Leading Companies Through Storms and Crises

> Return to the #75 Newsletter Principles and best practices that should inspire top management and corporate communications in facing conflicts, controversies, crises and scandals are the focus of the new book published by IESE Prof. Yago de la Cierva, Leading Companies Through Storms and Crises: Principles and Best Practices in Prevention, Crisis Management and Communication. Some of the data used to develop the study was obtained by using the resources available…

Evaluating Research Activity

> Return to the #74 Newsletter IESE’s Corporate Information Unit is in charge of compiling information required by Comisión Nacional de la Actividad Investigadora (CNEAI) to recognize the merits in the research activity developed by IESE faculty and researchers. These research merits are evaluated by section, each of which must cover six years of Research (Sexenios). Information on the research activity of some IESE professors was submitted for consideration in 2017. The…

The IESE Endowment

> Return to the #73 Newsletter The IESE Endowment is an investment fund that seeks to support research activities and scholarship programs, as well as the overall institutional development of IESE. The fund is the result of generous contributions from alumni and corporate sponsors that provide a stable source of income that can be devoted to strategic projects, including general research grants, support for a Research Center or a scholarship fund for…

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…

IESE’s Custom Programs Excellence

> Return to the #71 Newsletter IESE’s Custom Programs have been ranked the best in the world for the third consecutive year by the Financial Times. The Division has excelled in delivering tailor-made courses for top clients like Abertis, BMW, Enterprise Ireland, Erste, Gas Natural Fenosa, Henkel, Michelin, Oracle and Telefónica, among others. Some of the information needed by the Division to serve future clients was obtained from the IESE Library Business…