Participants enjoy experiential learning, conferences and panels with special guests, as well as high-level virtual networking.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

The 13th edition of EGADE Business School’s Board of Directors Executive Program culminated in a virtual certificate award ceremony for 58 executives from Guadalajara, Monterrey and Mexico City.

After this unique, high-value experience, participants were able to delve into the competencies and knowledge required to professionalize Boards and to implement the best corporate practices in the current globalized business setting, characterized by a high degree of competitive turbulence.

Juan Pablo Murra, Rector of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies at Tecnológico de Monterrey; Ignacio de la Vega, Dean of EGADE Business School and the Tec School of Business; and Carlos Serrano, academic leader of the Board of Directors Executive Program congratulated and toasted the class of 2020 during the ceremony.

Other attendees were  Raúl Montalvo, Daniel Maranto and Jaime Martínez Bowness, directors of the EGADE Business School sites in Guadalajara, Monterrey and Mexico City, respectively.

Before the session, each participant received a program closure kit containing their certificate, champagne glasses and a bottle of champagne for the toast, a lithography created especially for the occasion by Oaxacan artist Jesús Cuevas, as well as a four-course dinner prepared by international chef Miguel Sánchez Navarro, accompanied by a live broadcast of jazz music played by artist Mariana Terroba.

This year, EGADE’s Board of Directors Executive Program migrated from the face-to-face to the remote modality owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, integrating a group of participants from the School’s three sites.

The program consists of 12 modules taught in monthly 10-hour sessions over two intensive days, conferences, panels and case discussions, delivered by an expert international faculty and consolidated business leaders who are highly experienced in the strategic definition of Boards of Directors.

The program targets board members, strategic decision-makers, owners, shareholders and company directors, and boasts a model based on experiential learning, as well as practical experiences and high-level virtual networking.

Further information on the coming edition of the Board of Directors Executive Program can be found here.

Mexico Women’s National Squad member and Tigres defender forms part of the EGADE Business School Class of 2020, graduating from the Master in Business Management.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Greta Espinoza transformed 2020 into a year of success.

December brought her the prospect of reaping not one, but two rewards: next week she will be graduating from the Master in Business Management (MBM) at EGADE Business School and playing in the Grand Final of the Women’s Liga MX.

As a result, the 25-year-old soccer player, who comes from Tijuana, Baja California, will be celebrating all the effort and hard work she has invested in earning a graduate degree together with the pursuit of her third championship with Tigres Women.

“Studying a master’s was always part of my plans,” commented the defender, who wears number 4 with the feline team.

From the very beginning of her university life, soccer and academic studies have gone hand in hand. As an undergraduate, Greta studied business administration and played soccer at Arizona Western College and Oregon State University in the United States.

Her outstanding performance led her to be called up to the Mexico National Women’s team when she was just 16 years old, and to début as a professional with the Spanish club Levante in 2017.

“In the National Squad, one of my teammates (Cristina Ferral) was studying the Master in Finance, which intrigued me. Then, while I was in Spain the opportunity arose to play in Mexico and also study at EGADE,” she explained.

After joining Club Tigres in 2018, Espinoza enrolled in the Master in Business Management in 2019, as part of the second generation of this renowned program at the Monterrey site of EGADE Business School, and had the chance to complete a corporate immersion at Accenture.

“Now that I have finished my studies, I feel that this was the best decision I could have made. The MBM changed me professionally and personally. It has given me a different perspective of business and more tools to have a greater impact on the people around me and on the world,” she said.

According to Espinoza, “A business has to represent you as a person, reflect your ethics, your values, your passion, generate shared value and support a social cause."

Discover more about Greta Espinoza’s experience and studies in this video.  

EGADE Business School’s Master in Business Management enters the QS Masters in Management Rankings, obtaining its best scores in the graduate employability and career trajectory indicators.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

In its first year in the QS Masters in Management Rankings, EGADE Business School's Master in Business Management (MBM) leads in Mexico and Latin America and is ranked 40th in the world.

In the 2021 edition of the ranking, the program obtained its best scores in the graduate employability and career trajectory indicators, ranking 16th and 40th, respectively, among 148 evaluated master's degrees from 30 countries.

Eduardo Aguiñaga, national director of the MBM, attributed these results to the innovative approach of the program’s educational model, which incorporates an experiential learning methodology through corporate immersions in leading companies, as well as cutting-edge curricular content to develop comprehensive, competitive professionals with an international vision.

"Our graduates are characterized by being young professionals with disruptive thinking, capable of generating and transforming business models through technological innovation, and highly qualified to lead multidisciplinary projects, teams and organizations in international contexts," he said.

The 2021 QS Masters in Management Rankings were based on a global survey of approximately 38,000 employers and 35,000 academics, and the evaluation of more than 27,000 successful graduates.

“Employers value the ability of MBM graduates to solve complex problems and to respond to the changing environment in a constructive way, as well as their leadership and strategic thinking, that contributes to their making informed decisions to achieve the strategic objectives of their organization in a sustainable way,” Aguiñaga explained.

The groups of indicators analyzed in the QS rankings are: graduates’ employability; the return on investment; graduates’ entrepreneurship and career trajectory; thought leadership; and the diversity of the community of students and professors.

This edition of the QS Masters in Management Rankings was published on September 23rd and included the 2021 results of the QS Global MBA Rankings and the QS Business Masters Rankings. In these rankings, the Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Master in Finance of EGADE Business School were classified as the best programs in Latin America in their respective areas.

Lifelong BGS membership is the highest recognition of academic excellence a graduate business student can receive.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

One hundred fifty-three of the highest performing EGADE Business School students from the Class of 2020 were distinguished as new members of the prestigious international honor society Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS).

With these students, who completed their graduate studies in Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Querétaro and Lima, the EGADE Business School BGS Chapter now has a total of 558 lifelong members across the world.

Ignacio de la Vega, Dean of EGADE Business School and the Tec School of Business presided over the virtual induction ceremony.

“I would like to invite you to accept the commitment you have taken on as appointed members of Beta Gamma Sigma, and to fulfill it from your positions as business leaders through the creation of shared value for the transformation of society,” De la Vega stated.

Juan Antonio Enciso, Chapter Advisor of the EGADE Business School BGS chapter, took the pledge from the new members.

Nuestros alumnos se comprometieron a llevar los tres principios de @BGSHonorSociety , honor, sabiduría y seriedad, como guía de su conducta personal y profesional. ¡Estamos muy orgullosos de ustedes! pic.twitter.com/0gJ0a7wqMy

— EGADEBusinessSchool (@egade) November 27, 2020

The BGS society, founded in 1913, has more than 600 chapters across the world and 875 thousand members from over 190 countries.

BGS members are recognized as “best in business”, since they belong exclusively to AACSB-accredited institutions, which represent the top 5% of business schools worldwide.

Being a member of BGS is the highest recognition of academic excellence a graduate business student can receive, since only the top 20% of graduate students in a business school, and 100 % of doctoral candidates, are admitted.

In September, the EGADE Business School Chapter was recognized for the second consecutive year in the BGS Chapter Honor Roll program, on this occasion with the Honors award for its achievements during the 2019-2020 academic year.

The Master in Finance of EGADE Business School stands out globally in the areas of employability and return on investment, within the 2021 edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds ranking.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey heads the QS Masters in Finance Rankings in Mexico and Latin America for the fourth consecutive year, reaching 43rd place among 166 programs evaluated globally in the 2021 edition.

The Master in Finance of EGADE Business School stood out in the areas of employability and return on investment, ranking 16th and 48th worldwide, respectively, and surpassing the average global score in both indicators.

Igor Rivera, National Director of the Master in Finance, commented that employers value the graduates for their singular capacity for analytics and strategy achieved through different experiences offered in the program.

“Our graduates are characterized by their open-mindedness in addressing challenges in business environments that are, by nature, uncertain. In financial settings a simple piece of news can have repercussions on companies’ performance and our graduates have the tools to tackle these challenges by means of a thorough diagnosis of the situation, as well as tools for visualizing and forecasting future scenarios, and mapping and leading the strategies implemented. All of their actions are based on hard data and not just assumptions, since they are familiar with the many technological tools for consulting and modeling the variables of the environment, as well as the specific tools for different economic activities,” he said.

With this extensive arsenal of tools and competencies, Rivera reiterated, Master in Finance graduates are capable of adding value based on a global vision developed not only on a theoretical, but also a practical plane.

The 2021 edition of the del QS Masters in Finance Rankings was based on a global survey answered by over 37 thousand employers and almost 35 thousand academics, and the evaluation by more than 27 thousand successful graduates, covering 32 countries.

The groups of indicators analyzed in the QS rankings are: graduate employability; return on investment; entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes; thought leadership; and class and faculty diversity.

This edition of the QS Masters in Finance Rankings was published on September 23, revealing the 2021 results of the QS Global MBA Rankings and the QS Business Masters Rankings, in which the Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship and the Master in Business Management of EGADE Business School were also ranked as the best programs in Latin America in their respective courses.

A project on Service Management by Dr. Javier Reynoso is included in the Tranferencia Tec List, ranking 33rd among 5,412 articles published by Tec researchers during the last 5 years.

By JOSÉ ANGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Javier Reynoso, Research Professor at EGADE Business School, was recognized in the list of “The 50 Tecnológico de Monterrey Scientific Articles with the Greatest International Impact,” published by Transferencia Tec.

The paper “Systems, Networks, and Ecosystems in Service Research,” which he co-authored with his international colleagues Sergio Barile, Robert Lusch (†), Marialuisa Saviano and James Spohrer, was positioned 33rd in the ranking prepared by the website of Tec’s scientific publications.

Karla Cabrera Martínez, a student of the Doctorate in Administrative Sciences, collaborated on this paper, which was published in the Journal of Service Management in August 2016.

The purpose of the article is to raise awareness about the need to elevate the level of analysis in Service Management, focusing on systems, networks and ecosystems to contribute to expanding the reduced vision of the research that has predominated in the field.

“I am very happy about and proud of this particular achievement. In a list dominated almost entirely by articles from the areas of medicine, biotechnology and engineering, this work stands out in the business area,” stated Reynoso.

According to Transferencia Tec, the ranking considered 5,412 articles published by researchers from Tec de Monterrey during the last 5 years. These articles generated 22,943 citations as of December 2019, a figure that represents an average of 4.3 citations per publication.

The formulation of the list involved a comparison of all the publications that were indexed in the Scopus database during the period from January 2015 to December 2019, had an affiliation to Tec de Monterrey and had authors currently at Tec de Monterrey.

The classification was made on the basis of the number of citations and the Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) of the publication.

More details of the methodology, as well as the complete list, can be consulted here.

Raj Sisodia and Ignacio de la Vega discuss the impact of having enterprises and leaderships that are conscious of the needs of society and the world.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

“Latin America is the most active region in the adoption of conscious capitalism,” Raj Sisodia declared.

The founder of the movement Conscious Capitalism explained that there are currently active chapters in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador, as well as others being created in Panama, Costa Rica, Peru and Guatemala.

He also stated that there are a growing interest and commitment among Latin American firms to do business with a higher purpose, benefiting each and every group of society.

Within the framework of the National IMEF Convention 2020, Sisodia delivered the keynote conference “Conscious Capitalism and its Application in Latin America”, together with Ignacio de la Vega, Dean of EGADE Business School and the Undergraduate Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Conscious Capitalism seeks to foster a higher consciousness in the world of business, thinking beyond the financial wellbeing of organizations, integrating all the actors involved, such as the senior management, employees, suppliers and consumers, protecting the surroundings and the environment, pursuing the wellbeing of society and looking towards a long-term future.

De la Vega highlighted Tecnológico de Monterrey’s commitment to the preparation of the conscious leaders that society and the world need.

“We firmly believe that consciousness is the starting point for their capacity to address the many challenges they face. Therefore, we are building the Center for Conscious Enterprises for a Sustainable Future which will work on diverse fronts to promote such consciousness, developing the competencies required by business leaders of today and of tomorrow.

The Dean explained that efforts are being carried out within the ecosystem of strategic centers of Tec’s School of Business and EGADE Business School that point towards a more inclusive financial system and a digital evolution for organizations and society.

Sisodia defined the four fundamental principles of conscious capitalism:

1. Higher purpose: each business must strive to alleviate suffering, promote happiness, and permit healthy growth.
2. Stakeholder orientation: all stakeholders should be taken into account, considering how they will be affected: society, employees, the future, the environment.
3. Conscious leadership: we need leaders who care about people and do not just focus on their own power and wealth.
4. Conscious culture: is based on trust, authenticity, solidarity, transparency, integrity, loyalty, and empowerment.

“COVID-19 is showing us that a lot of what we believed was wrong. These are days to challenge dogmas and better understand the role of companies in our societies. This pandemic is a somber but vital reminder that human beings are here on this planet to take care of each other, and business is a way of doing so on a large scale,” said the also distinguished professor at Babson College and Tec School of Business visiting professor.

The XLVIII edition of the National IMEF Convention took place on November 19 and 20, under the title "Inclusive economics: socially-oriented investing and growth", and included an agenda of keynote conferences and discussion panels with global leaders and experts, such as the Nobel Laureate in Economics, Joseph Stiglitz.

EGADE Business School faculty share articles with useful information for being at the forefront of the latest business trends.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey launched EGADE Insights, a new blog for professionals who are looking for a source of useful information from the world of business, which will help them prepare for new employment opportunities or advance in their careers within their organizations.

The blog is fed by EGADE Business School faculty, who, through quick-read articles, share relevant information in the form of advice, key points, checklists, and other tools to respond to the challenges and make the most of the opportunities of the current context of organizations and the future of work worldwide.

In addition, the blog helps users know which skills and knowledge are most in-demand by companies nowadays and which can be obtained within EGADE Business School’s innovative portfolio of graduate degrees.

Contributors to the blog include:

• Eric Porras, National Director of the EGADE Business School MBA Programs, writes about the skills Business Analytics experts should have;
• Igor Rivera, Director of the Master in Finance, who analyzes the challenges faced by CFOs and financial leaders, and
• Gilberto Olavarrieta, Director of Digital Programs, EGADE Business School, offers key points for driving digital transformation within the company.

Visit EGADE Insights at https://blog.egade.tec.mx.