> 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…
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IESE Cities in Motion Index
> Return to the #68 Newsletter The Cities in Motion Index, (CIMI) published by the IESE Center for Globalization and Strategy, examines all aspects that make up sustainability and quality of life in 181 key world cities, including 72 capitals, representing more than 80 countries. Under the direction of Professors Pascual Berrone and Joan Enric Ricart, the index takes into account 77 indicators, covering 10 distinct dimensions of urban life: the economy,…
Vademecum on Food and Beverage Markets
> Return to the #67 Newsletter The “Vademecum on Food and Beverage Markets 2016” measures countries’ attractiveness and potential according to six weighted indicators: food and beverage import volumes, population, legal framework and security, the number of middle class households, food and beverage consumer spending per capita, and GDP per capita. The report, published for the 20th edition of the Food and Beverage Industry Meeting, helps companies understand the large scale scenarios…
Organizational Challenges of Impact Investing
> Return to the #66 Newsletter The emerging phenomenon in social finance known as impact investing is the focus of Tom Vanderbroek‘s recently defended dissertation, “Organizational Challenges of Impact Investing: An Ethnographic Study and a Theoretical Exploration.” The author identifies impact investment as a contemporary social-finance phenomenon that could stand to inform us how private capital is being mobilized to address some of the most difficult societal/environmental challenges. The dissertation is based…
Measuring Economic Uncertainty
Since January 2011 IESE’s International Center for Decision Making has published the IESE Index of Economic Uncertainty (I3E) on a monthly basis. Prof. Miguel Angel Ariño has developed I3E to provide a quantifiable measure of uncertainty to help people make smart decisions based on data that are inherently imperfect or biased. The indicator provides objective data and enables the measurement and comparison of variables with other periods and economic contexts….