No Child Without a Book!

> Return to the #103 Newsletter The IESE Library’s Christmas solidarity campaign, whose aim was to collect books for children and adolescents who are ill or at risk of social exclusion, ended up collecting 127 books. The collection went toward the Christmas campaign organized by Sant Joan de Déu Solidaritat, a Charity founded more than 500 years ago to serve people in situations of great vulnerability, especially children. Thanks for your…

Companies Custom Reports

> Return to the #102 Newsletter The IESE Library collaborates with the Career Development Center (CDC) to help students excel in their job interviews. At the CDC’s request, the library creates tailored reports on companies recruiting IESE students, encompassing relevant company information to prepare for job interviews. The data included in these custom reports are sourced from a variety of trusted databases subscribed by the Library (Orbis, Marketline, S&P Capital IQ,…

Bank Risk-Taking from a Portfolio Perspective

> Return to the #101 Newsletter The study of three distinct aspects of bank risk-taking from a novel portfolio perspective is the focus of Juan Gorostiaga‘s recently defended doctoral dissertation. The author highlights the importance of pre-existing exposure in shaping banks’ risk management incentives and its connection to two key issues: the rise in bank concentration and the extent of government guarantees coverage. These findings have significant implications for bank lending…

Celebrating Issue 100

> Return to the #100 Newsletter The Library Newsletter has reached a major milestone with its 100th issue, marking 21 years of striving to keep the IESE community abreast of the best business information sources. Over the years, we have covered a gamut of different topics, always with an onus on providing trusted information on new or emerging trends. From our first issue in January 2002, about “Cover letters,” to our…

IESE Doctoral Dissertations Now Available in Dadun

> Return to the #99 Newsletter The first IESE doctoral dissertations have been added to Dadun, the open access repository of the University of Navarra. These theses are now available in the IESE Business School – Tesis Doctorales y Tesinas collection. We are looking forward to disseminating more theses in the near future. We would like to express our gratitude to the doctors who have agreed to include their theses in…