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		<title>¿Cómo ha cambiado la manera de gestionar empresas en los últimos 30 años? - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
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<em><strong>Joaquín Garralda, Vice Decano de IE Business School, Director del Centro PwC & IE de Responsabilidad Corporativa</strong></em></p>

<p>Artículo publlicado en <a href="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Articulo%205%20d%EDas%2030%20a%F1os%2023%20de%20junio%202008.pdf">Cinco Días</a>. </p>

<p>Cuando se trata de hacer comparaciones en el tiempo, hay que tener presente la miopía de la memoria que tiende a dar más relevancia a los acontecimientos recientes que a los pasados, y en consecuencia, se tiende a leer el pasado transformándolo a través de las preocupaciones de hoy. Para evitarlo he repasado los títulos de los artículos de hace 30 años de la revista Harvard Business Review (HBR), comparándolos con los de este año. </p>

<p>De este análisis merece la pena destacar varios temas que han evolucionado:</p>

<p>• Se hablaba de Planificación y presupuestos en base cero y algo (poco) de liderazgo; actualmente no se menciona nada relacionado con la planificación y el tema del liderazgo es muy relevante.<br />
• El modelo a seguir era el japonés, las multinacionales se enfrentaban al problema de las estructuras matriciales  y en un solo artículo se mencionaba el riesgo de “tener una oficina en Moscú”. Hoy se habla de otros países asiáticos que no son Japón y se comenta desde varios ángulos – político, empresarial, medioambiental y social - los temas relacionados con la “cadena de suministro”, concepto que hace años ni se mencionaba.<br />
• Los temas sociales y medioambientales tienen  ahora un peso que no tenían hace treinta años.<br />
Es una curiosa coincidencia que en el ejemplar de la revista HBR de enero de este año (2008), Michael Porter hace una revisión de un artículo que se publicó en esta misma revista el año 1979 (casi coincide con el período de 30 años) – How competitive forces shape strategy - y que ha supuesto un hito en el estudio de esta materia. ¿Qué es lo que el actualmente renombrado profesor Porter - entonces profesor asociado - de la Harvard Business School considera que ha cambiado?  </p>

<p>A pesar de que las novedades ocurridas las  integra como “otros factores” en algunas de sus cinco fuerzas -  dando a entender que su artículo mantiene su vigencia casi sin retoques - considero que por su relevancia se deben dar más protagonismo a algunas de estas novedades.  </p>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:30:37 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>IE Business School Students to Attend  the Women&apos;s Forum for the Economy and Society - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
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<em><strong>Waya Quiviger, Director of Special Projects, Social Impact Management</strong></em></p>

<p>IE Business School is pleased to announce a new collaborative agreement with the Women’s Forum, an organization based in Paris, France that promotes women's vision on the economic and social issues that matter most and that are at the heart of the most compelling concerns of our times. Rated by the Financial Times in 2007 as one of the world's top five international most influential forums, the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society has become in only three years an international must-attend event. </p>

<p>At its third edition last October, the Women’s Forum Global Meeting organized in Deauville (France) reached a new dimension. It welcomed nearly 1,200 leaders and opinion trendsetters from all walks of life – the economy, politics, culture or academia. Participants represented over 70 countries; there were 150 speakers of international renown and a programme containing over 60 lectures, debates and workshops.</p>

<p>In an attempt to integrate the future generation of leaders, the Women's Forum invites every year an International Student Delegation to attend its flagship Global Meeting in Deauville. The International Student Team aims at opening the Women’s Forum to a selected number of students to create links between the 1,200 women leaders and the future generation of businessmen and women. It is a unique opportunity for young students to attend and contribute to an exclusive event. It is the chance for those students to meet influential leaders and conduct research with a team of international students from high-ranking universities. The Women's Forum will welcome two female MBA students from IE Business School in Deauville from October 16th to 18th. They will be part of a group of 20 students from all over the world that have been specially selected because of their outstanding profiles and keen interest in promoting women's issues. IE Business School is delighted to participate in this special initiative.</p>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:47:28 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>Without outside pressure, corporations will not take meaningful action on sustainability - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="Max_P.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Max_P.jpg" width="68" height="76" align="left" style="margin: 10px";/><em><strong>Max Oliva, Associate Director, Social Impact Management</strong></em></p>

<p>The <strong><a href="http://www.economist.com">Economist</a></strong> is holding an online debate on Corporate Sustainability. The main question their asking is weather outside pressure is required for companies to take meaningful action on sustainability. The debate will be held during this week and until June 27th. </p>

<p>On the Pro side, Mindy Lubber, President of <strong><a href="http://www.ceres.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=705&srcid=705">Ceres</a></strong>, comments on her opening statement the following: <br />
“Outsiders—investors, environmentalists, public interest groups, other industry experts—have an essential role in pressuring companies on their handling of environmental and social threats. They should be asking tough questions; they should be offering creative, out-of-the-box ideas; they should be demanding real action; and they should be holding companies accountable.”</p>

<p>On the Con side, Björn Stigson, President of the <strong><a href="http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD5/layout.asp?MenuID=1">WBCSD</a></strong> opens with the following statement:<br />
"The resolution puts the relations between business and the rest of society into unhelpfully antagonistic terms. Business, in the black hat, is the recalcitrant offender, with no internal motivation to do the right thing while outside parties are the good sheriff, enforcing meaningful action on sustainability in an otherwise lawless frontier. </p>

<p>The resolution implies the following:<br />
1. External influences are the main motivation for corporations in addressing sustainability issues.<br />
2. Pressure is the best description of the relations between stakeholders and business.<br />
3. Corporations always resist external accountability.<br />
4. External pressure is both necessary and sufficient to get corporations to take meaningful action on sustainability."</p>

<p>Where do you stand on this debate? Take part on the conversation at the <strong><a href="http://www.economist.com/debate/index.cfm?debate_id=8&action=hall">Debate Hall</a></strong>. <br />
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:38:26 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>Pay for luck - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
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<em><strong>Joaquín Garralda, Vice Decano de IE Business School, Director del Centro PwC & IE de Responsabilidad Corporativa</strong></em></p>

<p>El día 5 de junio asistí a un seminario para docentes que patrocinaba la Fundación Rafael del Pino  en colaboración con la Universidad Complutense, en el que participaba la profesora María Guadalupe de Columbia Business School. Extraigo una observación que hizo el profesor Alvaro Cuervo en su presentación: “Los banqueros que formaban parte del jurado que te dió el premio a tu artículo, estaban muy contentos con las conclusiones de tu investigación”. En su artículo académico, la investigadora se cuestionaba sobre las razones del importante aumento de los salarios de los altos directivos en los años pasados. Se planteaba si la razón fundamental era un “pay for luck”,  fruto de su poder en la empresa que en momentos en que el ciclo económico es muy positivo les es fácil subirse el salario, o si se debía más a la complejidad competitiva de sobrevivir en un mercado más globalizado. </p>

<p>La conclusión era que el factor que explicaba mejor el ascenso en retribuciones, no era el posible efecto de la “Teoría de la Agencia” que permite a la alta dirección subirse el sueldo en contra de los intereses de los accionistas, sino el aumento de complejidad atribuible al incremento de importaciones competitivas como resultado de la globalización de los mercados.</p>

<p>El artículo tiene más razones que podrían considerarse a favor de la justificación de las subidas retributivas - como el aumento del porcentaje de la parte variable sobre la retribución total - , pero la reflexión que hago aquí es si una justificación académica tiene suficiente fuerza frente a una percepción generalizada de abuso, que se desprende de muchos artículos en los medios de comunicación.  A pesar de que a los banqueros les haya gustado, no creo que lo vayan a utilizar como argumento “fuerte” en debates públicos en los que prefieren mantener un perfil bajo sobre el tema. </p>]]></description>
		<link>http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/2008/06/pay_for_luck.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:39:30 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>Prince of Asturias Award for fight against malaria in Africa - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="Max_P.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Max_P.jpg" width="68" height="76" align="left" style="margin: 10px";/><em><strong>Max Oliva, Associate Director, Social Impact Management</strong></em> </p>

<p>This year’s <a href="http://www.fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/ing/01/noticia730.html">Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation</a> has been awarded to the organizations leading the fight against malaria in Africa, which are: <strong><a href="http://www.ihrdc.or.tz/index.html">The Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre</a></strong> (Tanzania), the <a href="http://obtoure.africa-web.org/">Malaria Research and Training Centre</a> (Mali), the <a href="http://www.ghana-khrc.org/">Kintampo Health Research Centre</a> (Ghana) and the Manhiça Centre of Health Research (Mozambique).<br />
<a href="http://www.fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/ing/01/noticia730.html"><img alt="Ifakara and more.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Ifakara%20and%20more.jpg" width="350" height="174" align="right" style="margin: 10px";/></a><br />
I had the opportunity to spend a week at Ifakara visiting the Centre there, while doing a case study on how Novartis has been integrating corporate responsibility to the core of their strategy. There, we went more in depth on their Malaria program, supported by the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, and it certainly was very interesting to see the work being done in regards to its prevention, through social marketing and others, viewing their <strong><a href="http://www.novartisfoundation.org/page/content/index.asp?Menu=3&MenuID=233&ID=520&Item=44.3">access to effective treatment of malaria</a></strong>, attacking the mosquitoes, the parasite, etc. </p>

<p>My most sincere congratulations to the people who have been working for the past years on this project. There’s certainly still a very long way to go but it is fundamental that their work is recognized and we can focus more our attention to the problem and its solutions.  </p>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 10:22:05 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>La maldición de la riqueza natural - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="Joaquin Garralda 2.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/Joaquin%20Garralda%202.jpg" width="90" height="120" align="left" style="margin: 10px"; /><img alt="PwC&IE Logo.gif" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/PwC%26IE%20Logo.gif" width="174" height="89" align="right" style="margin: 10px";/><br />
<em><strong>Joaquín Garralda, Vice Decano de IE Business School, Director del Centro PwC & IE de Responsabilidad Corporativa</strong></em></p>

<p>Ayer asistí a un taller sobre la Iniciativa de Transparencia de las Industrias  Extractivas (<strong><a href="http://eitransparency.org/">EITI</a></strong> en inglés), en el que la doctora Karl, profesora de la Universidad de Stanford, mantenía que la causa de la pobreza e inestabilidad social de la mayoría de los países que son ricos en recursos naturales, en especial en petróleo, no se debía fundamentalmente a que los gobiernos fueran corruptos - que lo son a menudo y que es la parte visible del iceberg en muchos casos -, sino porque se había truncado la relación “natural” entre los ciudadanos y el estado. </p>

<p>Históricamente el estado va creciendo a partir de las aportaciones que hacen los ciudadanos con sus impuestos; sin embargo, en el caso de muchos países ricos en petróleo, el estado puede crecer mediante las transferencias de recursos de los demás países, sin tener que apelar  a las rentas y ahorros de sus ciudadanos. Esta diferencia, tiene varias consecuencias. Por un lado, el estado, al no pedirles nada, no necesita tenerlos de su lado o aprobar sus proyectos. Por otro, al tener una fuente de ingresos que no está sometida a un intenso escrutinio por los ciudadanos, suelen utilizar los recursos de una manera arbitraria, favoreciendo a unos grupos frente a otros. Estos grupos favorecidos, suelen estar elegidos por el líder político de tal manera que le deban todo - como ya  recomendaba Maquiavelo en su obra “El Príncipe”  - lo que les hace ser profundamente fieles – en formas y conductas – a quien les ha favorecido. Para tratar de evitar la más mínima posibilidad de que el poderoso albergue una ligera duda de su lealtad, que le indujera a cambiar de colectivo favorecido con la misma arbitrariedad con la que les benefició en su momento, sus comportamientos son radicales y repetitivos. La consecuencia lógica de esta situación es que los líderes que alcanzan el poder cuando el precio del petróleo está alto, permanecen en él durante un período mayor que la media de los países, siendo además muy posible que el sistema político degenere en una dictadura deshumanizada.</p>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 17:04:42 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>Training and Mentoring Program for Women-Led Businesses in Africa - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="Waya.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Waya.jpg" width="90" height="105" align="left" style="margin: 10px";/><br />
<em><strong>Waya Quiviger, Director of Special Projects, Social Impact Management</strong></em></p>

<p>IE Business School is pleased to announce a new “Training and Mentoring Program for Women-Led Business”, as developed by Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) together with the Center for Diversity in Global Management and the Department of Entrepreneurial Management at the IE . Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) is an African NGO working to foster peace in Africa. Since its inception in 1996, FAS has striven to strengthen and promote the leading role of women in the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts on the African continent. </p>

<p>This Training and Mentoring Program is generously sponsored by the Government of Spain (AECI). Its aim is to assist 25 entrepreneurial women who have established business enterprises with strong growth potential in Liberia, DRC, Rwanda, Senegal, Mozambique and South Africa. Once identified, these 25 female entrepreneurs are paired up with one or two volunteer International MBA students who, over the course of the summer, will 1) meet them in person in Madrid during the women’s on-site training; 2) visit them for 2 to 4 weeks in their respective countries and give them personal assistance for their business locally; 3) continue their business consulting over email. Of the 25 candidates, 10 will be selected after the summer to present their business plan to a panel of investors in Geneva in October. Some IMBA students will have the opportunity to accompany their business mentee to Geneva.</p>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 10:31:49 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>A visual account on world changing events - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="Max_P.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Max_P.jpg" width="68" height="76" align="left" style="margin: 10px";/><em><strong>Max Oliva, Associate Director, Social Impact Management</strong></em> <a href="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?id=10851538&siteID=123112"><img alt="TEDBIGVIZ.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/TEDBIGVIZ.jpg" width="192" height="108" align="right" style="margin: 10px";/></a></p>

<p>Year after year events take place at IE and elsewhere which demand remembrance, sharing and continuity on the conversations they entail. It is an energy which can hardly be shared if not lived and due to an overloaded agenda of work which awaits for us at the office as we return to our daily schedules; whichever experience quickly diffuses between layers of paper and email. Or not? How about a <strong><a href="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?id=10851538&siteID=123112">visual experience</a></strong>? This is what TED is doing with their annual gathering. </p>

<p>Certainly their videos on TED Talks already make accessible their content to a broad range of people who cannot make it to the event. But this visual portrait of each session helps not only retain the key messages but perhaps relieve for a brief moment the experience which took place at each conversation. I looked more into detail at that conversation given by <strong><a href="http://www.benjaminzander.com/">Ben Zander</a></strong>; I was not on that specific session, but I have been twice in sessions with him and it certainly allowed me to relieve those moments. Perhaps it is an exercise worth exploring if you want your audience to leave your events with something to take home with them.<br />
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:45:37 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>Innoversity: de la diversidad intangible a la innovación empresarial - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="ybrana.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/ybrana.jpg" width="53" height="64" align="left" style="margin: 10px";/><br />
<em><strong>Yanire Braña, Directora Programa MET</strong></em></p>

<p>Publicado en <strong><a href="http://www.materiabiz.com/mbz/estrategiaymarketing/nota.vsp?tok=1210232135320&nid=36282">MateriaBiz</a></strong>. </p>

<p><em>Competencia por el talento y el poder de la marca son condicionantes fundamentales del ambiente de negocios actual. En este marco, la gestión de la diversidad es un componente esencial de la innovación para crear y mantener ventajas competitivas.</em></p>

<p>En estos tiempos globalizados de mercados cambiantes, la innovación es la única vía para mantener o crear una ventaja competitiva sostenible en el tiempo. Pero las empresas más innovadoras saben que innovar no se reduce únicamente a crear o modificar productos o servicios.</p>

<p>En ocasiones, lo importante es la creación de una infraestructura de personas y procesos para responder a las necesidades actuales o futuras. Muchos de estos procesos son formales, explícitamente definidos y documentados. Otros, no menos importantes, son informales y toman la forma de rutinas o modos de trabajo que evolucionan con el tiempo. Ahora bien, la necesidad de crecer y rentabilizar el negocio hace que muchas empresas centren su mirada en la innovación relacionada con sus competidores y clientes.</p>]]></description>
		<link>http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/2008/05/innoversity_de.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:18:19 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>Seguridad Energética - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="Manuel Rincon.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Manuel%20Rincon.jpg" width="80" height="80" align="left" style="margin: 10px";/><br />
<em><strong>Manuel Rincon, PhD, Knowledge Management Officer, United Nations ESCAP</strong></em></p>

<p>La Seguridad Energética (Energy Security) está en muchas de las agendas de discusión de Asia y del resto del mundo. Este tema interdisciplinar nos interesa desde una de sus perspectivas, las oportunidades de negocio que está generando para el sector privado, las ONGs y los gobiernos de países desarrollados y menos desarrollados.</p>

<p>Los 62 países de Asia Pacífico están reunidos en la sede de Naciones Unidas de Bangkok para definir el conflicto y proponer medidas. Están buscando estas oportunidades en toda la cadena de valor del sector energía, desde la generación hasta la atención al cliente, pero las más claras las ofrece la financiación e inversión de la infraestructura y la provisión de nuevos servicios energéticos.</p>

<p>La Seguridad Energética se define de la forma más simple como el conjunto de medidas para la protección contra la falta de fuentes de energía a precio razonable, que para los países importadores de energía significa la búsqueda de oferta externa garantizada. Pero el concepto cobra toda su dimensión cuando se refiere a los más desfavorecidos. Así el objetivo de la Seguridad Energética se establece como la garantía de acceso a energía para los pobres, así como la promoción de energías sostenibles.</p>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:17:54 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>Where will they Lead? MBA 2008 Student Survey - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="Max_P.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Max_P.jpg" width="68" height="76" align="left" style="margin: 10px";/><em><strong>Max Oliva, Associate Director, Social Impact Management</strong></em> </p>

<p>The Aspen Institute has just released their "Where Will They Lead? 2008” survey of more than 1,900 MBA student’s attitudes about business and society. It is interesting when compared with the same surveys they've realized several years ago, which show interesting trends and a promising growth on the conversation, although it proves that we still have a long way to go in order to provide proper content in order to make the case in "value terms" in regards to business and society. <br />
<a href="http://www.aspencbe.org/documents/ExecutiveSummaryMBAStudentAttitudesReport2008.pdf"><img alt="Where will they lead 2008.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Where%20will%20they%20lead%202008.jpg" width="110" height="85" align="right" style="margin: 10px";/></a></p>

<p>&#61670; Some key findings that deserve to be highlighted are that MBA programs definitively influence the way students think about the role of business and its relationship to society once they become managers and leaders. </p>

<p>&#61670; Business students in 2007 are thinking more broadly about the primary responsibilities of a company, considering “creating value for the communities in which they operate” as a primary business responsibility.</p>

<p>&#61670; MBA students express more interest in finding work that offers the potential of making a contribution to society. 26% of respondents say it is an important factor in their job selection compared with 15% in 2002.  </p>

<p>&#61670; Yet, business schools and companies have not convinced them that environmental and social responsibility contribute to corporate financial success.</p>

<p>As <strong><a href="http://blog.clearadmit.com/2008/04/aspen-institute-survey-finds-mba-students-increasingly-focused-on-corporate-social-responsibility-less-so-on-the-environment/">Clear Admit Blog</a></strong> states, “In a broader sense, the most important finding is that students seem to be taking a more holistic view of the role of business in society,” Nancy McGaw, deputy director of the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program, said in a statement announcing the report’s release. “But the findings also suggest that while students may have these values, many of them sense those beliefs are not valued by employers or linked to career opportunities.”</p>

<p>Here you can see the evolution of the survey, which proves a very positive evolution, but still, a long way to go. <br />
<a href="http://www.aspeninstitute.org/atf/cf/%7BDEB6F227-659B-4EC8-8F84-8DF23CA704F5%7D/ASPEN%20EXEC%20SUM%20FINAL.PDF"><img alt="Where will they lead 2003.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Where%20will%20they%20lead%202003.jpg" width="84" height="65" align="left" style="margin: 10px";/></a><br />
<a href="http://www.aspencbe.org/documents/ExecutiveSummaryMBAStudentAttitudesReport2008.pdf">Where Will They Lead? 2008 Survey</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.aspeninstitute.org/atf/cf/%7BDEB6F227-659B-4EC8-8F84-8DF23CA704F5%7D/ASPEN%20EXEC%20SUM%20FINAL.PDF">Where Will They Lead? 2003 Survey</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.aspeninstitute.org/atf/cf/%7BDEB6F227-659B-4EC8-8F84-8DF23CA704F5%7D/SAS.PDF">Where Will They Lead? 2001 Survey</a>. </p>]]></description>
		<link>http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/2008/04/where_will_they_1.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:03:47 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>Más petróleo, ¿a qué precio? - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blogs.ie.edu/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=123&Template=corporateResponsibility&search=carrillo"><img alt="Javier Carrillo.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Javier%20Carrillo.jpg" width="90" height="120" align="left" style="margin: 10px";/></a><br />
<em><strong>Dr. Javier Carrillo Hermosilla, Executive Director of the Centre for Eco-Intelligent Management</strong></em></p>

<p>El pasado martes concluyó el <a href="http://www.ief2008.it/">11th International Energy Forum</a>, una iniciativa constituida en 1991 con el fin de impulsar el diálogo entre países productores y consumidores de petróleo y gas. El evento reunió en Roma durante dos días en torno a 60 ministros de la energía, 50 representantes de organizaciones internacionales (FMI, OPEP e IEA –Agencia Internacional de la Energía–, entre otras) y directivos de 40 grupos del sector energético mundial.</p>

<p>Las conclusiones alcanzadas fueron las previsibles. El problema, a corto plazo y con visos de quedarse: nada garantiza que el precio del petróleo detenga su escalada, ante una demanda imparable de energía que pone en riesgo el crecimiento, el medio ambiente e incluso el suministro de alimentos; la oferta (OPEP) se lavó una vez más las manos, responsabilizando a la especulación, impulsada por el debilitamiento del dólar. La solución, a largo plazo y con perspectivas poco halagüeñas: en palabras del director ejecutivo de la Agencia Internacional de la Energía, Nabuo Tanaka, una “revolución energética”. La IEA hará pública su perspectiva de esa revolución, y las acciones necesarias para reducir las emisiones de CO2 en un 50 por ciento hasta el año 2050, en un informe que será presentado el próximo mes de julio en la cumbre del G8 en Hokkaido (Japón). Tanaka adelantó que su propuesta exigirá “enormes cantidades” de inversión.</p>]]></description>
		<link>http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/2008/04/mas_petroleo_a.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:10:08 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>The business of green or “how to make money from the environment” - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="Waya.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Waya.jpg" width="90" height="105" align="left" style="margin: 10px";/><br />
<em><strong>Waya Quiviger, Director of Special Projects, Social Impact Management</strong></em></p>

<p>For the fifth year in a row, <strong><a href="http://www.iisd.org/about/staffbio.aspx?id=637">John Forgach</a></strong> who Chairs the Boards of the Equator Group, in New York, The Timber Group, in São Paulo, and Forestre Holdings UK Ltd, in London came to IE on March 10th in the context of the Global Affairs Forum. Like every year his session was a smash hit. The reasons for his lecture’s success are twofold. On the one hand is the topic itself: the business of green or “how to make money from the environment” is today an incredible business opportunity. Indeed, possibilities seem endless: from carbon trading, to reinsuring large plots of wooded areas, to trading specific animal species, the environment is a multibillion dollar market and the sooner one gets in, the larger the profits. And what could be more rewarding than protecting the planet and making money? The other reason for the session’s popularity of course is John Forgach’s charisma and uncanny persuasiveness.</p>

<p>As usual, students swarmed around John after he finished his talk. They kept him for an extra hour with questions. Already then, I had a sense that this year’s session had been particularly successful. This was later confirmed by John himself in the following email excerpt: “The lecture seems to really have touched a cord with the students at IE. There has always been positive feedback but this time I am somewhat overwhelmed. Following my Mar 10 lecture, we have received 82 CVs and 18 direct meeting requests, 12 internship requests and 7 employment requests! 4 students have asked for assistance in their business plans. “<br />
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This GAF lecture could not have made a more significant impact. My only regret is that only half of the International MBA class had the privilege to hear John Forgach speak. Next year, I will ask him to give his lecture twice.</p>]]></description>
		<link>http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/2008/04/the_business_of_2.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:43:38 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>El tren de Bali a Copenhague parte desde Bangkok - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blogs.ie.edu/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=123&Template=corporateResponsibility&search=carrillo"><img alt="Javier Carrillo.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Javier%20Carrillo.jpg" width="90" height="120" align="left" style="margin: 10px";/></a><br />
<em><strong>Dr. Javier Carrillo Hermosilla, Executive Director of the Centre for Eco-Intelligent Management</strong></em></p>

<p>Hace unos días se celebró en Bangkok la primera de las cuatro rondas de negociación internacional sobre cambio climático que tendrán lugar durante 2008, arrancando así el programa de trabajo que se acordó el pasado mes de diciembre en Bali. "The train to Copenhagen has left the station", exclamó a su conclusión Yvo de Boer, secretario ejecutivo del United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, curiosamente en línea con el título del post publicado en diciembre en este blog [<a href="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/2007/12/post_1.php">1</a>].</p>

<p>La siguiente ronda tendrá lugar en junio en Bonn, y en ella se discutirá el establecimiento de medidas para la adaptación al cambio climático, el desarrollo y transferencia de tecnologías limpias, y el establecimiento de esquemas de financiación e inversión en apoyo de las anteriores medidas. En Ghana, durante el mes de agosto, se abordará el problema de la deforestación. Finalmente en diciembre, durante la Conferencia de las Partes (COP) que tendrá lugar en Poznan (Polonia), se ofrecerá un informe sobre los progresos alcanzados durante 2008. El próximo año será aún más intenso, también con cuatro reuniones programadas, pero de mayor duración. Todo ello con el objetivo final de alcanzar un acuerdo en Copenhague en diciembre de 2009 entre las 192 partes de la UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) sobre el plan de acción a partir del 2012, fecha en la que expira el actual Protocolo de Kioto.</p>]]></description>
		<link>http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/2008/04/el_tren_de_bali.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:21:24 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>EcologIE welcomes Oceana - Instituto de Empresa Business School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="EcologIE.jpg" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/EcologIE.jpg" width="234" height="97" align="left" style="margin: 10px";/></p>

<p>This Tuesday, 15 April, IE and ecologIE welcome three representatives from Oceana International: <br />
• Concha Martinez, Director of Development<br />
• Rebecca Greenberg, Marine Scientist<br />
• Silvia Garcia, Marine Scientist</p>

<p>For those of you who are not already familiar with the organization, Oceana is a leading international organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the world’s oceans. They have offices in North America, Europe, and South America.</p>

<p>This ecologIE event will be the first installment of our film series and one of several "awareness and action" evenings. Not only does ecologIE seek to promote environmental awareness, but also to communicate how young professionals can take action and be part of the solution. The event will last for approximately one hour and will include a brief introduction from our guest speakers and the screening of four short Oceana documentary videos.<br />
<img alt="Oceana.png" src="http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/Oceana.png" width="268" height="79" align="right" style="margin: 10px";/><br />
We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday evening to explore this interesting and important topic as we continue to learn how we as professionals can incorporate environmental awareness and action into our everyday professional and personal lives.</p>

<p>"ecologIE welcomes Oceana", Tuesday April 15, 2008<br />
Serrano 105, IE Business School, 6pm - 7pm</p>]]></description>
		<link>http://corporateresponsibility.blogs.ie.edu/archives/2008/04/ecologie_welcom.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:44:42 +0100</pubDate>
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