The National Director of MBA Programs offers a keynote address to Austrian and German businessmen and investors.

By JOSÉ ANGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

The challenges and opportunities of nearshoring in Mexico were addressed in a keynote address by Eric Porras, National Director of MBA Programs at EGADE Business School, during the first edition of Austria Connect in the country.

The event organized by Advantage Austria Mexico, the commercial office of the Austrian Embassy in the country, was held on September 26 at the Club de Industriales, in Mexico City.

Before investors from Austria and Germany, Porras explained the new trends in nearshoring and reconfiguration strategies for global supply chains.

Likewise, he detailed the opportunities that Mexico has in the post-pandemic situation and how foreign companies can take advantage of the competitive advantages offered by the country to integrate into the supply chains of the North American region, in light of the T-MEC.

“As a product of the post-pandemic, which has led to high global transportation costs, almost quadrupling their pre-pandemic levels, the increase in fuel prices and various disruptions and shortages of products and components, Mexico has a historic opportunity to take advantage of the moment that we are experiencing worldwide around the reconfiguration of global supply chains and the so-called nearshoring, or approach of the supply bases of said chains”, said Porras.

According to data from the IDB, he stressed, Mexico is the country that can have the greatest benefit from this phenomenon in the Latin American region, with the capacity to generate benefits of the order of 35,000 million dollars a year in exports in different sectors, such as the automotive, aerospace and electronics.

The rankings include EGADE Business School’s Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Master in Finance, and Master in Business Management programs, and highlight the employability, entrepreneurship, and outcomes of EGADE Alumni across the world.

By  INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey reaffirmed its Latin American leadership, with the full-time MBA and the graduate degrees in Finance and Management as the best rated in the region, according to the 2023 rankings by the prestigious international ranking agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

Among the business schools in Mexico and Latin America, EGADE Business School is at the forefront, for the sixth consecutive year, in the QS Global MBA Rankings and the QS Business Master’s Rankings: Finance, and, for the third year, in the QS Business Master’s Rankings: Management.

The EGADE Business School programs evaluated in these rankings are the Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship,  Master in Finance, and Master in Business Management, obtaining the following results:

QS GLOBAL MBA RANKINGS 2023
The Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship was rated:

• #1 in Mexico and Latin America for the 6th year running
• #54 worldwide out of 296 programs considered from 47 countries
• #1 in Entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes in Latin America and #20 globally
• #1 in Employability in Latin America and #35 globally

QS BUSINESS MASTER’S RANKINGS: FINANCE 2023
The Master in Finance was rated:

• #1 in Mexico and Latin America for the 6th consecutive year
• #42 worldwide out of 189 programs considered from 37 countries
• #18 in Employability worldwide

QS BUSINESS MASTER’S RANKINGS: MANAGEMENT 2023
The Master in Business Management program was rated:

• #1 in Mexico and Latin America for the 3rd year running
• #46 worldwide out of 176 programs considered from 34 countries
• #31 in Employability worldwide

“These results fill us with great pride since they reflect the impact and transcendence of our extraordinary global community of alumni (EXATEC EGADE) and their achievements as entrepreneurs and business leaders; of our faculty who are internationally renowned for their exceptional instruction and their cutting-edge research connected to the current and future challenges of organizations; of our students who are transformational business leaders; and the wider EGADE community, encouraging us to continue to strengthen our purpose of rethinking the future of business so that it impacts the sustainable development of Latin America,” commented Horacio Arredondo, dean of EGADE Business School.

The QS Global MBA & Business Master’s Rankings highlight the best graduate programs in the world. All qualifying schools must be accredited by AACSB, AMBA or EQUIS (EGADE Business School has earned all three accreditations, known as the “Triple Crown”).

The indicators evaluated by QS include alumni employability; entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes; thought leadership; return on investment; and class and faculty diversity. As a whole, the QS rankings cover the graduate programs in greatest demand by employers from all over the world.

EGADE Business School’s top results in the 2023 editions can be found in the categories:

• Entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes, in which the Full-Time MBA ranked #1 in Latin America and #20 worldwide.
• Employability, with the Full-Time MBA placed #1 in the region and #35 worldwide; Master in Finance #18 worldwide; and Master in Business Management #31 globally.

The methodology of the rankings is based on four factors. The first –employer reputation– is a global survey of more than 61,000 employers, who identify the institutions from which they source their highest-impact employees; the second –global academic reputation– surveys over 48,000 academic leaders and deans from across the world; the third –alumni impact– consists of an evaluation of more than 27,000 successful alumni; and the fourth –academic information– corresponds to the information provided by the institutions themselves.

The complete results, published on September 29, can be viewed here: 

• QS Global MBA Rankings 2023
• QS Business Master’s Rankings 2023: Finance
• QS Business Master’s Rankings 2023: Management

With his appointment, the School seeks to continue strengthening its academic offer, adding diversity of thought and leadership that accelerates its growth.

By INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

EGADE Business School of Tecnológico de Monterrey has announced the appointment of Horacio Arredondo as its new dean.

Among his main responsibilities, Arredondo will be in charge of continuing to strengthen the academic offering and add diversity of thought and leadership, thereby accelerating the growth demanded by Tecnológico de Monterrey’s Vision towards 2030. He will also be contributing the experience he acquired in managerial and academic management roles in private industry and educational institutions in South America and Europe.

Juan Pablo Murra, rector for Higher Education at Tecnológico de Monterrey, said: “As part of the positioning strategy in our postgraduate business programs and the focus required by our strategic commitments at EGADE Business School, we will be persisting in engaging global talent to assure the continuity of current results is a priority. Horacio’s comprehensive profile, built from working in the financial sector, consulting, his own business ventures, and management in executive academic positions, undoubtedly allows him to display genuine, transcendent, high-performance leadership. We are convinced that he will bring value, experience, and a sense of humanity to complement the current talented team and facilitate the strategies we seek for EGADE and Tecnológico de Monterrey.”

Arredondo holds an MBA from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, and, at IE Business School, he earned a Master’s in Research Methodologies for Science and is a Doctoral candidate in Administration and Business.

He has also served as a board member in a variety of companies and institutions in Chile, and is an active speaker on and advocate for topics related to family businesses, business strategy, and organizational transformation.

The new dean of EGADE Business School stated: “Forming part of this great institution is an enormous honor for me, while leading EGADE Business School in contributing to the transformation of companies and leaders in Mexico and Latin America is a huge responsibility. Economic and social development is crucial to improve people’s quality of life. Our purpose is to create a future in which businesses will have an impact on Latin America’s sustainable development, for which we need to challenge the existing paradigms and create positive change in society.”

EGADE Business School forms part of the select group made up of 1% of institutions worldwide honored with the “triple crown” of accreditations in business education from the most important organizations across the globe: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in the United States, Association of MBAs (AMBA) in the UK, and EQUIS in Europe.

Guided by Professor Federico Trigos, students live an unprecedented educational innovation experience at EGADE Business School, which integrates the business case method with the gamification technique.

By JOSÉ ANGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Travel to Mars in the year 2097 and solve a business dilemma as a team?

Two groups of students from the EGADE MBA program did it in the classroom, experiencing an unprecedented educational innovation for EGADE Business School of the Tecnológico de Monterrey that, for the first time, integrating the business case method with the gamification technique.

Facilitated by Federico Trigos, professor of Business Analytics at EGADE Business School, this new experience was lived as a pilot activity within his Operations Management class in the Summer of 2022 period.

The case studied was the classic “Sports Obermeyer” from Harvard.

The dynamics included the viewing of a video set on Mars and teamwork through a board game made up of a board and cards with information to analyze, among other didactic elements.

"The students expressed very positive results of this experience, highlighting that it raised the energy level of the session and allowed them to learn in a different and fun way, achieving the learning objectives in a more dynamic way", commented Trigos.

In the design of the experience and its materials, the Educational Innovation teams of EGADE Business School and the Design and Pedagogical Architecture team of the Office of the Vice President for Educational Innovation and Academic Regulations at Tec de Monterrey collaborated.

AN INNOVATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

The Director of Educational Innovation at EGADE Business School, Eloísa Pérez, explained how the elements of gamification were integrated into this innovative learning experience with the different phases of the case method:

• Individual preparation: “The students had previously analyzed and interpreted the case in their individual activity, so that, when they arrived at the class, they were all ready for the discussion in teams.”
• Beginning of the experience: “By beginning this dive, two specific goals are fulfilled. One, they watch a video that introduces students to the history and transports them to Mars for their first private sightseeing trip in human history. Two, they discover the mission: to contribute with their experience in solving a problem that arises in 2097 and that with their current knowledge they can generate value”.

• Team discussion: “By forming teams, the traditional dynamic of participating in small groups became a gamified experience in which each team had various challenges to solve and discuss as a team. The dynamic was carried out through the use of a physical board and a series of cards with key information that they began to analyze. In this phase, they interacted as a team and exchanged their knowledge and experiences, but now as experts invited to solve the problems presented on Mars during their tourism trip. The students had three challenges to prove themselves worthy: identify the most important facts, the theoretical contribution applied to practice and the executive needs of the case. Each mission, when solved, led them to gain access to three keys of wisdom and as a lock to the master key of total knowledge.

• Plenary discussion: “The integration of the plenary discussion also took place with the participation of the teams that finished their experience on time; they were asked to support the rest of their colleagues by contributing their ideas and knowledge, seeking to develop collaboration and teamwork.

"Our challenge at EGADE, and which is part of this pilot, is the generation of innovative and transformative experiences that, by combining various strategies, enhance and improve the teaching-learning process at the postgraduate level," Pérez pointed out.

With this activity, facilitated by Professor Trigos, a series of pilots were launched to integrate a portfolio of disruptive experiences at EGADE Business School and apply various teaching strategies and educational technologies at the forefront of business schools globally.

On September 12, reentry and new students were present for the start of the new academic period.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

This week, EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey started its academic activities for the September-December 2022 trimester, at all its sites and locations nationwide.

EGADE Business School’s online programs also began on September 12 for the new academic period.  

The new students at the Monterrey and Santa Fe sites, as well as the MAF Online program, participated in their welcome sessions last week, while all others will do so this week.

This EGADE Business School trimester also welcomed 54 international students from 23 universities and business schools in 10 countries.

Incoming exchange students from 23 universities and business schools in Germany, Bangladesh, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Norway, Netherlands, and Sweden.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey welcomed 54 international students who will be carrying out their exchange studies during the September-December 2022 trimester.  

Twenty-two of them went to the Guadalajara site; 20 to the Monterrey site; and 13 to the Santa Fe site in Mexico City for the new period, which started on September 12.  

The exchange students hail from 23 universities and business schools in 10 countries, including Aalto University School of Business (Finland), BI Norwegian Business School (Norway), Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), EADA Business School (Spain), EMLYON Business School (France), ESCP Europe (France), IE Business School (Spain), International School of Management (Germany), Munich Business School (Germany), Rotterdam School of Management (Netherlands), and Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden).

To give them a “taste” of Mexico, in Guadalajara they received a special welcome on campus with mariachis; in Monterrey, they went on a tour of the Bodegas del Viento vineyard, in Sierra de Arteaga, Coahuila; while, in Mexico City, they enjoyed lunch and mezcal tasting at the El Mexicano restaurant.

Find out about the opportunities that the Internationalization Department offers to EGADE Business School students and incoming exchange students, here.

Academic sessions, conferences, and trips to Tlaquepaque and Tequila were on the activity agenda that brought together students of the online program, hailing from 11 countries.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Over 60 EGADE MBAOnline students had the opportunity to get together in person, strengthen their network of contacts, and apply their knowledge in the immersion The Agave Business Experience, held at the EGADE Business School site in Guadalajara.

This three-day in-person experience, which represented the culmination of the course “Strategy and negotiation in multicultural environments,” included in their curriculum, also enabled them to explore the city and learn about the tequila industry.

The online program’s students who attended the immersion, which took place from August 18 to 20, hail from 11 countries on different continents: Argentina, Colombia, United States, Spain, Guatemala, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, and Switzerland.

This multicultural group of graduate students started the immersion with a trip to the Tlaquepaque zone, renowned for its art, culture, gastronomy, and mariachi, where they enjoyed dinner in a traditional Mexican restaurant called El Patio.

The conferences and academic sessions of the immersion took place on the second day at the Conference Center on Tecnológico de Monterrey’s Campus Guadalajara.

The opening messages were offered by Horacio Arredondo, dean of EGADE Business School; Raúl Montalvo, director of EGADE Business School, Guadalajara site; Eric Porras, national director of MBA Programs at EGADE Business School; and Pedro Carreón, director of the EGADE MBAOnline an the EGADE MBA in Guadalajara.

“It is a great honor for me to welcome you to our Guadalajara site. This immersion will provide you with the opportunity to get to know and engage with your classmates and professors, as well as with business leaders, while you explore the beautiful city of Guadalajara and learn about the highly active tequila industry. I am extremely grateful to our academic directors and faculty at EGADE Guadalajara for having organized this event, and to the entire EGADE MBA Online team and 2U academic partners,” Arredondo stated.

 

 

 

 

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As part of the agenda, Antonio García, director of International Affairs at the National Chamber of the Tequila Industry, offered the keynote conference “The current outlook and future challenges of the tequila industry in a post-pandemic environment.”

In addition, Miguel Ángel Domínguez, president of the  Tequila Regulatory Council, offered the keynote address “The function of the Tequila Regulatory Council in the post-pandemic environment.”

This conference was followed by the discussion panel “Tequila Patrón, the brand’s present situation and future strategic interests,” with the participation of Ismael Marcano Salas, commercial director of Bacardí México, and David Santos Rodriguez, director of Operations at Tequila Patrón, moderated by Pedro Carreón.

The students were able to apply their knowledge by participating in business simulation exercises, led by professors Daniel Meade and Juan Carlos Rivera.

During the final presentations, professors Eric Porras and Rolando Fuentes served as judges together with guest businesspeople.

The third and last day of the immersion involved a trip to Casa José Cuervo in Tequila, Jalisco, where they were able to enjoy a tequila tasting and learn about the tequila production process, while touring the distillery, cask room, and agave fields.  

Eighty Master in Finance students from both EGADE sites met in person during the academic and networking event focused on responsible leadership and real estate.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Three days of high-value learning and interaction comprised the 2022 edition of EGADE Business School’s Master in Finance National Meeting, held from August 11 to 13 in Monterrey.

The event brought together 80 of the program’s students, from the Monterrey and Santa Fe sites, immersing them in key topics for the financial world, with a focus on responsible leadership and real estate.

Activities included collaborative work, conferences, and panels with expert professors and industry leaders, as well as spaces for fostering networking.

On the first day, the students met in the Library at Tec’s Campus Monterrey, where they listened to a talk on the DistritoTec initiative offered by José Antonio Torre Medina Mora, Director of Urban Planning, Sustainability and Real Estate at Tec de Monterrey.

They then enjoyed a tour of the campus that culminated in a cocktail party at the Wellness Center.

They were accompanied in this activity by David Noel Ramírez Padilla, rector emeritus of Tecnológico de Monterrey, who shared his vision and ideas about leadership.

The second day started at the EGADE Business School in Monterrey, where the students were welcomed by Horacio Arredondo, dean of EGADE Business School; Concepción del Alto, national director of the Master in Finance program; Daniel Maranto, director of EGADE Business School, Monterrey site; and Jorge Velarde, director of Academic Programs at EGADE.

“We are delighted to welcome you to this event designed exclusively for your program. The aim of this congress is to provide you with an intensive academic experience together with a space for enriching, energizing networking, seeking to inspire you to continue to strengthen your leadership in the financial environment, in your organizations, and in your enterprises,” Arredondo said.  

During the day, they experienced academic time in EGADE’s classrooms, with parallel responsible leadership sessions offered by Jaime Martínez Bowness, dean of the Mexico City Region of the School of Business of Tecnológico de Monterrey; Eduardo Aguiñaga, national director of Full-Time Programs at EGADE Business School; and professors Rajiv Maher, Guillermo Muñoz, Octavio Salinas and Cristian Jaramillo.

This was followed by a guided tour of Arboleda where they learned more about the property development project and investment funds from Arturo González, CEO of Capital Natural, in a talk held in IOS OFFICES. Afterwards, they all enjoyed lunch at Fogo de Chão.

The second day ended back in EGADE Business School, with a discussion panel on the Proptech ecosystem, moderated by Carlos Rousseau, cofounder and president of Orange Investments.

In this activity,  participants learned about the experiences of a Venture Capital investor, Fabrice Serfati, partner at Ignia, and, entrepreneurs, Mauricio Valdes, CEO of Buildpeer; Francisco Macedo, cofounder and CEO of Kolonus; Christian Roel González, Principal CEO of Allproperty.

On the third and last day, the students visited San Juan de la Vaquería, a vineyard in Saltillo, which forms part of the Ruta de Vinos y Dinos (Wine and Paleontological Route) in Coahuila.

The students toured the vineyard and cask room, tasted the products, and attended a talk on the wine industry by Sofia and Gerardo Aguirre Lobo, the wine company hosts.