By José Ángel de la Paz

José Ernesto Amorós, national director of Doctoral Programs at EGADE Business School, was made the new editor of Management Research, the official journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management (IAM), an affiliate institution of the Academy of Management. 

Leading the editorial team since this past January, Dr. Amorós said that he will do his best to ensure the best papers, whose contribution is relevant to the advancement of management within the Ibero-American context, get published.

“Together with Emerald Publishing, we are working on a strategy called 'Real Impact: Making a Difference through Research and Practice', which will contribute to the journal's role as a platform for the dissemination of the finest research to benefit our main audience,” he added.

Today, Dr. Amorós also holds the position of Vice President at IAM's Executive Committee. As part of his efforts to promote scientific research, he has written more than 40 papers that have been published in major international journals.

Management Research is a journal designed primarily for research professors and students from business schools in Latin America, Spain and Portugal, as well as for the Latin American academic communities that reside in North America.

The journal focuses on the dissemination of multidisciplinary research papers in the fields of Human Resources, Strategic Management, Organizational Behavior, Management Theory, Corporate Governance, Business Economics and Intercultural Management.

Authors may submit their research papers in English, Spanish or Portuguese for review purposes, however, they are published in English only.

For more information on Management Research, click here.

By José Ángel de la Paz

"Diversity, these days, it's a very popular word. Everyone says that it's very important for organizations to be diverse," says Mike Szymanski, Research Professor of International Business at EGADE Business School.

"And it's true," he assert. "Because bringing diversity into the workforce will improve your team performance. It offers you new insights, new experiences, to find new solutions to old problems."

High-performance teams that maintain a diverse and inclusive working culture are proven to exceed their financial targets, outperforming less inclusive teams by as much as 50 percent, according to a Gartner publication.

Szymanski affirms that the "key is to manage diversity effectively". And inclusion is the key to leveraging diversity.

"Diversity it's a fact in today's world. And if you want to make people feel comfortable working with you, you need to learn how to be inclusive," he assures.

To help Leaders, Managers and HR professionals interested in achieving true diversity and inclusion in their business, EGADE Business School delivers, in partnership with digital education provider GetSmarter, a brand of 2U, Inc., the new Inclusive Leadership online short course, an eight-week program taught in English.

"This course teaches leaders to effectively manage diverse and inclusive teams and discover how diversity can be leveraged as a competitive advantage in driving organizational performance," says Jaime García Narro, Associate Dean of Executive Education at EGADE Business School.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION TO TRANSFORM YOUR BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

EGADE Business School faculty and industry experts, who share their experience and in-depth diversity and inclusion knowledge with participants throughout the program, guide the Inclusive Leadership online short course.

Course participants will walk away with:

• An awareness of how culture influences organizational performance, insight into effective leadership traits and styles across cultures, and the ability to adapt your leadership approach accordingly.
   
• An understanding of the difference between diversity and inclusion, its impact in the workplace, and an action plan to foster inclusivity in a team.
   
• Frameworks to promote inclusivity, and knowledge of how it can be used as a competitive advantage.

"Students can also look forward to additional content, interactive and enrichment activities, small group discussions and a portfolio of evidence-based on an ongoing project with real-world application in managing and building an inclusive team and culture," added García Narro, who along with Szymanski is academic director of the Inclusive Leadership online short course.

After completion, course participants will achieve an official certificate from EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey as validation of their experience.

For more information about registration dates, curriculum and more, clic here.

*This article was updated on July 5, 2021.

By INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

On July 1, the Academy of International Business (AIB) awarded Ignacio De la Vega, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, Faculty & Internationalization of Tecnológico de Monterrey, as the International Educator of the Year 2021 for his impactful trajectory as a transformative educational leader.

This appointment is awarded annually to academic leaders in business education who promote international business programs through personal initiative, teacher support, and constant educational innovation.

"I am very excited and grateful to receive this important recognition. The AIB is a highly respected, diverse, and multicultural community. This recognition is also for the entire community of colleagues, students, graduates, and directors of Tec de Monterrey, the Undergraduate Business School, and EGADE Business School. It is proof that teamwork and the focus on innovation that is done in the institution is valued at an international level, "said De la Vega.

Due to the pandemic, the AIB deferred the presentation of these awards in 2020. Finally, De la Vega received this distinction in the AIB 2021 Annual Meeting, which was held online.

As merits for this recognition, the AIB highlights De la Vega's outstanding performance and achievements as dean of EGADE Business School and the Undergraduate Business School of Tecnológico de Monterrey between August 2017 and February 2021.

The achievements of De la Vega and his team in implementing an internationalization strategy to increase the global reach, recognition, and development of EGADE Business School and the Business School of Tecnológico de Monterrey stand out.

This includes the launch of Tec's first undergraduate degree program taught entirely in English, the Bachelor in Global Business, and two-year-long postgraduate programs in English, the Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, number 1 in Mexico, and Latin America according to the QS Global MBA Rankings 2021, and the Master in Business Management, winner of the 2019 EQUAA International Innovation Award.

Likewise, under his leadership, the launch of a global student attraction campaign was promoted, and the academic offer of double degree and exchange programs with leading academic partners on five continents was expanded. In addition, the Business School and EGADE Business School of the Tecnológico de Monterrey have incorporated more than 200 research professors, most of them with a global profile, during the last three years.

Also noteworthy is EGADE Business School's association with global platforms to offer the first online premium MBA in Latin America; short inclusive leadership online courses; and micromasters in negotiation and leadership, and innovation and entrepreneurship.

Robert Grosse, chair of the AIB Educator of the Year award selection committee, commented on the recipient:

"Ignacio de la Vega exemplifies the kind of leader we would like to have in our schools. At Tec de Monterrey he has actively advanced international business in the curriculum, provides opportunities for students and faculty to get international experience, and himself personifies the international leader with his background in Spain and his experience in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America."

De la Vega's career as an educator spans more than three decades, spanning both the public and private sectors.

Before joining Tecnológico de Monterrey, he served as CEO of Babson Global. This organization integrates the Babson College Global Entrepreneurial Leadership Centers, for which he developed innovative, collaborative research programs and initiatives with a focus on entrepreneurship.

Previously, he was Chief Learning Officer of BBVA at a global level, where he collaborated directly with the president, CEO, and Executive Committee of the Group to transform its corporate training model.

He was president of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), an international observatory that studies entrepreneurship trends globally, which brings together more than 450 researchers and collaborators in 90 countries.

For twenty years, De la Vega served as a teacher and researcher at IE Business School. In this institution, he also directed the International Center for Entrepreneurship and Development of Business Projects.

The AIB has awarded the International Educator of the Year Award since 1984. Among the recipients were Edward A. Snyder, Dean of the Yale School of Management at Yale University, in 2018.

By José Ángel de la Paz

The Master in Business Management (MBM) of EGADE Business School will be taught in September 2020 in Mexico City. With this opening, the master's degree will be present in the three sites of the school, after its launch in Monterrey in 2018 and in Guadalajara in 2019.

During this time, in addition to expanding, the program has been distinguished as the best educational innovation project in Mexico with the 2019 EQUAA International Innovation Award.

"Due to the growing interest in this innovative program, we decided to open a third site in Mexico to give national and international students the opportunity to live the MBM experience in the capital of our country," said Eduardo Aguiñaga, national director of the program.

The MBM, he explained, is a postgraduate course aimed at newly graduated professionals from their undergraduate studies, which is offered in a full-time, one-year format, completely in English, designed in experiential learning modules, based on projects and challenges.

“The modules are developed from a hybrid learning approach including a Micromaster with face-to-face sessions, Bootcamps or specialized training, online learning, workshops, and multiple teaching strategies such as inverted classroom, gamification, case simulation, challenges, and projects applied, ”he said.

The program, Aguiñaga said, prepares its students to excel in a competitive setting, expand their business vision, develop key digital and leadership skills, and boost their career through active learning methodologies and corporate dives with practical experience in real projects. within leading companies of various industries.

"Without a doubt, the MBM will provide a valuable alternative for recent graduates from the center of the country," he concluded.

Learn more about the Master in Business Management here.

By José Ángel de la Paz

EGADE Business School starts this 2020 as the best business school in Latin America in the prestigious international rankings of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Eduniversal.

QS RANKINGS

For the third consecutive year, EGADE Business School leads in Latin America the QS Global MBA and Business Masters Rankings 2020 with the Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship and the Master in Finance with the following results:

• QS Global MBA Rankings 2020 - EGADE Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship:
  # 1 in Mexico and Latin America for 3rd consecutive year
  # 55 globally among 240 ranked MBA programs
  + 23 places advance vs 2019 globally
  # 26 globally for Entrepreneurship and  Alumni Outcomes
  # 39 globally for Graduate Employability
   
• QS Business Masters Rankings 2020: Masters in Finance - EGADE Master in Finance:
  # 1 in Mexico and Latin America for the 3rd consecutive year
  # 15 globally for  Graduate Employability
  # 41 globally among 156 ranked Master in Finance programs.

Additionally, EGADE Business School leads the specialized programs in Entrepreneurship and Operations Management in Mexico and Latin America, within the QS MBA Specialization Rankings 2019.

EDUNIVERSAL RANKINGS

EGADE Business School remains, for the twelfth consecutive year, as the number one business school in Mexico and Latin America in the Eduniversal Business Schools Ranking 2019.

Thus, the School continues as the only school in Mexico and one of the four in Latin America included in the 100 awarded with the highest level of “5 Palms of Excellence” and recognized as “Universal Business Schools with strong global influence” . Within this select group, EGADE Business School is positioned within the 50 best business schools worldwide.

Also, EGADE Business School retains its leadership as the business school with the best postgraduate degrees in Mexico and Latin America, according to the results of the Eduniversal Best Masters Ranking 2019.

In the regional ranking, EGADE Business School programs occupy the first places in the following categories:

• EGADE MBA: number 1 in Mexico and Latin America in the “General Management” category.
• Master in Finance: number 1 in Mexico and Latin America in the “Corporate Finance” category, and 27th in the global “Financial Markets” category.
• Specialization in Energy Management: number 1 in both Mexico and Latin America in the “Energy and Natural Resources” category, for the second successive year.
• Executive MBA: number 1 in Mexico and number 2 in Latin America in the “Executive MBA” category.
• MBA in Global Business & Strategy: number 1 in Mexico and number 2 in Latin America in the “Full-time MBA” category.

In addition to the recognition of the international rankings, EGADE Business School is the only multi-siteschool in Latin America that has the “triple crown” of international accreditations, recognized by the industry for the quality standards that certify: AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. Only 1 % of business schools in the world have the "triple crown".

By José Ángel de la Paz

The EXATEC EGADE Business School Association elected its new Board of Directors for the 2020-2022 term. Among its new members are president Ulises Moisés Beltrán Arauz (MBA'15), vice-president Jesús Rosales Vázquez (MBA'16), chancellor Claudia Corona Vadillo (MBE'06), vice-chancellor Fernando Antonio Torres Aranda (MBE'02), and secretary Gabriela Espinosa Hernández (MBE'16).

Other board members include Shaday Nayelli Aranda Guevara (MBA'14) as Director of Communications; Amparo Pagés Ureña (MBE'19), Director of 3P Initiatives; Abel Antonio Rojas García (MMT'07/MA'01), Mónica Patricia Flores García (MBA'16) and Susana Edith López Alvarado (MAF'14), all members of 3P Initiatives committee.

Also joining as members are Fermín Alfonso San Juan Mejía (MA'07) as Director of the Mexico City Chapter; Guadalupe Garay González (MBA'14), Advisor of the Mexico City Chapter; Jesús Alfredo Leal Chavarin (MAF'13), Director of the Monterrey Chapter; Anel Reyes Ledezma (MBE'18), Director of the Querétaro Chapter; Blanca Elizabeth Miranda Maya (MBA'18), Advisor of the Querétaro Chapter; Gustavo Adolfo Rodríguez Arrieta (EA'19) and Lino Orozco Castillo (IIS'89/MA'06), both taking the role of Advisors.

“As alumni, we feel very fortunate, honored and privileged to be in a position where our goal is to serve. Our purpose as an association is based on the ‘three Ps’ of sustainable development, which stands for people, profit and planet, and based on these core principles we want to create bonds in the alumni community so that we can carry out activities and projects that add value to our environment,” Beltrán Arauz said, in his first speech as president.

The ceremony took place on January 31st at Salón Borregos, in the Santa Fe Campus, where the work of Alberto Diosdado (MA'79) was also celebrated. Diosdado served for 10 years as president of the EXATEC EGADE Business School Association and is now an honorary member of the association.

Jaime Martínez Bowness, director of the EGADE Business School Mexico City site, addressed the new Board of Directors and presented its new president with the representative pin. He also presented María Livas, director of Students & Alumni Relations and Career Services at EGADE Business School, with the outgoing president's pin in the representation of Diosdado.

The members of the new Board signed the inauguration document to officially begin their work in leading the association.

Attending the event were Emilio Álvarez Frangie, Manager of EXATEC Relations and Leadership at Tecnológico de Monterrey, and Orla Branigan, Director of Marketing, Communication and Alumni Relations at EGADE Business School.

By José Ángel de la Paz

Jorge Luis Torres Aguilar, EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey alumnus, has been recognized as one of the top 25 Influential Leaders from the 2020 Class of AACSB International, the leading and most prestigious accreditation organization for business schools worldwide.

This annual distinction is awarded to graduates selected from over 860 AACSB-accredited institutions across the globe, whose inspiring work serves as a model for the next generation of business leaders.

Torres Aguilar, who graduated from the OneMBA program in 2006, currently serves as President of FedEx Express México and Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce Mexico (AmCham).

“In Mexico and Latin America, we are facing major challenges, but, at the same time, positive arguments and confidence generators, including extraordinary business leaders such as Jorge Luis,” said Ignacio de la Vega, Dean of EGADE Business School. “His talent and career guide our students and graduates in their commitment to exercise responsible, transformative leadership, and have a positive impact on their companies, business undertakings and organizations to offer solutions to the enormous challenges we face as a society.”

"It is our privilege to grow the histories of business school graduates, like Jorge Luis, who are acting as a force for good in the world,” said Tom Robinson, President and CEO of AACSB. "EGADE Business School prepares its graduates to lead with enthusiasm and dedication, and Jorge Luis' inspiring achievements deserve to be celebrated."

"I am a Mexican who like many others, fights every single day utilizing its talents and capacity as best as I can, truly committed to contributing to support my family, my community, my organization and my country, making the world a better place,” commented Torres Aguilar. “EGADE Business School has been for me, much more than an academic institution, a ‘school for life’, that helped me become a better person and a better professional.”

Torres Aguilar began his career at FedEx Express in 1991 and, as the years went by, was given diverse promotions and responsibilities, including Manager of the Service Quality and Assurance Department for the Mexico and Central America region, Director of Operations for the Northern District and Director-of Management and Engineering.

He was then appointed President of FedEx Express México in 2012, marking a historic moment in the organization’s history on becoming the first Mexican to direct FedEx operations in the country.

During his administration, Torres Aguilar completed the integration of MultiPack into the FedEx network, and positioned the Mexican subsidiary among the first places worldwide in terms of the corporation’s revenue.

The 2020 Class of Influential Leaders is comprised of 25 graduates from 25 AACSB accredited business schools in 13 countries, who share a passion and dedication for leading and innovating within their industries, impacting their communities and inspiring future business leaders.

Established in 1916, AACSB is considered the largest business education association in the world, connecting, educators, students, and companies with the aim of developing the next generation of great leaders. Up to January 2020, 862 schools in 56 countries had obtained AACSB accreditation.

EGADE Business School has been awarded three of the most important global accreditations, AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, forming the “triple crown”, the highest recognition for a business school at the international level and enjoyed by just 1% of business schools in the world.

For further information on Torres Aguilar’s career, visit: https://www.aacsb.edu/influential-leaders/honorees/2020/jorge-luis-torres-aguilar

For further information on AACSB Influential Leaders, visit: https://aacsb.edu/influential-leaders

By José Ángel de la Paz

Students and alumni of EGADE Business School shared their international experiences through the “Across Cultures” Photography Contest, with more than 60 images.

A jury chose the winning photos of the first three places, as well as nine honorable mentions. The 12 selected images, by nine authors, were displayed in the Art Room of the EGADE Business School site in Monterrey, within the framework of the welcome week to the January-March 2020 quarter.

“The exhibition portrays the international experiences of students and graduates who have participated in double degree opportunities, exchanges, summers and Global Network Weeks, through their academic programs or the Department of International Programs,” explained Armida Lozano, director of International Programs from EGADE Business School, during the opening of the exhibition.

The first place was obtained by Yoku Sashida Méndez, an MBA student in Guadalajara; second place was received by María Amparo Orozco Álvarez, an MBA student in Santa Fe, and third place was won by Bernardo Osuna Monroy, an MBA student in Monterrey.

Their photos portray places like Table Mountain, in Cape Town, South Africa; the River Thames, in London, United Kingdom, and Babson College, in the United States, respectively.

The honorable mentions were awarded to the students Rogelio de la Garza Guevara, Sarah María Gallego Tapia, Óscar Eduardo Franco Guillén, Jesús Ávila Ortega, and the alumni Carlos Federico del Razo Ochoa and María Sabina López Lujano.

EGADE Business School offers its students and graduates various international opportunities through exclusive agreements with more than 50 programs offered jointly with recognized global academic partners.

It also provides more than 20 double degree options with more than a dozen of the most prestigious universities and business schools in the world, and grants access to the exclusive network of 31 partner business schools of the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM), and its Global Network Weeks and Global Network Courses programs.

The 12 photographs, which will remain on exhibition until March, can be seen here.

WINNING PHOTOS

First place
Title: Wind, mountains, humanity and sea
Author: Yoku Sashida Méndez

Second place
Title: Time Travel
Author: María Amparo Orozco Álvarez

Third place
Title: Last day in Babson
Author: Bernardo Osuna Monroy