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CONTENTS Alejandro Beltrán (MBA ’98) “We’ll have to reinvent ourselves every four or five years”
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THE AGILITY OF A START-UP AND THE STRENGTH OF A CORPORATION
IESE’s awards for the initiatives of young alumni 40under40, entrepreneurs to watch
28 Josep Maria Pujol (PDG ’64), chairman of Ficosa “If I stopped dreaming, I would die”
46 Carmina Roca and Rafael PichAguilera Women and Leadership Chair Creating businesses without glass ceilings
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IDEAS
Nurturing global leadership talent Prof. B. Sebastian Reiche
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CROSSROADS
New era for the Alumni Association 20 Incubating investment groups 30 Entrepreneurs Toni Cabal (PADE ’11), Fragrance Science and Drops Barcelona 34 New Alumni Mentoring platform 36 Expansion of the Barcelona south campus 38 How you can help achieve a more sustainable world 40 What if success meant something else? 42 Agenda 45
PEOPLE
In Memoriam Professor Fernando Pereira 52 In Memoriam Professor Antoni Subirà 56 Becoming a senior leader 58 You’re in the news 60
LIFE
Chapter news 66 Executive Education graduations 71
FINAL
A nudge to do more Prof. Kate Barasz
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