Invited seminar presentations
“Can Brands Claim Ignorance? Unauthorized Subcontracting in Apparel Supply Chains.”
- IESE Business School, December 2016, Barcelona, Spain.
- McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, April 2020, online.
- Freeman College of Management, Bucknell University, October 2020, online.
“Believing in Analytics: Managers’ Adherence to Price Recommendations from a DSS.”
- Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, November 2018, Bloomington, IN.
- INSEAD, December 2018, Fontainebleau, France.
- Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth, December 2018, Hanover, NH.
- IE Business School, December 2018, Madrid, Spain.
- Yale School of Management, December 2018, New Haven, CT.
- Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, January 2019, Vancouver, BC.
- Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University, January 2019, State College, PA.
- IESE Business School, March 2019, Barcelona, Spain.
- HEC Paris, March 2019, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
“The Impact of Variety on the Environmental and Economic Performance of a Clothes Rental Business Model.”
- European TOM Seminar Series (co-organized by INSEAD, LBS, HEC, Cambridge, and IESE), April 2021, online.
- Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management, October 2021, online.
- EDHEC, November 2021, Lille, France.
- Bilkent University, Department of Industrial Engineering, December 2022, online.
“Does Less Result in More? The Role of Information and Rewards in Take-Back Programs for Clothing.”
- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, School of Business & Economics, May 2023, Lisbon, Portugal.
Conference presentations
“Can Brands Claim Ignorance? Unauthorized Subcontracting in Apparel Supply Chains.”
- INFORMS, November 2016, Nashville, TN.
- POMS, May 2017, Seattle, WA.
- LBS TADC, May 2017, London, UK.
- MSOM Supply Chain Management SIG, June 2017, Chapel-Hill, NC.
- INFORMS, October 2017, Houston, TX.
- POMS, May 2018, Houston, TX.
- SoCal OR/OM day, May 2018, Los Angeles, CA.
- MSOM Sustainable Operations SIG, July 2018, Dallas, TX.
- Wharton Empirical OM Workshop, September 2018, Philadelphia, PA.
- INFORMS, November 2018, Phoenix, AZ.
- Early-Career Sustainable Operations Workshop, February 2020, Washington, DC.
- LERA, June 2020, online.
- POMS, May 2021, online.
- Galileo University Advances in Data Science and Operations Research, December 2021, online.
“Believing in Analytics: Managers’ Adherence to Price Recommendations from a DSS.”
- INFORMS, October 2017, Houston, TX.
- POMS, May 2018, Houston, TX.
- Behavioral Operations Conference, June 2018, Dallas, TX.
- MSOM, July 2018, Dallas, TX.
- INFORMS, November 2018, Phoenix, AZ.
- POMS, May 2019, Washington, DC.
- Fashion Operations Conference, October 2019, London, UK.
- POMS, May 2021, online.
“Loss Aversion in Managers’ Pricing Decision Making at a Fast Fashion Retailer.”
- INFORMS, November 2018, Phoenix, AZ.
- INFORMS, October 2019, Seattle, WA.
“What To Offer, And To Whom? Perceived Value Of Sustainable And Conventional Products.”
- INFORMS, November 2020, online.
- POMS, May 2021, online.
“Does Less Result in More? The Role of Information and Rewards in Take-back Programs for Clothing.”
- INFORMS, November 2020, online.
- EurOMA, July 2022, Berlin, Germany.
- MSOM, June 2023, Montréal, QC.
- Choice Symposium, August 2023, Fontainebleau, France.
- INFORMS, October 2023, Phoenix, AZ.
“The Impact of Variety on the Environmental and Economic Performance of a Clothes Rental Business Model.”
- POMS, May 2021, online.
- INFORMS, October 2021, online.
- IESE SLI Research Workshop, May 2023, Barcelona, Spain.
- INFORMS, October 2023, Phoenix, AZ.
“The Present and Future of Supplier Diversity Initiatives: the New Sustainable Supply Chain?”
- EurOMA, July 2023, Leuven, Belgium.
“Responsible Operations in Mining: Do Penalties Increase Safety?”
- European TOM Day, June 2024, Cambridge, UK.
- MSOM, July 2024, Minneapolis, MN.
Outreach publications and videos
Appeared in “IESE Business Trends 2022: Sustainability for a Better World”, video and blog post, December 2021.
“Mend your supply chain to prevent a brand disaster”, video (Spanish version: “Remienda tu cadena de suministro y evita que se desgaste tu marca”, video), January 2022.
Appeared in “Retail Revolution.” (Spanish version: “La revolución del ‘retail’.“), IESE Insight, 162, September 2022.
Anna Sáez de Tejada Cuenca, “Algorithms Give Lots Of Advice. Managers Don’t Always Follow It. Here’s Why.” Forbes, 30-3-2023.
Anna Sáez de Tejada Cuenca, “Por qué no siempre hacemos caso a los algoritmos.” The Conversation, 8-6-2023.
“Are algorithms useful?”, video, part of the IESE Elevator Tips series, September 2023.
Anna Sáez de Tejada Cuenca, “Breakthrough Tech and Bold Collabs: 4 Circular Trends to Watch in 2024.” Advertising Week, January 2024.
Fabrizio Ferraro, Anna Sáez de Tejada Cuenca, “Business school teaching case study: can the fashion industry be more sustainable?” Financial Times, June 2024.
Industry engagement
Panel moderator at the IESE Doing Good Doing Well Conference, March 2022, Barcelona, Spain.
Talk about general ESG trends at DiverInvest Forum, June 2022, Barcelona, Spain.
Workshop moderator at the IESE Mobility Industry Meeting, May 2023, Barcelona, Spain.
Panelist at the Move! Sustainable Fashion Summit, June 2023, Madrid, Spain.
Speaker and Q&A moderator at Sustainable Brands Madrid, October 2023, Madrid, Spain.
Judge at the EMAS Awards, October 2023, Barcelona, Spain.
Panel participant and panel moderator at the IESE Doing Good Doing Well Conference, March 2024, Barcelona, Spain.
Surveyed expert at the “Estudio sobre Consumo Sostenible y Productos Certificados en España”, by ClicKoala and Grupo de Investigación en Psicología Ambiental de la Universidad de Castilla – La Mancha, June 2024, Spain.
Media interviews
Som Granollers newspaper, November 2021.
VOTV television, January 2022.
Modaes.es fashion magazine, January 2022.
Community engagement
Talk about fashion sustainability for the general public and/or schools:
- November 2021, Granollers, Spain.
- March 2022, Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain.
- May 2022, Llinars del Vallès, Spain.
- February 2023, Taradell, Spain.
- April 2023, Granollers, Spain.
- May 2023, Granollers, Spain.