Finance
The current crisis has taught us some valuable lessons. At its core, the crisis illustrates the need to disregard age-old principles. Unfortunately, creditors’ dogged adherence to some longstanding doctrines has led to misconceived policies, inflicting unnecessary pain on some without putting an end to the crisis. For some, the question of whether recovery will come soon enough is still up in the air.
Africa Present and Future
Last week, we at IESE Business School celebrated our 2016 Global Alumni Reunion – GAR, as we call it. I had the honor to serve as Academic Director together with my colleague Professor Núria Mas. It was such a pleasure to welcome 2,500 or so of our 45,000 alumni from all over the world! The…
Leadership and People Management
What an outcome! Dismissed as an outsider, Donald Trump, in the words of one commentator, “took on and comprehensively beat the party political system in first the Republicans and secondly the Democrats”. Now, the outcome of the election has changed everything. The question as to why he won cannot be answered in just a simple…
Globalization
According to the Chinese press, China is delighted with the election of Donald Trump as it might mean an end to the TTP and Obama's Pivot to Asia.