Expansión’s ranking brings together the most important and influential women in Mexico’s business world.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

The magazine Expansión published the 2022 edition of its ranking “The 100 most powerful business women”, which includes EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey alumnae.

The ranking brings together the most important and influential women in Mexico’s business world.

The EGADE Business School alumnae selected for the ranking are:

Silvia Dávila

· Regional President Latin America and CEO Mexico, Danone

· Master in Business Economics graduate

· Ranked: 7th place

· Sector: Food and Beverages

Angela Gómez

· President of SAP México

· MBA graduate

· Ranked: 35th place

· Sector: Computer Science and Services

Ana Isabel Iglesias

· CFF, Sanofi México

· Master in Finance graduate

· Ranked: 59th place

· Sector: Chemical and Pharmaceutical

Erika Abigail Falfán

· VP Centralized Operations, Walmart Mexico and Central America

· MBA graduate

· Ranked: 60th place

· Sector: Self-Service Retail

To compile the list, Expansión received nominations through an open call published on expansion.mx.

The methodology considers the hierarchical level of the candidates and the scope of their functions (30%); the value of their position (30%) regarding remuneration; their transcendence (30%), considering their influence outside the company where they work or that they head; and company size (10%) in sales and employees.

In this way, Expansión seeks to reflect a reality in which women do not just hold a position in a company, but also have a say in other companies by sitting on the board of directors, or have achieved the consolidation of their own company, while constantly supporting other women.

View the complete ranking here.

A student, an alumna, and a professor from EGADE Business School share their reflections on leadership and challenges for women in business and organizations.

By INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

March 8, International Women's Day, is a commemorative date to recognize the fight for women's rights and gender equality that thousands of women have led throughout history.

To promote individual and collective reflection on progress, as well as inequalities and barriers that prevent the full development of women, we interviewed three women from the EGADE Business School community:

• Diana Tamayo, student of the Master in Business Management in Guadalajara.
• Violeta Ramírez, alumna from EGADE - UNC Charlotte MBA in Global Business & Strategy.
• Diana Kolbe, professor in the Department of Marketing and Business Intelligence.

They discussed the qualities they value most in the women they admire, and delved into the challenges women face in business and organizations, among other issues.

Watch the video here.

EGADE Business School faculty and students participate in the 52nd edition of the congress, held this year in a hybrid format.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

The first place of the Doctoral Research Pitch, a panel on transdisciplinary research, and the presentation of impact projects formed the framework for EGADE Business School’s participation in the 52nd Research and Development Congress (CID) of Tecnológico de Monterrey.

In this hybrid edition, held from March 2 to 4, the CID brought together Tec faculty and students who presented the institution’s research projects.

CLAUDIA GÓMEZ, FIRST PLACE DOCTORAL RESEARCH PITCH

EGADE Business School’s Ph.D. in Administrative Sciences (DCA) student, Claudia Lizzette Gómez Borquez, won first place in the Doctoral Research Pitch, in which students from the different Tec schools presented their doctoral research theses.

In a competition format and before a jury comprised of the institution’s lecturers, participants communicated the significance of their projects in three-minute pitches.

Gómez Borquez presented her work “Empowering Women Through Femvertising: Consumers’ Perceptions, Attitudes and Purchase Intention,” which analyzes the representation of women and their stereotypes in advertising, and provides evidence to incorporate feminist ideals and women’s empowerment in the same.  

With her first place, Gómez Borquez won the opportunity to represent Tec at the Universitas 21 Three Minute Thesis Competition.

Another DCA student, Regina Gabriela Díaz Crespo, also participated in the Doctoral Research Pitch, presenting her project “Transformación digital: desde los grandes proveedores a las tienditas de la esquina” (Digital Transformation: From Major Suppliers to Corner Shops).

PANEL: TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

Federico Trigos, Business Analytics professor at EGADE Business School, moderated the panel “Transdisciplinary Research.”

The panelists were Linda Newnes, President of the International Society of Transdisciplinary Engineering (ISTE) and Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath, UK, and Bryan Moser, Academic Director of the System Design & Management (SDM) program at MIT, USA.

Trigos is a member of ISTE, the leading group in the emerging field of transdisciplinary engineering, with a research focus that integrates diverse scientific disciplines, requiring mixed methodologies for work execution.

IMPACT AND COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

During a session at the Tec School of Business, faculty and students presented diverse impact and collaborative projects from EGADE Business School, the Centers for Excellence, and the Business area Strategic Focus Research Groups (GIEE).

One of the projects was the model “Sustainable Wealth Creation Based on Innovation and Technology (SWIT),” presented by professors Carlos Scheel and Eduardo Aguiñaga.

Other participants from EGADE Business School were professors Eva Guerra, Teofilo Ozuna, Iván Valdovinos, Bryan Husted and Rolando Fuentes, and DCA student Mario Aldana.

The session was coordinated by Osmar Zavaleta, Interim Dean of EGADE Business School and Associate Dean of Research at the Tec School of Business, and Ernesto Amorós, National Director of Doctoral Programs, EGADE Business School.

This year’s CID general program included outstanding keynote conferences by Michael W. Young, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2017, and Guillermo Torre, Vice-President of Research at Tec, as well as the prize-giving ceremony of the 2021 Rómulo Garza Research and Innovation Award.

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.