Five Lessons in Leadership for MBA Graduates
“True leaders, the ones who leave lasting legacies to their field, concentrate their efforts on their ‘inner scorecard,’ and because of this, they deliver on the ‘outer’ one too.”This was the message...
View ArticleChina Overtakes US as Most Attractive Food and Beverage Market for First Time
China is the most attractive export market for food and beverage companies, according to the 2016 IESE Food and Beverage Attractiveness (FBA) Index. The FBA Index analyzes markets for the best business...
View ArticleIESE Ranked 1 st Worldwide Again by Financial Times for Executive Education
The Financial Times has ranked IESE as the top business school in the world for executive education for the second consecutive year. The newspaper highlighted IESE’s international scope and reach,...
View ArticleNew York: the World’s "Smartest" City
Smarten up, London. New York is now one notch above the British capital, taking first place in IESE’s annual ranking of the world’s “smartest” cities, while American and European cities vie for overall...
View ArticleThe IESE MBA is Preparing Young People for High Management
“Professional progress is contingent on a sense of purpose. And it’s the soft skills – the ability to manage yourself as well as others – when aligned with a real purpose and passion – that deliver...
View ArticleSustainability: The Key to Getting it Right is Authenticity
“Everybody’s talking about sustainability, but no one’s really doing it,” says Thomas Kolster, founder of Goodvertising and world expert in sustainability marketing and advertising.Addressing an...
View ArticleFive Factors Shaping the Economic Future
“The global economy is stuck between gears,” said José Viñals, the International Monetary Fund’s director of financial and capital markets. “Advanced economies are struggling to get out of first or...
View Article"The Next Steve Jobs Won’t Save Your Company – But his Boss Might"
“Innovation in large organizations can be messy at the best of times. That’s why we need our leaders to be innovation architects and to create an ecosystem that generates innovation.” This was the...
View Article10 Steps to an Efficient Innovation Ecosystem
Spain has increased its investment in structures to support innovation. Almost every region of the country has tried to create its own Silicon Valley. Yet, the reality is that many of its initiatives...
View Article25 Years Educating Professors Around the World in the Case Method
Around 20 professors from four continents are attending the International Faculty Program (IFP) 2016 on the IESE Barcelona campus this month. Over the course of four weeks, the young professors will...
View ArticleWhat Legacy Do you Want to Leave Behind?
Trust, mission and a sense of purpose are the cornerstones of leadership.This was the message shared by Francesco Vanni d’Archirafi, CEO of Citi Holdings, and member of IESE Advisory Board at IESE in...
View ArticleJordi Canals: "Leadership and Management are About People"
In August 2016, Prof. Jordi Canals will step down as dean of IESE, after 15 years of what Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero, president of the University of Navarra, describes as “leadership and service.” In...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence in the Boardroom
"Cognitive computing is a partnership between people and machines—and it’s changing industries.” That was a key insight from Guruduth S. Banavar, VP of Cognitive Computing at IBM, who presented at an...
View Article"The AMP Has Changed Everything"
“We are 14 nationalities from three continents here in Barcelona, building bridges so that we can give back to society through business.”This was the message Elżbieta Wojtczak, 2016 class president of...
View ArticleHow Do 125 Markets for Private Equity Measure Up?
The United States tops the 2016 ranking by the Venture Capital and Private Equity (VC/PE) Country Attractiveness Index as the most attractive country for investment in venture capital and private...
View ArticleBoosting Engagement and Commitment
The latest IESE Insight management review is all about people – encouraging them, with their individual motivations and autonomy, to work toward the shared objective of serving other people. Part of...
View ArticlePhilip Moscoso, Winner of the EFMD Case Writing Award
To migrate or not to migrate to the cloud. That is the dilemma facing many companies nowadays. IESE Professor Philip Moscoso, together with Juan Enrique Flores and Francisco Vázquez, analyze this...
View ArticleThe Art of Excellent Decision Making
In business we often find ourselves asking questions like: “in hindsight, was that the right decision? Is this manager trustworthy? And what about this employee, colleague, supplier?” When running a...
View ArticlePuig Chair of Global Leadership Development
“The priority, for us, is not our factories, nor is it the formula of our perfumes. What matters most to us is people.” This was the clear message shared by Mariano Puig, ex-president of the Puig...
View ArticleFranz Heukamp Named Dean of IESE Business School
The President of the University of Navarra, Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero, has appointed Franz Heukamp as the new Dean of IESE Business School. The decision was made following a three-month period, after...
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