Findings disclosed of the Global Network for Advanced Management survey, in which EGADE Business School students participated. 

By COMUNICACIÓN INSTITUCIONAL | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

A survey of more than 2,000 students from business schools that form part of the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM), including EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey, revealed that business students are increasingly concerned about the climate crisis and want sustainability to be more integrated into their education and their professional lives.

The report Rising Leaders on Social and Environmental Sustainability: A Global Survey of Business Students, led by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment in collaboration with the GNAM network, unveiled four basic findings:

1. Business students believe that corporate leaders should be solving environmental and social issues. They also perceive global warming as more of an economic/business problem (76%), than a health (66%) or moral (53%) one.

2. New business leaders hope that sustainability will be transversally incorporated into corporate strategy. Nearly three-quarters of participants consider that companies should play a leading role by addressing these matters, at the same level as government agencies.

3. Business schools are integrating more courses on sustainability. Moreover, at the same time, students expect more of their programs: 62% of respondents would like the university career services to focus more on sustainable jobs.

4. The majority of business students (51%) claim that they would accept a lower salary if it meant working with an employer who is committed to sustainability. So, companies with poor sustainability practices ought to consider their brand reputation in the face of this reality.

With this in mind, the report concludes that corporations must improve their sustainability practices if they wish to address the multiple global issues and position their organizations as valuable employers that young people aspire to join.

Meanwhile, business schools continue to adopt experiential learning opportunities in their academic proposal, positioning students as agents of positive change.

“EGADE Business School’s vision is based on the preparation of leaders who are capable of anticipating change and contributing to the development of our communities. As such, business transformation is inevitable and demands a paradigm shift around leadership, inspiring innovative executives to design and implement disruptive, sustainable business models,” said Osmar Zavaleta, Interim Dean of EGADE Business School.

Most of the students who participated in the survey are from MBA programs (64%) at 29 business schools on five, and are 26 to 30 years (42%).

EGADE Business School is a founding member of the Global Network for Advanced Management, a network of 32 leading business schools in diverse regions, countries, cultures, and economies in different stages of development, committed to contributing through business education with solutions for the principal global challenges that are so complex.

Download the full survey report here: Rising Leaders on Social and Environmental Sustainability.

Guest participants were business leaders from Vanguard Latinoamérica, CIAL Dun & Bradstreet and Beliv Company, as well as professors from the Financial Think Tank and EGADE Business School faculty. 

By VALENTINA FLORES CÁCERES | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Financial risk factors and strategies for being data-driven, internationalization and managing failure in order to innovate, were the topics addressed by Business Territory, the podcast of EGADE Business School and the School of Business of Tecnológico de Monterrey, during February.

In case you missed them, here are the four episodes:

Episode 63: Inflation, a legacy of the pandemic?

Ignacio Saralegui, Senior Investment Consultant at Vanguard Latinoamérica, and Jorge Martínez, Director of EGADE Business School’s Financial Think Tank, analyze the risk factors in Mexico and how they affect businesses and consumers.

Episode 64: Data-Driven to grow in 2022

Sergio Hernández, CEO of CIAL Dun & Bradstreet, and Fabiola Vásquez, Marketing and Data Science Professor at EGADE Business School, Mexico City site, analyze the execution and analytical talent required to supply the company with relevant information for decision-making.

Episode 65: Strategies for entrepreneurial internationalization

Sascha Fürst, Research Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at EGADE Business School, and José Enrique Alba Escamilla, Chief Growth Officer at Beliv Company, analyze the keys for internationalizing a company based in Latin America. 

Episode 66: Strategic management of failure in order to innovate

José Manuel Maraboto, Director of the Department of Strategy and Leadership at EGADE, and Alicia Galindo, Adjunct Professor at EGADE Business School and Director of the B.A. in Public Accounting program at Tecnológico de Monterrey, analyze the strategic management of failure in order to innovate. 

Business Territory forms part of the  Tec Sounds podcast bar, and is available on

Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts y Google Podcasts.

A new episode of this podcast is published every Tuesday. 

A total of 376 students from 12 business schools, including 12 from EGADE Business School, participated by creating stock portfolios in a virtual market.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Two EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey students reached the finals of the Stock Trading Competition, organized by Yale School of Management. 

Lorna Obando Alston, from the EGADE MBAOnline, and Ricardo Argüelles Ramírez, from the EGADE - UNC Charlotte MBA in Global Business & Strategy, qualified individually and represented their school in the final round.

“I am thrilled and so proud to represent the EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey community. This honorable alma mater has given me so much joy,” Obando Alston said.

A total of 376 students from 12 Global Network for Advanced Management member schools, including 12 from EGADE Business School, participated on February 2 in the first round of this global competition.

Just 51 students, including Obando Alston and Argüelles Ramírez, qualified to the final round held on February 16.

Jin Hyung Cho, student at the University of Oxford Saïd Business School, won first place.

This annual competition brings together business school students from all over the world to compete in the creation of stock portfolios in a virtual market.

The participants’ objective is to beat the market by maximizing portfolio wealth.

The competition is held within the framework of the Stock Trading Game developed by Roger Ibbotson, professor at Yale SOM. 

The prize-winning women scientists from different countries in Latin America will be able to study Management Business Skills, one of EGADE Business School’s Executive Education programs .

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Within the framework of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 3M announced the 25 prize-winning women scientists in the 2022 edition of the 25 Women in Science Latin America initiative.

Recognition of the scientists’ success included access to the EGADE Business School Executive Education program Management Business Skills, which provides the latest knowledge and necessary competencies in leadership, business vision, exponential technologies, innovation, and entrepreneurship for the future of business.

“We are very excited to form part of this type of initiatives, in which, through the EGADE Business School programs, we have the opportunity to contribute to the development of our country and of Latin America, and, in particular, of women leaders who generate a positive impact in the field of science. Our mission and commitment as the leading graduate business school in Mexico and Latin America consists of empowering the new generations of leaders who create shared value and transform society,” stated Jaime Martínez Bowness, Dean of the Tecnológico de Monterrey School of Business, Mexico City Region.

The second edition of the 3M initiative recognizes women scientists whose work in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) improves and impacts the daily lives of individuals and their communities, inspiring more women and girls to pursue careers in STEM.

“25 Women in Science seeks to make the contributions of women who work in the different fields of science visible, break gender stereotypes, and promote inclusion in a key area of knowledge to develop and innovate solutions, enabling us to address the problems that beset humanity,” commented Adriana Rius, Communication and Brand Director for 3M Latin America.

Here is the list of the scientists selected for the 25 Women in Science Latin America 2022:

• Virginia Alvarado García (Costa Rica)
• Francisca L. Aranda (Chile)
• Alma Delia Báez González (Mexico)
• Renata Bannitz Fernandes (Brazil)
• Edna Johana Bolivar Monsalve (Colombia)
• Paola Castillo Juárez (Mexico)
• Iridian Cruz Silva (Mexico)
• Camila Martínez Checaltana (Chile)
• Andreza Martins (Brazil)
• Yael Natalia Méndez (Colombia)
• Natalie Millán Aguiñaga (Mexico)
• Fernanda Parborell (Argentina)
• Esther Pereira (Brazil)
• Nadac Reales (Chile)
• Yanin Albina Reyes Bermúdez (Peru)
• Thamy Livia Ribeiro Correa (Brazil)
• July Andrea Rincón López (Colombia)
• Sandra Santuario (Mexico)
• Ana Isabel Sarkis Fernández (Costa Rica)
• Carmenza Spadafora (Panama)
• Rosangela Silqueira Hickson Ríos (Brazil)
• Nathalia Tejedor Flores (Panama)
• Lina Carmenza Valderrama Aguirre (Colombia)
• Gabriela Venturini da Silva (Brazil)
• Blanca Nohemí Zamora Mendoza (Mexico)

The winners were also honored with a recognition by 3M Latin America, and the inclusion of their projects and stories in the second edition of the commemorative book “25 Women in Science Latin America 2022”.

This edition enjoyed the participation of scientists from across the region, who presented their projects and stories to a jury that selected the 25 most outstanding women scientists.

The jury was made up of prominent academics, leaders, and/or specialists from scientific industries, as well as people with an extensive background in science, research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability.

Find out more about the 3M initiative and the winning scientists in 2022 here.

EGADE Business School's MBM Online is the first degree from Mexico to be offered on Coursera and is designed to help recent graduates differentiate themselves in a competitive job market and accelerate their career.

By INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

To broaden the horizons of all those recent university graduates and young professionals who seek to empower their professional career with a competitive advantage from the start, regardless of their basic academic background or geographic location, EGADE Business School of the Tecnológico de Monterrey has launched the Master in Business Management (MBM) Online in collaboration with Coursera, one of the largest online learning platforms in the world.

The MBM Online is a program in Spanish whose flexible and part-time format allows young professionals in Mexico greater autonomy by transcending face-to-face barriers and enabling students to maintain a job position while applying practical knowledge on the spot. Thus, the new MBM Online becomes the most agile way to revolutionize the beginning of their professional careers.

“The increasing automation of production processes and the current global disruption have accelerated the digital transformation of businesses, with which the relevance of skills in business development and management has also increased. With this in mind, MBM Online is designed to equip new professionals with fundamental business training, with an emphasis on real-world skills that prepare them to generate business strategies with a positive impact in the business sector,” said Eduardo Aguiñaga, National Director of Full-Time Programs at EGADE Business School.

The MBM Online curriculum has a disruptive approach based on a mixed academic model in which real-time sessions, interaction and collaboration through immersive online platforms and multiple other teaching strategies, such as specialized workshops and business simulators are part of it. Furthermore, with challenge-based learning and the analysis of real case studies, the program promotes contextualized knowledge for immediate application.

“It is an honor to partner with EGADE Business School of Tecnológico de Monterrey to help recent graduates develop the critical skills needed to succeed in the digital economy,” said Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer at Coursera. “This new degree will enable young Spanish-speaking professionals across Latin America and around the world to learn high-demand business and technology skills, and unlock greater economic opportunities for themselves, their companies, and their communities.”

This innovative postgraduate course offers the value of an international master's degree without the need to cross borders. In an increasingly interconnected world, where diversity of thought, ideas and experiences is essential, learning new skills together with colleagues from different countries improves the understanding of global business, while developing capacities for intercultural dialogue and collaboration. In addition to the above, recent graduates and young professionals who take MBM Online will be able to expand their network of contacts by accessing the EGADE Business School community, which has more than 20,000 executives, business leaders and entrepreneurs.

Likewise, this program will allow participants to maximize their potential and expand their job opportunities, with the support of the academic excellence of EGADE Business School and a faculty internationally recognized for its transformation leadership and proven quality not only in the classroom, but also within their competing industries.

Registration is now open and the first generation of the program will begin its courses in September 2022.

More information about the MBM Online of EGADE Business School on Coursera here.

EGADE MBA alum and international accrediting association honoree is the founder of Mujeres Mexicanas con Discapacidad (Mexican Women with Disabilities) and leader of the Diversity and Inclusion Office at Tec de Monterrey.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Maryangel García-Ramos, activist and advocate for diversity and inclusion in Mexico, was honored in 2022 as one of the select group of 27 Influential Leaders by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), the most important business school accreditation organization in the world.

This annual recognition is awarded exclusively to graduates from the over 900 AACSB-accredited institutions, who, given their track record and impact, serve as a model for the next generation of business leaders across the globe.

“Maryangel is a transformative leader and champion of the rights of people with disabilities, especially girls and women, and is deeply committed to the development of diversity and inclusion solutions for our communities and organizations. It is an honor and a privilege to have extraordinary alumni and alumnae who, like Maryangel, exhort us to strengthen our diverse representation of society and business, in pursuit of equality and respect,” said Osmar Zavaleta, Interim Dean of EGADE Business School.

.@maryangel_, alum of @egade, is a transformative leader and influential advocate for D&I in Mexico. She founded the nonprofit @mexicanas_, which has successfully championed reform to secure equal protection for women with disabilities. #AACSBleads

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— AACSB (@AACSB) February 1, 2022

Maryangel, an EGADE MBA alum, is a woman with motor disabilities who has worked for over 15 years to bring about a transformation in the recognition of rights, which has influenced her life purpose.  

She is aware of the opportunities and privileges that come with studying for a master's degree, which is just one of the opportunities, together with others related to health services and employment, which are not readily available to the majority of persons with disabilities in Mexico.

As a result, she has dedicated her leadership and talent to advocate for and elevate the rights of persons with disabilities and extensively champion Mexico’s diversity and inclusion agenda.

“We are living in a time of enormous systemic inequality in which even considering a world that recognizes us through meritocracy is naive and insensitive. Looking at diversity and inclusion strategies with a vision of reducing inequalities is of utmost importance in organizations, educational institutions, and the community, thereby ensuring that no one is left behind. There can be nothing about the community without community. We don’t need a voice (we already have that); we need a platform and a place in the decision-making process for designing society and systems to include each and every one of us,” Maryangel commented, on being named an Influential Leader.

As founder and director of the nonprofit Mujeres Mexicanas con Discapacidad, Maryangel has achieved considerable reform to advance equality and protection for women with disabilities in Mexico.

She has developed labor inclusion and innovation strategies for NGOs and organizations such as Tecnológico de Monterrey, where she currently collaborates as the Diversity and Inclusion Office leader at the institution’s Center for the Recognition of Human Dignity.

As part of her work at Tec, she has participated in the creation of five committees which represent diverse groups: gender equality, persons with disabilities, LGBT+ community, socioeconomic diversity, and cultural diversity. She currently sits on the Tec gender diversity committee Impulsa and works with the other four committees.

Maryangel has represented Mexico at the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and has reached thousands of future leaders through her TEDx Talks, “The Power of My Story” and “The Disability Revolution,” and through her keynotes, including “Sex, Beauty, and Women with Disabilities” and “The Disability Story: Diversity in the Media,” at SXSW.

NPR named her one of Six Fearless Women who were an inspiration in 2018. In 2021, InStyle magazine recognized her as one of the 30 Badass Women in Mexico to follow, while Hulu featured her story in the mini-documentary Acentos Bienvenidos.

Maryangel has also won numerous awards for championing diversity and inclusion, most recently Premio Incluye and the Mujer Tec Award.

We are thrilled to announce our 2022 Class of Influential Leaders. This year's class spotlights 27 business school grads who are making an impact around the globe.

🌟Congratulations!🌟

View the class: 🔗https://t.co/jg08iwT9DK pic.twitter.com/NUStEEy3GO

— AACSB (@AACSB) February 1, 2022

Maryangel's Class of 2022 AACSB Influential Leaders is comprised of 17 alumnae and 10 alumni from 27 business schools in Australia, Canada, France, India, Lebanon, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and the United States who share her passion and dedication. to lead and innovate within their industries and impact their communities.

EGADE Business School has earned AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accreditations, the “triple crown”, representing the highest recognition a business school can obtain internationally and awarded to just 1% of business schools worldwide.

Further information on Maryangel’s story and impact can be found here.

The full list of AACSB Influential Leaders 2022 can be found here.

For their outstanding scientific contributions, Tec’s Business School (Undergraduate and EGADE Business School) Professors earn Admission, Promotion or Continuance in Mexico’s National System of Researchers.

By INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Twenty professors from the Tecnológico de Monterrey Business School (Undergraduate and EGADE Business School) were recognized in the 2021 Call for Admission, Promotion or Continuance in Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNI) of the National Council for Science and Technology Council  (CONACYT).  

Here are the results:  

Newly admitted:

• SNI Level I: Delia Lizette Huezo Ponce and Sascha Fürst.

• SNI Candidate Level: David Pérez Castillo, Linda Elizabeth Ruiz Castro, and Oscar Eliud Ortíz Mendoza.

Promotions:  

• From SNI Level I to SNI Level II: Sergio Manuel Madero Gómez.

• From SNI Candidate Level to SNI Level I: Eduardo Enrique Aguiñaga Maldonado, Elliott Tyler Kruse, Francisco Javier Valderrey Villar, Lizbeth Martínez Ramírez, Miguel Ángel López Lomelí, and Olivia del Roble Hernández Pozas.

Continuance:  

• SNI Level II: José Antonio Núñez Mora and René Cabral Torres.

• SNI Level I: Consuelo Adelaida García De la Torre (†), Edgar Rogelio Ramírez Solís, Javier Francisco Reynoso Javier, Lorena de la Paz Carrete Lucero, María Andrea Trujillo León, and María de la Paz Toldos Romero.

“We are extremely grateful for and recognize your contribution, through your research activities, to the positioning of the Business School,” said María Elena Vázquez, National Dean of the Tec de Monterrey School of Business.

With these new admissions, promotions and continuances, which come into effect as of January 2022, the School now has 71 SNI-recognized professors, of whom 31 belong to the Candidate Level, 28 to Level I, 10 to Level II, and 2 to Level III.

In addition, 11 graduates of EGADE Business School’s Doctorate in Administrative Sciences (DCA) and the Doctorate in Financial Sciences (DCF) —some of whom are professors at the institution— were also recognized in the call:

• SNI Level II: Francisco Ortiz Arango (DCF) and Salvador Cruz Aké (DCF).

• SNI Level I: Ambrosio Ortíz Ramírez (DCF), Arturo Briseño García (DCA), Eduardo Enrique Aguiñaga Maldonado (DCA), Eduardo Gaona Domínguez (DCA), Flor Esthela Morton Rodríguez (DCA), Griselda Dávila Aragón (DCF), and Mario César Dávila Aguirre (DCA).

• SNI Candidate Level: David Pérez Castillo (DCA) and José Anselmo Pérez Reyes (DCA).

“My heartiest congratulations, appreciation, and acknowledgement to our research professors and EGADE Business School graduates, and to the faculty from the Business School, for their contribution to consolidating their careers as researchers and ratifying the excellence, innovative approach, and transcendence of their academic work,” said Osmar Zavaleta, Interim Dean of EGADE Business School and Associate Dean for Research of EGADE Business School and the Tec de Monterrey School of Business.

List compiled by the LinkedIn News team highlights the must-follow profiles in Mexico, addressing key workplace, career, and other sector-related topics.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Osval Orduña, EGADE Business School graduate and Talent and DI (Diversity and Inclusion) expert, was included on the Top Voices Employment 2022 list presented by LinkedIn Noticias México.

The list includes the 10 expert profiles the social network recommends following, chosen from among the recruitment and selection, human resources, and career counseling professionals who publish relevant content for job seekers or those who would like to grow in their professional career.

Why follow Orduña?

LinkedIn spotlights coaching, diversity, inclusion, talent acquisition, and employer branding, among the main topics addressed in his profile.

“In addition, he often shares information on talent acquisition, headhunting best practices, problem-solving, and continuous improvement,” the social network stated.

Orduña is currently the CEO of his own consulting firm, Orduña Talent Services, founded in 2020.

He has worked in various talent consulting projects at DiDi, The Adecco Group, Antal International, and Lucas 5, playing a key role in revitalizing and improving recruitment processes, and served clients such as OYO Rooms, Rappi, Uber, and Ricoh.

He graduated with a Master in Manufacturing Management, from EGADE Business School, and a B.A. Economics, from Tecnológico de Monterrey.

To create the list, LinkedIn editors considered the content published by each expert on LinkedIn, seeking to highlight a diverse set of voices that reflect the current employment reality.

Consult the complete list here and follow Orduña’s profile here.