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…

IESE Career Services

> Return to the #70 Newsletter IESE Career Services is committed to helping organizations hire the best talent available in the marketplace. It supports students not only in their immediate job search, but also in developing the competencies and career management skills required by companies today. IESE Career Services manages relations with over 470 companies and posts close to 1,100 positions every academic year for IESE full-time MBA students. The Library is…

100 Family Enterprises That Changed the World

> Return to the #69 Newsletter The myth that family business is a thing of the past is dispelled by the authors of the book “Families that Changed the World: Family Business and Industrialization.” Prof. Josep Tàpies, holder of IESE’s Family-Owned Business Chair, and coauthors Águeda Gil and Elena San Román examine 100 family business success stories that shaped important chapters in the history of industrialization. Against the stereotype that family businesses…