When I think back to what inspired me to take a leadership role in the Social Action Club, immediately I think back to the first volunteer event I attended with the club. It was a Saturday in October 2015 when the club took 40 kids from Soñar Despierto to Barcelona’s Tibidabo Amusement Park. This event was…
As the end of the school term draws near, students who participated in IESE’s exchange program are preparing for their return to Barcelona. In this post, two Spanish students from Class of 2017, Gabriela Barbier Avanzini and Lucia Alcazar Cuartero, who spent the last few months at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai shares some…
When one thinks of Spanish food, one may not automatically think to pair it with Japanese sake but some IESE students are trying to change this perception. What started as an idea for the Summer Entrepreneurship Experience evolved into an Independent Study Project, culminating in “Sake Tomo”. This is a sake discovery event held recently…
Professor Inés Alegre is an Assistant Professor of Managerial Decision Sciences and holds a Ph.D. in Management from IESE and a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Her research focuses on new organizational forms in the sharing economy such as collaborative consumption platforms, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding and social enterprises. In this blog…
Carles Vergara-Alert is an Associate Professor at the IESE’s Financial Management Department. His research focuses on how frictions in the real estate markets affect the decisions of investors, managers and households. In this blog entry, he shares personal insights about himself as well as advice for current MBAs. He talks about the importance of constantly reinventing yourself and…