2017’s 10 Most Viewed Insights from IESE’s Knowledge Portal
Avoid those all-too-common mistakes we all make when taking decisions. Manage your time better. Update your marketing for the 21st century…These could be New Year’s resolutions for professional...
View ArticleIESE Mourns Loss of Emeritus Professor Antoni Subirà
Antoni Subirà, an emeritus professor whose long and fruitful career encompassed academia as well as politics, passed away on January 7 in Barcelona. He was 77.Prof. Subirà earned a PhD in Industrial...
View ArticleSpain’s Productivity Increased During Last Economic Crisis
Average productivity per employee in Spain rose 14% during the country’s last economic crisis, as job losses outpaced the decrease in revenue at many companies.According to a new report by Prof. Miguel...
View ArticleTransforming Great Ideas Into Start-Ups
It’s often difficult for researchers to turn their great ideas into successful commercial start-ups. A new European-wide initiative supported by IESE hopes to help change that. Launched recently in...
View ArticleIESE Joins Spotify
IESE has joined Spotify, becoming the first business school on the music streaming service and giving any member of the IESE community the chance to add to playlists for everyone to enjoy. For the...
View ArticleBalancing Act
Decades after the work-life balance became part of the conversation on professional success, are we any closer to finding equilibrium? Has technology tipped the scales? And what does success even...
View ArticleIESE’s MBA Ranked 3rd in Europe by Financial Times
IESE’s MBA was ranked third in Europe by theFinancial Times 2018 Global MBA Ranking, placing it once again among the world’s very best business programs.The news follows a series of positive...
View ArticleAlejandro Beltrán Elected New President of Alumni Association
The IESE Alumni Association has elected Alejandro Beltrán de Miguel (MBA ´98) as its new president. He takes over from Jorge Sendagorta (PADE ´90), who had served as president since 2012.Beltrán is...
View ArticleBracing for Cyber-attackers – and Data Regulators
Cyber-attacks, backlash against technology giants and elections in the Americas and beyond; these are some of the events and trends expected to move the needle in global business this year, according...
View ArticleWelcome to Global Executive MBA Class of 2019
The Global Executive MBA program recently welcomed its Class of 2019, which has embarked on a 16-month journey that will take participants across a globe of business experiences and into a world of...
View ArticleA Sustainable Course
How can business contribute to the global sustainability agenda? IESE’s annual Doing Good Doing Well conference, organized by MBA students. was held on the Barcelona campus recently. This year’s...
View ArticleMeasuring Progress
Are we making progress on the path to gender equality, in terms of lowering barriers to opportunities and ensuring just treatment? Yes, says recent research by IESE faculty, which tackles the gender...
View ArticleBoardroom Parity
With more women than ever in the global workforce, why are there still so few who sit on boards of directors? And what can be done? As with so many other questions related to gender equality, there...
View ArticleWill the U.S. Economy Weaken in 2019?
While the world is expected to enjoy another year of robust economic health during 2018, the U.S. may begin to show signs of weakness during 2019, despite landmark new tax reforms. That was the...
View ArticleKeeping Insurance Consumers Safe in the Insurtech Era
"Without innovation, we would not have better insurance products. But innovation has to be to the benefit of the consumer." That’s how Katja Wuertz, a top European Union regulator for the insurance...
View ArticleKnowledge Across Borders
To innovate today, companies are increasingly reaching out beyond the borders of their own business sector or industry in search of valuable new knowledge. But doing so presents challenges – which is...
View ArticleWhen the Sharing Economy Travels to Europe
The first time Uber began offering its ride-hailing services in Barcelona more than three years ago, strikes by taxi drivers and legal challenges in courts quickly drove it from the market. Uber has...
View ArticleRemembering Fernando Pereira
Fernando Pereira, a long-time professor of accounting and former dean who formed part of the academic fabric of IESE from its earliest days, passed away on March 31 in Barcelona. He was 87. Prof....
View ArticleAwards for Chinese Business Leaders with Global Impact
Four Chinese business leaders received the International Friendship Award in recognition of their outstanding contribution to economic and social progress in China and internationally. Spain’s Queen...
View ArticleIESE Partners with Japan’s Shizenkan University
In another sign of its growing presence in Asia, IESE has signed an agreement with the newly established Shizenkan University in Tokyo to jointly develop executive education programs in the region.The...
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