Prof. Luis Palencia Herrero began IESE’s MBA program in 1987 a year after earning his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the Universidad de Cantabria. He worked in the private sector for three years before returning to IESE in 1992 to join the faculty of the Department of Accounting and Control. He acquired his master’s…
Every human being seeks throughout its life to have experiences that make him see and understand why of its existence in this world. This need to experiment is part of human nature because through it we are conscious of who we are, the role we play in the Universe and towards where we are going….
This was the message that we used in a start-up competition in Rotterdam, and what a success it was! Our mission that weekend: finding seed investors. Phase 1: You have a date! There you are, super-excited that a leading business school has selected you to represent them at a European start-up competition among other top…
It was 180 days after leaving Barcelona when I finally had the courage to recollect the memories of my two years there since I was afraid of the effect they would have on me. In late August 2012, I was scarcely 25 years old. I grew up in Beijing and earned my master’s degree in…
Marc Badia is an assistant professor in IESE Business School’s Department of Accounting and Control and first-year academic director. He holds an MBA from IESE and a PhD in financial accounting with distinction from Columbia University. Question: How did you decide to become an accounting professor? Answer: I was always a numbers person and really…