After 210km of walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostella for 8 days through rain, hail, snow, more rain, crazy wind I have finally reached back home in Germany. Oh what a feeling!!!!. What an experience. Today the journey continues to South East Asia.
I wanted to also let you know that some of the graduation party photos are online now on the ESADE Alumni website. Check out the photos of the pre-graduation party here and the graduation party here.
This MBA at ESADE has been an incredible and unforgettable experience for all of us. Now is the time look ahead and dive back into the business world and you might as well do that in style.
The Hamburg-based company Papermoles, a famous bookbinding company that produces the folders for some of the most luxurious yachts, restaurants and hotels in Northern Germany, provides a special edition of its leatherfolders to ESADE.
These handmade folders are made of the highest quality upper leather, pure wool for the inside and each one individualised with your name on the front cover. At the end of the day it is all about you and “Enjoy business your way” pretty much says it all.
They are offering us the special edition, which will have black leather on the outside and blue wool on the inside corresponding to the ESADE colors. Each folder will have your name embossed on the front cover and if you wish also the ESADE logo below (for a fee). You can chose between the formats A5 (PortBook) and A4 (PortRing) and the prices will be reduced of course depending on the quantity ordered. Don’t forget that this is the highest German quality.
In case you are interested please drop me an email (here) with your name and size of the folder that you are interested in by Monday evening (15.03.10) and I will organise the folders before graduation. Images of the folders are below. Check out the entire Papermoles Catalogue (German) in case you want different colors and different products. You can chose among 4 different leather colors and 8 differend wool colors in any combination you wish because it is all about individualism at the end of the day.
I have been using mine for the last year so if you want to see them I am more than happy to show them to you!!!! I am proud of it! I don’t only love my folder ut I have bought several now…
Papermoles.com
Papermoles.com
The team of ESADE Business School in the Citizen Act Competition disclosed the outcomes of their “information responsibility poll” last week. Almost all of the visitors of their site agreed that educating consumers about finance is primarily a responsibility of the finance industry.
Next question now must be: how are the banks doing it now?
To get an impression they are gathering anecdotes people might have on how banks did or did not educate consumers. So far, they have some interesting examples from India and the Netherlands. It would be interesting to see what examples exist from the rest of the world. Join the discussion in the quest for change here.
The Cleantech and Environment Club is setting up a registration table today, March 4th, starting at 10:30 outside the cafeteria on the 2nd Floor to sign up participants for next Tuesday, March 9th’s, BiCE event.
Even if your primary interest is Banking or Consulting and not necessarily in Cleantech, this is a perfect opportunity to network with Consultants, Politicians, Investors and Business Angels, Academics, Industry groups and Multinational Companies.
It’s a full day event packed with more than 30 speakers from different companies, plenty of food and drinks, and tons of dedicated interaction time between the audience and speakers.
BiCE has been featured in the Wall Street Journal Europe (March 3rd issue) under the Future Leadership Institute section. For full details or to register online, kindly log on to www.bicesummit.com
Business in Cleantech & Environment Summit 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Time: 11:00 – 19:45
ESADE FORUM
Av. Pedralbes 60-62
E-08034
Barcelona, Spain
For full details, kindly log on to www.bicesummit.com
Register here
For queries, please contact mbacleanenergyclub@esade.edu
Considering that I am graduating in a few weeks, I have been thinking about the future of this blog. What shall I do with it?
Help me with your opinions and thoughts because I think that this blog has turned out to be a great medium of discussion and interaction among students, faculty and staff.
In addition the Google rank is very good, which makes it quite attractive to the person taking over the blog ;)
Who is interested in continuing this blog? Drop me an email at myesademba@gmail.com
Tanvi B Savla, Louise Ralston and Bas van Ulden, Fulltime MBA 2011 students, made it to the second round of Société Générale’s Citizen Act competition. Their “Bank Better” concept received praise from the jury for originality and thoroughness. They now need your help!!!!!!!
The next round is about getting their fellow students involved in their thinking. To accomplish this, they will be maintaining a discussion forum (Blog) for the next three weeks until 12th March, on the topic of “Do people need to be taught how to handle their personal finances?”. The forum (Blog) will feature a different poll each day and the team will be evaluated based on the number of visitors to the blog as well as number of useful comments people make on it. So let’s hear your thoughts here.
Source: Citizen Act Competition
If today is the 26th of February, then today in one month is our graduation! WOW… the time has flown past and so many things have happened. This is really stunning. In addition today we submitted the third and last part of our Business Plan for Entrepreneurship class. That means that my last major essay for this MBA is done… Time to celebrate with one eye and to cry with the other one.
You know what I also noticed, which I find quite strange? For two months in a row the 1st day of the month is on a Monday. Let’s take it is a good omen.
ESADE has always been promoting feedback and now opened up a forum for better idea exchanging among students, alumni and staff called “Moving ESADE“. The discussions so far have been mainly focused on Scholarships (Youtube video) and Research (Youtube Video) however this is only the beginning. For those of you wanting to move ESADE to becoming one of the best schools in the world, join the discussions. Now it is your time to speak up and to be constructive!
I suggest that you join the Moving ESADE discussion on Nexus (besides Facebook and Linkedin) because it provides the best platform for a discussion. In fact I disapprove of this discussion being held on Facebook or LinkedIn because outsiders also could get potential access.
One last note: I really hope that this is not only a discussion because promoting a discussion and asking for feedback is easy. Implementing change is the difficult part! As we have learned: When you ask for feedback you raise expectations…
After two meetings with the Career Services yesterday it seems that your feedback on the article had an impact. It is not quite official yet but the following changes are planned for the coming days and weeks:
Obviously not all of these are a result of the blog article and coincide with some changes that have been planned anyhow but it is a good development in any case.
These are all high aspirations and it is important that they are being implemented however most probably this will take some time. However I still hope and think that it is important that the outgoing students see the changes implemented before leaving in two months.
On the other side we still have to acknowledge that they always put in a lot of efforts into attracting companies to campus, organising the career week, etc. And you can’t honestly expect them to offer you placements. We do all need to be proactive ourselves. The crisis is bad for placements but that’s was already clear when we started, no?
In any case the latest discussions and feedback from us students have been heard. Let’s see and good job hunting!!
Please join us on Tuesday, February the 2nd at 18.30 in Room A018.
The Operations and Entrepreneurship Clubs would like to invite you to attend “Operations in a Family Business” presented by Ignasi Cusido, CEO of LAMP Lighting and member of ESADE alumni society. LAMP Lighting, which is based out of Barcelona, has been one of the leading light innovators within the industry since its inception in 1972.
Ignasi’s presentation will focus on LAMP’s Operational Strategy as it expands its international presence. LAMP is a family business that offers a personalised service to clients and is totally involved in the projects it participates in by providing a comprehensive, innovative and aesthetic service.
Several readers have contacted me to provide information about the ESADE MBA that is essentially on the website of ESADE. Therefore I decided to write this directory that you will also find on the right side as a separate page for easy access (click here).
NAME: ESADE, Ramon Llull University
HISTORY: ESADE timeline since 1958
LOCATION: ESADE MBA, Avinguda d’Esplugues, 92, 08034 Barcelona, España
FACILITIES: Barcelona-Pedralbes Campus, Barcelona-Sant Cugat Campus, Madrid Campus, Buenos Aires Campus
PROGRAMS: Full Time MBA – 12, 15 or 18 months (Brochures, Information Sessions), Part Time MBA, Executive MBA and Global Executive MBA, all other courses
RANKING: Overview (Business Week, FT, Wall Street Journal, Aspen Institute, America Economia)
ADMISSIONS: Full Time MBA, Part Time MBA
DATES: Application deadlines, interview dates, information sessions, news
GMAT: Preparation Courses
COURSE: Core courses and electives
CAREER: Parners and recruiters (Recruiter Portal)
ALLIANCES: Academic partners and Exchange Programs
FINANCE: Full Time MBA Financial Aid, Scholarships
STUDENTS: Full Time MBA Class Profile
FACULTY & RESEARCH: Directory and Profiles
STUDENT ASSOCIATION: MBASA
ALUMNI: ESADE Alumni
BLOG: ESADE MBA Blog
STUDENT LIFE: All about Barcelona and ESADE
My ESADE MBA 