Archive for May/2011

Check out this official video from IE that allows you to “Discover Madrid” from wherever you are. As you can see, it’s one one of the most exciting capital cities in Europe, and home to IE Business School, a unique institution with an innovative and entrepreneurial approach to education.

The 7th Annual IE Global Village will take place on IE’s Madrid campus on Thursday, May 26. The festival of cultural diversity has become an iconic event among IE students. This year students from over 40 countries will be showcasing the best of their home countries’ culture, food, art and tradition, coupled with over 15 entertainment sessions throughout the afternoon. The event will run from 3.30pm to 8pm.  Tickets cost 15 euros and proceeds will fund IE’s 6th annual Social Responsibility Forum in November.

The event is one of the most popular at the school. IE’s Net Impact Club, which is hosting the event, sold all 600 tickets for the event in just a few hours. Entertainment will include capoeira, flamenco guitar, belly dancing, and a show by the IE Band!

Check back here for photos after the event. In the meantime, enjoy the videos from past years!

Due to the great past success of the IE DAY we are proud to celebrate “IE Women’s Day” on June 1st. The event, themed “Women without fear of power,”  will take place in the Aula Magna located at 13, 15 Maria de Molina Str. IE´s Headquarters in Madrid.

The event will begin at 19:30 and feature three special guests:

• Mónica Deza, vice president of Innovation of the McCann World Group in Spain and Counselor of APD
• Mª Paz Sánchez, Director of General Electric Capital in Spain
• Elisa Martínez de Miguel, Executive Partner of Newmann International

These women have enjoyed success in their careers, and they will share with us their personal experiences, opinions about the current position of women in the world and their professional development.

This event is open to all candidates — both women and men — and will showcase all of IE’s educational programs. Guests will have the opportunity to receive first-hand information regarding all the degrees and executive education programs IE offers.

The event will be conducted in Spanish. If you are interested in attending, please register here.

The event follows another IE DAY that took place in May focused on Energy and Climate Change that featured Jesús Abadía, an IE Executive MBA and president of Environment and Sustainable Development at ENDESA.

Ignacio de la Torre

Following the success of the previous Master Class: Five Financial Predictions for 2011 which took place in Geneva in March, IE Business School is organizing the upcoming Master Classes on the same topic in Paris (May 23), Frankfurt (May 31) and Moscow (June 9). The Master Classes will be given by Ignacio de la Torre, Academic Director of the Masters in Finance at IE Business School. The event is open to all prospective candidates of IE´s Masters in Finance programs or any other programs, alumni and everyone else who is interested.

For more information, visit the IE Masters in Finance blog or e-mail europe@ie.edu.

Master Class: Creating Competitive
Advantage Beyond the Market

What: A talk with IE Dean of MBA
programs David Bach on
global business and politics
When: May 25, 2011, 19.00-21.30
Where: Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan,
Pirin Conference Room,
5 Sveta Nedelya Square
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Register Now

David Bach

The point where business and politics meet is the main focus of David Bach’s teaching and research activities. According to Prof. Bach, “Politics has always been important for business, but owing to globalization and new demands on companies, executives must more than ever engage in skilful political management.”

The opening up of domestic industries and foreign markets has given companies tremendous new opportunities. However, new public scrutiny facilitated by the Internet and 24h news media combined with the need to simultaneously manage different social and political environments is posing fresh challenges. As a result, the so-called ‘non-market environment’ of business is becoming increasingly important for the formulation and implementation of strategy. Participants will be able to experience a real class lectured by the dean of IE MBA programs and renowned international professor.

Please register here.