business-strategy-simulation-game)**, our Strategy & International Business Simulation, as part of his Bachelor's degree. [Read More](https://www.cesim.com/blog/using-business-simulations-in-higher-education-from-a-students-point-of-view) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.cesim.com/blog/using-business-simulations-in-higher-education-from-a-students-point-of-view#comments-listing) Tags: [Business simulations](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/business-simulations), [How to use business simulations](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/how-to-use-business-simulations), [Why use business simulations](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/why-use-business-simulations), [Serious Games](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/serious-games), [Generation Y](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/generation-y), [Neomillennials](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/neomillennials), [Millennials](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/millennials), [Student engagement](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/student-engagement), [Finland](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/finland)   --- #### [**The power of business simulations in corporate training - A blog post by Graeme Kirkup**](https://www.cesim.com/blog/the-power-of-business-simulations-in-corporate-training-graeme-kirkup) Posted by [Cesim Team](https://www.cesim.com/blog/author/cesim-team) on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 | Reading time: 3 min. - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Graeme Kirkup](https://www.cesim.com/hubfs/Graeme%20Kirkup.jpg)](https://www.cesim.com/blog/the-power-of-business-simulations-in-corporate-training-graeme-kirkup) *At Cesim we are glad to welcome Graeme Kirkup into our team, who has recently assumed the position of Senior Vice President of Corporate Solutions. The following post reviews his professional background and the path that led him to fall in love with business simulations.* [Read More](https://www.cesim.com/blog/the-power-of-business-simulations-in-corporate-training-graeme-kirkup) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.cesim.com/blog/the-power-of-business-simulations-in-corporate-training-graeme-kirkup#comments-listing) Tags: [Business simulations](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/business-simulations), [Why use business simulations](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/why-use-business-simulations), [Corporate Training](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/corporate-training)   --- #### [**The importance of soft skills and how to improve them with business simulations**](https://www.cesim.com/blog/the-importance-of-soft-skills-and-how-to-improve-them-with-business-simulations) Posted by [Cesim Team](https://www.cesim.com/blog/author/cesim-team) on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 | Reading time: 3 min. - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Improve soft skills and employability with Cesim business simulations](https://www.cesim.com/hubfs/teamwork.jpg)](https://www.cesim.com/blog/the-importance-of-soft-skills-and-how-to-improve-them-with-business-simulations) Business simulations are a great way to apply business theory and know-how to a realistic business setting and increase students' employability. But what about the other and equally important set of skills that employers look in their personnel, namely **soft skills**? Can they also be practiced by using simulation games? [Read More](https://www.cesim.com/blog/the-importance-of-soft-skills-and-how-to-improve-them-with-business-simulations) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.cesim.com/blog/the-importance-of-soft-skills-and-how-to-improve-them-with-business-simulations#comments-listing) Tags: [Why use business simulations](https://www.cesim.com/blog/topic/why-use-business-simulations)   --- #### [**Business simulations – as close as it gets to the real deal**](https://www.cesim.com/blog/business-simulations-as-close-as-it-gets-to-the-real-deal) Posted by [Cesim Team](https://www.cesim.com/blog/author/cesim-team) on Thursday, September 21, 2017 | Reading time: 2 min. - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.cesim.com/hubfs/hands.jpg)](https://www.cesim.com/blog/business-simulations-as-close-as-it-gets-to-the-real-deal) Probably now more than ever, companies require their new recruits to have experience in business decision making. As this prerequisite might prove difficult to comply for higher-education recent graduates, business simulations can come in handy to provide students with experience in the complexities, uncertainties, and ambiguities of decision making in an intricate business world even before entering the working life. 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