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Lucas Carné: “Entrepreneurship is contagious”
“We live in an increasingly changing world. People have to get used to change as a natural condition and to cope with this situation, you have to be an entrepreneur,” says Lucas Carné (MBA ’99),...
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The Impact of ICTs on Competitiveness
Technologies and the digital universe are playing growing roles in society. For the first time, the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) consumer market is larger than the corporate market....
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IESE Snags Victory at VCIC 2013
A team of IESE MBA students won the Europe North Regional Round of the 16th Annual Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC), held on March 8 on the campus of London Business School.The group of...
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Measures to Prevent Financial Contagion
The integration of financial markets, a new attitude among investors and the lack of mechanisms to deal with turbulence have all contributed to financial contagion within the eurozone. Measures can be...
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MBAs Meet the Valley
A group of IESE MBA students and professors travel to Silicon Valley March 25-31 for an in-depth look at the region, which will include visits to start-ups, investors and incubators. The main goal of...
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Lessons From the Crisis for Corporate Finance
As a result of the crisis, many companies have seen their ability to carry out strategic plans greatly reduced due to financial pressures. A new article in the IESE Insight management magazine...
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The Human Cloud Brings Talent to Your Company
Crowdsourcing is not yet a major trend in the business world, in part because it’s difficult to put the infrastructure in place and build a community. The human cloud helps business to bypass this...
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Shoppers Tightening Purse Strings
The world of retail is undergoing sweeping changes, as technology and a drop in consumption in many markets reshape the way consumers choose and buy products. IESE’s upcoming Retail Industry Meeting –...
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Schneider Electric Chair of Sustainability and Strategy
To build a more sustainable future requires an approach and a long-term commitment. The Schneider Electric Chair of Sustainability and Business Strategy examines the strategic management models and...
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“In globalization, you participate or become a victim”
Grupo Bimbo has come a long way since CEO Daniel Servitje’s grandfather emigrated from Catalonia, Spain, to Mexico in 1928 and opened his own bakery there. Servitje’s father, together with four...
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“What we Need is a New Energy Paradigm”
"We need innovative solutions to create a sustainable future," said Julio Rodríguez, executive vice president of global operations at Schneider Electric during the presentation of the Schneider...
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Beyond Business as Usual
What can managers do to boost sales, once they have taken the "usual" measures of cost cutting, restructuring, adjusting prices and opening new markets? An upcoming event at IESE will answer this...
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Connected Stocks, Basis of a Good Investment Strategy
Some stock market values behave in very similar ways. These are what are called "connected stocks" which up until now were connected in terms of size, sector or the company's geographical location....
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Annual Flagship Meeting Draws IESE Graduates
IESE's UK Alumni Chapter held its "Annual Flagship Event" in London on Wednesday, April 3. The event included the participation of Baroness Denise Kingsmill, who delivered the presentation "Corporate...
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Revitalizing the Economy
IESE’s New York Center is hosting a Business Competitiveness Council (CEC) event today, April 10. Speakers at the event will be Ignacio Sánchez Galán, chairman of Iberdrola and Angel Ubide, Senior...
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Josep Piqué: “We Need to Adopt an Approach Based on Ethics”
"Spain’s economic crisis will come to an end sooner or later thanks to the adjustments made over recent years and through everyone’s hard work. However, there is another serious and worrying crisis:...
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Do We Need Economists?
This question has been asked more frequently in recent years. The same question was almost certainly asked about doctors during the Black Death. The analogy between the economist and the doctor can...
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Giving Form to Art
“Operations are nothing more than a mix of activities necessary for delivering a product or service to a client with the best guarantee. But in the world of art and entertainment, this process means...
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IESE MBA’s Start-up Chosen by Wayra
The digital business Treeveo, founded by the second-year MBA student Jeroen Kemperman, is one of the new projects chosen in 2013 by Wayra to receive development funding. Wayra was established by...
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IESE Professor Helps Spearhead New Journal
IESE Prof. Africa Ariño has been appointed associate editor of a new online journal published by the Academy of Management (AoM). The publication, titled Academy of Management Discoveries, will debut...
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