> Return to the #84 Newsletter The Career Development Center equips students with the right tools, resources and mindsets to help them drive their careers forward, not only during their time at IESE but for the rest of their lives. During the coronavirus outbreak, two online Career Vital Information Sessions have been given for the first time to MBAs and MIMs to help students prepare for company interviews. The Library’s Sílvia…
Success Stories
Leaders and Millennials
> Return to the #83 Newsletter IESE Prof. Guido Stein’s latest book, Leaders and Millennials: a Meeting Point of Generations, explores the common generational traits of Millennials from a humanistic point of view. The book features a number of case studies that underscore how generational differences and conflict can emerge in the workplace and how they can be overcome, turning the meeting point between generations into an opportunity, instead of a…
Sports, Entertainment & Media Club London Trek
> Return to the #82 Newsletter Luiz Dias Ferreira – MBA (class of 20’) – is the current Sports, Entertainment and Media Club President and. In early November he took a group of 15 MBAs on a trek to visit several companies in London. Over the course of three jam-packed days the group visited the offices of YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, DAZN, Chelsea FC, DowJones, The Times of London, NBA and…
Exceling at Fundraising for Research
> Return to the #81 Newsletter The Research Projects Unit is part of the Research Division of IESE and its purpose is to develop competence and best practices in public calls, support fundraising for research projects at IESE and foster successful research project management. The Unit helps IESE Faculty identify appropriate sources of funding and prepare budgets as well as advising on the proposal submission and assisting on the follow-up of…
Four Essays on Capability Investment Decision-Making
> Return to the #80 Newsletter Susanne Koster recently defended her dissertation titled “Four Essays on Capability Investment Decision-Making”. She investigated the important decisions that large firms face when deciding which new technologies to invest in to respond to the technological challenges shaking the industry. She collected a detailed dataset on the corporate venture capital investments and the technology licensing deals of firms in the chemical and the pharmaceutical industry. The…