> Return to the #72 Newsletter For those who prefer listening to book summaries to reading we recommend Business Book Summaries. BBS provides comprehensive, yet concise summaries of the best business books also in audio format. Each summary provides a comprehensive overview of key concepts, suggestions for related reading and details on key features in the book. BBS summaries are not simply extracts of the book text, but careful summaries of the…
#72 October 2017
100,000 Stars
> Return to the #72 Newsletter 100,000 Stars is an interactive visualization of the stellar neighborhood created for the Google Chrome web browser. It shows the location of 119,617 nearby stars derived from multiple sources, including the 1989 Hipparcos mission. Zooming in reveals 87 individually identified stars and our solar system. The galaxy view is an artist’s rendition based on NGC 1232, a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. You can take…
Looking for Megatrends?
> Return to the #72 Newsletter Passport allows you access to in-depth analysis on the most influential megatrends shaping consumer behavior and attitudes today and in the future. Euromonitor International’s team of economic, consumer, and industry trend experts have identified 20 megatrends shaping consumer markets. The research team has further predicted the eight most influential megatrends to watch for 2017: Shifting Market Frontiers, Healthy Living, Ethical Living, Connected Consumers, Shopping Reinvented, Experience…
Barcelona Library Refurbishment Project – Completed!
> Return to the #72 Newsletter We are glad to announce that the Barcelona IESE Library’s refurbishment project, which took place this summer to improve and expand its facilities, is now complete. The project was partly in response to feedback we had received in both the Students’ IESE Library Survey and the MBA Students survey. The Library has significantly increased its floor space, occupying the whole of G-100. The result is a comfortable…
Sharing Economy
> Return to the #72 Newsletter The sharing economy is growing at an exponential rate. Some estimates suggest that it is the second largest economy in the world. Defined by a peer-to-peer exchange of values such as facilities, money, goods and information, it is also referred to with terms like “collaborative economy”, “peer-to-peer marketplaces” or “platform economy”. New sharing economy firms like Airbnb and Uber are disrupting traditional industries across the globe…