> 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…
Success Stories
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…
JIBS Research in Excellence Award
> Return to the #79 Newsletter Prof. Sebastian Reiche has been awarded a Silver Medal for research in excellence from the Journal of International Business Studies. The award is in recognition of Reiche’s intellectual contributions published in the journal, and more specifically for having published at least 5 significant papers in JIBS during the first 50 years of its existence. The Silver Medals will be given to the Awardees at the AIB…