M.S.S EL NAMAKI is a graduate of the universities of Brussels (Ph D, 1977), Erasmus (MA, 1967) and Cairo (B.Com, 1960) and MIT (Executive Program, 1982). Professor El Namaki teaches and consults on strategic thinking, entrepreneurship and international business. He is past founder and Dean of the Maastricht School of Management (MSM), Maastricht, The Netherlands (1984-2002).