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7 Principles for Strategic Wealth Creation
Banks and brokers, stocks and bonds. These are the ingredients of traditional investing -- but currently, they tend to preserve rather than create wealth. This is because no matter how well thought-out...
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Can Fast Fashion Work for You?
With teens increasingly turning their backs on logos or labels as important decision criteria for clothing purchases, retailers are finding the best way of reaching the youth market is by frequently...
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Time for an Ethical Rewiring of Banking and Finance
Much has been written about the ethical causes of the latest financial crisis. Now it’s time to learn from it and build the ethical foundations for banking and the financial system to avoid tripping...
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From Viewers to Media Influencers
Securing audience loyalty and advertising investment is a constant challenge for the media industry, and has been made more complicated by today’s digital reality – a viewer is able to access seemingly...
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Public Good or a Net Loss of Freedom?
As the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considers new Internet rules, both users and online enterprises struggle with the potential implications. On July 1, top experts gathered at IESE’s New...
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Volkswagen Navarra, Industrial Excellence Award Spain 2014
Volkswagen Navarra, the worldwide manufacturing base for the Polo model, has received the Industrial Excellence Award Spain 2014, which IESE awards through its CELSA Chair of Manufacturing...
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How to Innovate Like a Start-up
Why do start-ups seem to have an easier time coming up with breakthrough innovations, while established companies find it harder? Is it the people, the organizational structure or the corporate...
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Calculating Supply Chain Risks
On July 7 and 8 the Barcelona campus hosted the 4th Annual Symposium on Finance and the Supply Chain. Renowned international experts, both academics and industry professionals, discussed the latest...
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Future MBAs Make Career Strides
Aspiring MBA students from 22 different countries are on IESE’s Barcelona campus this week for the Next Steps Seminar, July 7-11. Led by IESE professors, the seminar forms part of IESE’s Young Talent...
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Strategy That’s Off the Chart
The man considered to be the father of strategic management, H. Igor Ansoff, who passed away 12 years ago this July 14, left his mark with business research that was not only academically rigorous but...
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Transparency, a Rising Trend in Listed Companies
The recent news that the Wi-Fi firm Gowex had been fiddling its accounts for the past four years came as a shock to its board. In just two days the value of the company’s shares was wiped out, the firm...
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New Corporate Finance MOOC to Start in September
IESE is continuing its initiative to capitalize on the benefits of technology in business education by launching another top-level Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). Corporate Finance Essentials is...
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Four Key Players for Global Growth
Faced with the need for going global, companies are becoming more selective about who they send abroad and where they send them. At the same time, more international companies are opting for shorter...
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A Tale of Three Cities
Hamburg, Barcelona and Tokyo. These are the three cities between which Martin Axnick (MBA 2013) splits his time. Originally from Germany, he began his adventure as an entrepreneur whilst pursuing a...
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Professionalizing Healthcare Management
IESE and the Lilly Foundation recently organized the 14th edition of the Senior Management Program in Health Institutions in Madrid. Eighty executives took part in the program, which has seen the...
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7 Myths That Surround (and Block) the European Entrepreneur
You cannot secure a loan. If you are not first, there are no opportunities. It’s disastrous if you make a mistake with your first business venture. These and other myths haunt many entrepreneurs around...
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Six Items for the Top of Every Board’s Agenda
The role of the board of directors has come under scrutiny in recent years, particularly since the onset of the global financial crisis. While some experts are calling for tougher regulations on boards...
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Are Voting Guidelines Ruling Your Business?
Ever since the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ altered their listing conditions in 2003, shareholders have seen their influence on the governance of U.S. listed companies increase. Many...
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Business Reading for the Summer
The Innovation Paradox Authors: Antonio Dávila Parra; Marc J. Epstein Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Publishing date: June 2014Why do start-ups seem to have an easier time than established...
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Blogging on Global Leaders, Economics and Ethical Rewiring
Do you know what an ethical free-rider is? How about what the main problems which expats face when returning home are? Would you know how to bring ethics back into banking? IESE professors keep asking...
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