In his groundbreaking book “Awe” which I have just finished reading, renowned psychologist Dacher Keltner explores the transformative emotion that makes us feel part of something larger than ...
As family businesses transition across generations, a distinct type of shareholder emerges: one who only own shares while playing no role on its executive board or leadership team. The concept of...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/what-do-shareholders-of-family-firms-deserve/
In this interview, Juan Carlos Garavito shares his journey from an international career in economics to founding Moxē, a Colombian chocolate venture focused on social and environmental impact. I...
A Father’s Legacy and a Daughter’s Dream. – Tomasz did the IESE AMP’07 and Maria the MiM’24 Program Q: Maria, it is so nice having you. Do you mind telling us about your first visit to ...
https://blog.iese.edu/mim/iese-generations-tomasz-maria-zdziebkowska/
Me refería en mi post anterior al momento en el cual el empresario fundador se enfrenta a la cuestión de qué papel deben jugar los miembros de familia en el futuro de la empresa. Es normal que...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/el-apellido-no-es-garantia/
Women are increasingly stepping into senior-level roles in family-owned firms, bringing a distinct leadership style that blends strategic acumen with an ability to balance both family and busines...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/the-evolvling-role-of-women-in-family-business/
In my previous blog post, I offered a background on large language models (LLMs) and some of their shortcomings and wrote of a recent breakthrough brought by new OpenAI models. Now, let’s take ...
The MiM’24 cohort came together to collaborate on this video, showcasing the essence of the IESE MiM program. Through their shared experiences, they bring to life what it means to spend 11 mont...
For family businesses, reputation is everything, past, present and future. It’s about maintaining a positive image today, while preserving a legacy that can be passed down through generations. ...
Let’s start at the beginning, can you tell us a little bit about your background and how you got to where you are today? I’m originally from Finland, the land of many lakes and forests. And f...
Me han preguntado muchas veces cómo nace una empresa familiar. Mi respuesta siempre es la misma: la empresa nace como empresa; lo de llegar a ser empresa familiar o no, depende del empresario. E...
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is navigating a court case that will impact the company’s future by determining how its voting shares will be divided among his four eldest children. The outcome of...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/news-the-messy-murdoch-succession-drama-explained/
The Case Study Methodology: A Pillar of Business Education The case study methodology has long been a keystone of business education, providing students with practical, immersive learning experie...
Prometí en mi post anterior ocuparme de temas como: ¿cuáles son los primeros pasos? ¿quién debe liderar el proceso? ¿cómo elegir los consejeros externos?, una vez tomada la decisión de cr...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/echando-a-andar/
By 2022, German athletic apparel and footwear manufacturer Adidas seemed to have lost its way. External criticism pressured the company to break its lucrative Yeezy collaboration with divisive ce...
The OpenAI models released last week are a game changer for large language models (LLMs), which have for the last year-and-a-half been rather stable in performance. Some had caught up with OpenAI...
https://blog.iese.edu/artificial-intelligence-management/2024/openai-new-models/
Today, we are humbled and honored to chat with our MiM Alumni, Ava Chris Putty Franklin, whose hometown is Chennai, India, and who graduated from MiM’24 last June. We were fortunate to have her...
Let’s start at the beginning, can you tell us a little bit about your background and how you got to where you are today? I majored in philosophy and worked at several global firms before joinin...
The ultimate goal of any family business is to create a legacy for future generation. To achieve this, family firms strive to ensure that the wealth they generate (or inherit) grows on a solid fi...
Tell us a little bit about your background and how you got to where you are today? I’m from Barcelona. I studied Civil Engineering and started my career as a management consultant. I joined one...
https://blog.iese.edu/entrepreneurship/2024/09/17/jordi-amat-emba17/
Ya estoy convencido de que, como empresario que ha sido capaz de crear y hacer crecer una empresa de éxito, necesito un consejo de administración. En las recientes vacaciones de verano he estad...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/ya-estoy-convencido/
It is both an honor and a privilege to serve as the new holder of IESE’s Chair of Family-Owned Business, which in 1987 became the first of its kind in Europe. Deep ties to family business Throu...
In this interview with Stan Yu, the IESE MBA student and entrepreneur from Taiwan reflects on his journey from launching a failed fitness equipment project to co-founding Nocera, which went publi...
Estos son los tres vectores que animan a un directivo a trabajar para una empresa familiar o de dueño. O por lo menos esa fue la conclusión a la que llegamos con los participantes a un workshop...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/proyecto-pasion-y-propiedad/
The EIC Scaling Club’s has released the first 4 reports in the “Challenge Roadmaps” series, elaborated in partnership with IESE. These reports delve into the strategies that the analyzed Eu...
Esta es la pregunta que formulábamos en el post anterior. Si el empresario considera que ha sabido crear una empresa de dueño, pero no tiene ninguna intención de que la familia participe -ni s...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/empresa-familiar-o-de-dueno/
As another academic year winds down, we are pleased to share our 2023-24 Annual Report, a showcase of the Chair’s ongoing efforts to serve the global family-business community. On a personal no...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/2023-24-annual-report/
Multinational teams come in many different forms, from diverse teams in club football to musical ensembles, product development teams, or engineering and consulting teams. Many professionals col...
Sooner or later, all family businesses face succession processes. Ideally, these are founded on professional criteria and approved by both predecessors and successors. The lack thereof is an all ...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/succession-succession-and-succession/
Se acercan las vacaciones de verano y con ello la disponibilidad de tiempo de calidad y en abundancia, para pensar. Uno de los temas sobre los que todo empresario debe reflexionar es sobre el fut...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/tiempo-para-pensar/
Family firms are integral to the global economy, driving positive change by pursuing both financial objectives and the generation of socioemotional wealth (SEW). Developed by Prof. Luis Gómez-Me...
Continuando con la idea de que cualquier empresa que quiera ser sostenible debe asentarse sobre los tres pilares ya mencionados, me permito ofrecer una serie de preguntas basadas en las ideas de ...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/autoevaluacion-para-la-sostenibilidad/
We speak to Iván Rodríguez, a serial entrepreneur and technology enthusiast. He recently founded Modelia.ai, a pioneering startup that uses AI-generated personalized images for the online retai...
Carlos March Delgado has stepped down as the chairman of the board of Banca March at the age of 78 after serving as the longest-serving chairman of a Spanish bank (1974-2015). Learn more about hi...
On June, 6th, 2024, we celebrated the Graduation of the Master in Management (MiM) Class of 2024, a day filled with pride, inspiration, HOPE and reflection. We were honored to hear from distingui...
https://blog.iese.edu/mim/overview-graduation-ceremony-master-in-management-mim-class-of-2024/
In 2019, I was fortunate enough to receive funding from IESE’s High Impact research initiative to study how global professionals manage their work. So I teamed up with Maïlys George as both of...
Lately, streaming networks have been particularly busy releasing new content, and the response has been very positive. Shows like “House of Dragons” and “Bridgerton” are keeping viewershi...
https://blog.iese.edu/the-media-industry/2024/06/13/advertising-in-streaming/
GEMBA’24 and ’25 participants visit to Barcelona and Madrid: A journey of insights and innovation For two weeks, as part of their global journey, we had the pleasure of hosting GEMBA particip...
Among their unique characteristics, family businesses pursue both financial goals and non-economic aims such as preserving the family legacy and promoting community development. This dual perspec...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/4-decision-making-models-in-family-firms-which-is-best/
Latest Article by The Times Higher Education The welcoming and motivating environment at IESE Business School attracts dedicated learners who form strong alumni networks long after graduation Dur...
https://blog.iese.edu/mim/iese-business-school-fosters-community-and-lifelong-learning/
La iniciativa emprendedora, el emprendimiento como se le llama ahora, en definitiva la acción de emprender, ha sido siempre el motor de cualquier empresa. En los últimos años se ha desarrollad...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/a-vueltas-con-la-iniciativa-el-dinero-y-el-poder/
* This article originally appeared in the newspaper “Expansión” on May 4, 2024 under the title “Llegan tiempos de mudanza y oportunidad para la empresa familiar.” Family firms require so...
We recently had the pleasure of hosting an insightful webinar for the Asia Region, led by Luis Go, MiM Associate Director at IESE Business School. The session was an enriching experience, enlight...
Terminaba mi post anterior diciendo que la clave para dotarse de una buena configuración institucional está en una adecuada gestión del poder. Casualmente la semana pasada en un artículo publ...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/el-poder-y-la-configuracion-institucional/
The Family Business Reflection Forum co-organized by IESE’s Chair of Family-Owned Business and the Instituto de Empresa Familiar continues to give us plenty to talk about. In the first of this ...
Family-owned firms must navigate continuous change in both the external business environment and their own family sphere, shaped by births, deaths, married-ins and the evolving values and objecti...
Los emprendedores exitosos, en la fase inicial de su proyecto suelen tener altas dosis de iniciativa y son hábiles en conseguir la financiación necesaria. En la primera etapa la cuestión del p...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/emprendedor-y-empresario/
As Mahatma Gandhi supposedly said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” A good sign that an initiative or social movement is receiving the atten...
https://blog.iese.edu/expatriatus/2024/05/09/is-dei-coming-of-age/
Judith Viader is the general manager of Frit Ravich, a second-generation company specialized in the manufacture of chips, snacks and nuts, and snack-food distributor with over 1,000 employees, ex...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/frit-ravich-a-business-built-on-trust/
As the MiM cohort of 2024 approaches graduation next June, reflections on their journey reveal a profound correlation between the effort invested throughout the program and the satisfaction deriv...
https://blog.iese.edu/mim/discovering-the-power-of-business-case-methodology-the-art-of-discussion/
Así es como yo definiría la estructura de propiedad de la inmensa mayoría de empresas en España y me atrevería a decir que en el mundo. En las empresas norteamericanas (USA) y las inglesas h...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/empresa-de-capital-cerrado/
Report highlights: Despite the challenges, some 89% of business angels in Spain show a willingness to invest by 2024, suggesting confidence in the market’s long-term potential. The gender gap i...
Some weeks ago, the US Supreme Court addressed one of the most dividing issues currently facing social media. The question at hand is how far platforms can go in silencing critics without overste...
https://blog.iese.edu/the-media-industry/2024/04/26/freedom-of-speech-vs-censorship-in-social-media/
As part of the IESE Master in Management program, students recently embarked on an exhilarating journey to the lively metropolis of New York City. This international module, held in March 2024 on...
Truth be told, implementing and managing a board of directors in a family firm isn’t an easy task for a variety of reasons, including the unique nature of each family and company and its specif...
On 9 and 10 April 2024, IESE Business School joined 48 of Europe’s most promising deep-tech scaleups in Brussels and Leuven for the European Innovation Council (EIC) Scaling Club ‘Ignition Fo...
Los múltiples comentarios derivados del post publicado hace dos semanas titulado “Visión, oficio y gestión”, han suscitado una cierta polémica, en términos de la incorporación de direct...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/director-general-externo/
We are delighted to share that IESE Business School has been awarded the Special Mention for the ‘organization that best supports entrepreneurship in Madrid’ by Madrid’s Family Business Ass...
The Family Business Association of Madrid (ADEFAM) was created to support and defend the interests of family businesses in the Autonomous Community of Madrid. On April 8, IESE had the great honor...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/adefam-recognizes-iese-for-its-entrepreneurial-ecosystem/
The debate over open-source AI models will be a long and contentious one. On one side are people who argue that there is a big danger if the technology and its development are open since it could...
https://blog.iese.edu/artificial-intelligence-management/2024/open-source-ai-debate-tech/
Guest contributor: África Ariño Professor of Strategic Management · Holder of the Joaquim Molins Figueras Chair of Strategic Alliances · IESE As explored in the first article in this series o...
Sigo con el tema de la visión que todo empresario de éxito tiene con respecto al futuro de su empresa. ¿Es suficiente la visión para dirigir una empresa de éxito? La pregunta es retórica. E...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/vision-oficio-y-gestion/
Rahul Jain is the CEO and Co-Founder of Peach Payments, an electronic payment solutions provider based in Cape Town, South Africa. Its specific focus is the African continent, where the local inf...
Getting promoted young is a virtuous circle that raises pay expectations for everyone, but especially women. The time taken to reach top positions plays a critical role in determining pay for bot...
https://blog.iese.edu/mim/for-women-early-promotion-is-vital-to-reducing-the-gender-pay-gap/
En el post anterior tratábamos el tema de la visión de la empresa y mencionábamos la idea del propósito. Me comprometí a desarrollar el tema en un nuevo post y esto es lo que pretendo hacer ...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/vision-y-proposito/
Adopting emerging technologies through open innovation: An IESE Business School bootcamp for DIH4CAT From 12 to 14 March 2024, IESE Business School’s campus in Barcelona was home to 20 top exec...
On March 8th, 2024, IESE Master in Management Admissions welcomed 80 selected top-tier students from around the globe to partake in the Third Edition of the High Potential Leadership Experience o...
Developed and emerging economies face increasing workforce shortages. This makes skilled migrants an important part of the global labor market. We know that skilled worker migration has significa...
Family businesses are economic motors and drivers of social cohesion around the world, which is why it’s important to better understand their impact on diverse stakeholder groups. To learn more...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/an-analysis-of-family-firms-and-their-stakeholders/
In today’s fast-paced global environment, growth isn’t an option for family businesses: it’s an imperative to ensure their long-term success and continuity. This reflection and the role of ...
In our last discussion, we touched on the resilience of radio and briefly mentioned the rise of podcasts. Today, we’d like to delve into an intriguing trend affecting this newer media format. H...
https://blog.iese.edu/the-media-industry/2024/03/10/the-renaissance-of-podcasts/
Radio, one of the most enduring forms of media, continues to stand strong throughout time. While it’s easy to think that podcasts, live streams, and other contemporary media formats have oversh...
https://blog.iese.edu/the-media-industry/2024/03/10/is-radio-still-a-thing/
In our quest to shape a brighter, more inclusive world, IESE MiM Admissions is aware of the unique value that women offer and therefore we are committed to increasing the number of women in leade...
https://blog.iese.edu/mim/celebrating-mim-women-on-the-iwd-march-8th/
IESE, through the Career Development Center, has hosted the MiM Career Forum on March 4th and 5th on Madrid Campus, and March 11th and 12th Online. More than 35 companies have joined this adventu...
https://blog.iese.edu/mim/navigating-the-iese-career-forum-on-march-4-5/
Around the world, women are increasingly taking charge of their family businesses and reaching breakthrough levels of success. In many cases, they are the first generation of women to take the re...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/women-in-family-business/
Hemos insistido muchas veces en este mismo post, que la visión de la empresa es fundamental a la hora de guiar nuestra estrategia. No hay que confundir la visión con el propósito, ni con la mi...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/el-empresario-el-consejo-y-la-vision-de-futuro/
Shareholders often span different generations in long-consolidated family firms, and not all play an active role in the business. In these cases, family assemblies are a vital conduit to bringing...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/five-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-family-assemblies/
Hace unos meses, prometí seguir hablando del tema de cómo pensar de una manera ordenada acerca del futuro de mi empresa. Lo hice en un post que titulé El futuro de mi empresa. Siento haberme d...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/a-vueltas-con-el-futuro-de-mi-empresa/
Having just returned from our annual family skiing trip I have been reminded of how important it is to conserve and restore your energy resources. A few consecutive, full days of skiing can easil...
https://blog.iese.edu/expatriatus/2024/02/19/how-to-manage-your-energy-in-a-global-role/
Spain’s fashion heavyweights have joined forces to promote the circular economy. Inditex, Decathlon, H&M, Ikea, Kiabi, Mango and Tendam recently created a new association to manage textile and ...
Last week, IESE Business School in Madrid hosted a transformative event, the “Young Women in Business Panel”, an evening that illuminated the diverse and brilliant journeys of six accomplishe...
Junior Kone is currently studying for a Master in Management at IESE in Madrid and hopes to start a career in management consultancy It is a challenging time for graduates starting out in the wor...
IESE Business School is committed to empowering women to succeed in their careers, offering networking opportunities, vital skills training and expert guidance In 2022, Maggie Wang gained a maste...
https://blog.iese.edu/mim/how-iese-creates-a-springboard-for-women-in-business/
Constantin Conrad (MBA-18) and Charlotte Conrad Palermo (PMD-23) share their experiences as third-generation leaders of the Leschaco Group, a global logistics service provider with operations in ...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/leschaco-bridging-borders-since-1879/
Hace años edité un libro llamado Familia Empresaria en el que colaboraron varios colegas del IESE. Uno de ellos fue Pedro Nueno que comentaba, entre otras cosas, lo que se describe en este post...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/revitalizar-comprar-vender/
The Foro de Reflexión is a collaboration between IESE’s Chair of Family-Owned Business and the Instituto de Empresa Familiar designed to foster and support family business initiatives in key a...
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En el post anterior enfatizamos en la necesidad de renovar nuestro modelo de negocio y las capacidades necesarias para poder mantener la empresa en situación competitiva. Hoy me gustaría analiz...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/la-revitalizacion-y-la-propiedad/
2023 has unfolded as a year of remarkable events within the media landscape, from the writers’ strike and influencer scams to the notable renaming of Twitter. Some of these developments were an...
https://blog.iese.edu/the-media-industry/2024/01/17/media-predictions-2024/
If you’ve been following our blog, you’re likely aware that we enjoy delving into media trends. In previous posts we’ve touched upon various implementations of AI in the media sector. Howev...
https://blog.iese.edu/the-media-industry/2024/01/17/ai-in-media/
Over the past year, the ascent of chat GPT and AI has sparked widespread debates across industries. The media sector, in particular, has shown keen interest in the potential outcomes that AI deve...
https://blog.iese.edu/the-media-industry/2024/01/17/integrating-ai-in-content-creation/
In my last article published in October 2023, I raised the issue of external directors by saying they could either be independent or not. It’s not a question of how much they’re paid, as some...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/the-role-of-an-external-director/
Declining productivity is a constant concern for both governments and companies, especially small- and medium-sized ones. And it’s no wonder: private enterprises generate over 80% of jobs in de...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2024/trust-and-communication-the-keys-to-higher-productivity/
¿Duran o no duran las empresas? Esta es la cuestión. Es usual ver cómo a las empresas familiares se les coloca el sambenito de que no duran por las dificultades derivadas del cambio generacion...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2024/la-necesaria-revitalizacion/
Climate change sell-out or landmark global warming fightback? Whatever your point of view, Cop28, the 28th such meeting of its kind, was not short on controversy. This year the event was held i...
As 2023 draws to a close, I would like to look back and ahead as I have done in past years. The ancient Roman god Janus—the god of beginnings and endings, gates, transitions, time and, duality...
https://blog.iese.edu/expatriatus/2023/12/19/what-will-the-future-of-global-mobility-look-like/
Numerous studies blame gender-based job segregation for the stubborn gender wage gap. However, women who do the same work as men in the same company are still not paid the same as their male coun...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2023/gender-wage-gap-fixing-the-ladders-broken-rung/
Mi intención al ponerme delante del ordenador para escribir este post era retomar el tema de los aspectos que hay que considerar a la hora de pensar si ha llegado el momento de vender la empresa...
https://blog.iese.edu/empresario-mundo/2023/consejos-a-la-hora-de-vender-la-empresa/
Javier Cottet is the president of Cottet Óptica, a family-owned Spanish firm that traces its roots to the late 1800s in industrial France. In 2019, the company revitalized its business model wit...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2023/cottet-optica-serving-customers-since-1902/
Recent research by McKinsey confirms the adaptability, resilience and impact of family-owned firms, whose structures and best practices leave them uniquely equipped to navigate business challenge...
https://blog.iese.edu/family-business/2023/mckinsey-45-equals-fob-outperformance/