2017 Annual Report 201 8 ESADE Foundation Annual Report ESADE Foundation 2017 - 2018 : GRI 102-1 COVER CONTENTS 10 16 34 1. NEW DEVELOPMENTS 2. MISSION, VALUES 3. ACADEMIC AND KEY FACTS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY UNITS 48 58 66 4. FACULTY 5. RESEARCH 6. OUTREACH AND KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIAL DEBATE 86 106 114 7. GLOBAL 8. PEOPLE, INFRASTRUCTURE 9. PRIVATE OUTLOOK AND RESOURCES CONTRIBUTIONS 126 134 146 10. GOVERNING 11. ESADE 12. ECONOMIC BODIES ALUMNI INFORMATION 150 APPENDIXES BUSINESS SCHOOL LAW SCHOOL 3,187 1,730 1,308 127 Students* International Students* International Students Students 1,320 in the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) 145 in the Bachelor in Law 333 in the Double Degree in Business Administration and Law 277 in the Bachelor in Global Governance 614 in the MSc Programmes in Management 333 in the Double Degree in Business Administration and Law 376 in the MBA 204 in the Master in Legal Practice 12 in the Master of Research in Management Sciences 136 in the Master's and postgraduate programmes in law 29 in the PhD in Management Sciences 9 in the PhD Programme 232 in the Summer Programme 121 in Continuous Training 271 in other programmes 60 in the Summer Programme (BI Norwegian, MIP, CEMS and KIC InnoEnergy) 23 in the Lawyering Programme (ICADE, Madrid) EXECUTIVE EDUCATION 4,830 1,840 8,992 Students International students STUDENTS IN TOTAL 1,590 in Executive Education (EMBA, EXECUTIVE MASTERS, CORPORATE * The 333 students in the Double Degree in Business Administration PROGRAMMES) and Law mentioned in this Annual Report are attributed to both 852 in open programmes ESADE Business School and ESADE Law School. 2,388 in custom programmes GRI 102-7 FACULTY CAMPUS 77,287 m2 262 32 Total area Faculty Language Core instructors BCN MAD 32,655 m2 BCN · Pedralbes 2,625 m2 Madrid campus 42,007 m2 BCN · St. Cugat STAFF MEMBERS INCOME 423 36 €109 M €9 M People Internationals in gross income Scholarships, aid and discounts €46 M Business School €100 M €16 M Law School in net TH income €35 M Executive Education 20 €3 M Research MBA IN THE WORD FUNDRAISING: FINANCIAL TIMES (JANUARY 2018) €3 M in contributions RESEARCH EVENTS 136 118 168 18,188 Faculty Members Articles in refereed Public events Participants conducting academic journals research ESADE ALUMNI GRI 102-7 816 Public events with 27,859 participants 8 Joaquín Uriach President of the ESADE Foundation This 2017-2018 Annual Report, which offers a detailed Our firm commitment to innovation in all sorts look at ESADE’s intense activity and achievements of formats and educational offerings guided our over the past academic year, must begin with investments over the past year. These investments enthusiastic recognition of Eugenia Bieto for are summarised in the pages of this report. her brilliant work as Director General of ESADE from 2010 to 2018. I would also like to extend this I would like to express my gratitude to everyone recognition on behalf of my two predecessors, Pedro who has supported ESADE’s common goals year Fontana and Manuel Raventós, who held the post of after year. In particular, I would like to thank the President of the ESADE Foundation while Eugenia members of the Board of Trustees, the International Bieto was serving as Director General. Advisory Board and the Professional Advisory Board; the companies represented on the Foundation’s This period in ESADE’s history will be remembered Assembly of Members; and all the individual donors for many milestones, but there are two that I would who have contributed to the sustainability of our like to highlight in particular. First, over these past project. I am also grateful to everyone who works few years, we have consolidated our global position in our academic community – faculty, administrative to such an extent that we no longer understand and service staff, and alumni – for their hard work ESADE as anything but a global institution. Our and professionalism, which have helped to make our classrooms bring together students of more than 100 institution a clear leader and an example to follow nationalities, our faculty includes professors from all in the world of education and training. over the world, and ESADE has definitively secured its position in the main international rankings. ESADE wrapped up the 2017-2018 academic year with the development of “Vision ESADE 2028”, an initiative The second milestone I would like to mention is led by the Board of Trustees that looks ahead to our innovation. Under Eugenia Bieto’s leadership, school’s 70th anniversary. The pillars of this renewed ESADE has responded deftly to a fast-changing vision – which lays the groundwork for ESADE’s environment that has reshaped our sector. An new strategic plan – are academic excellence, in-depth renewal of ESADE’s teaching model has exemplary values and economic sustainability. Under enabled us to offer students and participants an the guidance of our new Director General, Koldo educational experience aligned with new ways Echebarria, this new vision will enable ESADE to of learning that are emerging today. The five- take another historic leap forward in its journey to laboratory ecosystem that makes up the Rambla become a widely admired and cutting-edge school of Innovation is the best indication that ESADE in the global higher education sector. As always, we has embraced innovation and experimentation as hope to count on your support in this endeavour. central tenets of the school’s methodology. Thank you very much. GRI 102-14 9 Koldo Echebarria Director General of ESADE Business & Law School The first words I spoke as Director General of ESADE us confident that the programme has been well were to recognise my predecessors. It could not have received at the international level. been otherwise: their enormous contributions helped to make ESADE the innovative and global institution ESADE means innovation, but it also means that it is today. The 2017-2018 academic year, the commitment. We want to get involved and drive details of which are recorded in this Annual Report, social progress. Last year, the Financial Times was an example of how this institution continues ranked the ESADE MBA #1 in Europe in terms of to address the challenges of today’s accelerating the opportunities afforded by the programme to world. And the leader who oversaw this good work the female executives of the future. Universities and was Eugenia Bieto, who headed up ESADE from 2010 business schools must set an example for society, until last year. including through our gender-diversity policies, and I am pleased that ESADE’s efforts in this area have This report describes the numerous projects that been recognised. came to fruition over the past academic year. The most visible of these projects is surely the Rambla of The ESADE Scholarship Programme serves as a Innovation: an ecosystem consisting of five spaces vehicle for another of our commitments to society. that opened last year. This project, like many other Our institution is committed to fostering diversity key initiatives undertaken by ESADE, is aligned and equality of opportunity in our classrooms. with our longstanding commitment to innovation. Through our combined efforts, in 2017-2018 we were There is no doubt, however, that this new ecosystem able to award 250 scholarships – or rather, to make has given the main thoroughfare of our Sant Cugat 250 long-term investments in the talent of young campus an entirely different look and feel. people with a bright future ahead of them. I am especially grateful for the efforts of our individual As for our portfolio of programmes, in keeping and corporate donors in this regard. with our commitment to constantly innovating and responding to new challenges, in 2017-2018 we held Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to the first edition of our MSc in Business Analytics. thank the entire ESADE community, faculty and This programme combines technical knowledge with administrative and service staff, whose hard business vision and positions students to cover the work and commitment are essential to the proper new needs of the many companies that are recruiting functioning of the school. Thank you very much. data scientists, machine-learning experts and big- data managers. This is just one example, to be sure, but the fact that the first edition attracted GRI 102-14 participants from 16 different countries makes New developments and key facts 8,992 students at 77,287 m2 of campus buildings ESADE Business School, ESADE Law School and Executive Education €109 million in income 262 core faculty in management and law ANNUAL REPORT 11 By striving to set an example in the field of education and training, ESADE helps to build a better future for society. ESADE is an institution with a global outlook, dedicated to education and research in the fields of management and law. It is structured in three educational areas: ESADE Business School, ESADE Law School and Executive Education. ESADE strives to provide an example to follow in the field of education and training, helping to build a better future for society through an ongoing commitment to talent, integrity, excellence and innovation. This Annual Report reflects the intense level of activity that ESADE has maintained over the past academic year in pursuit of this aim. The report provides a complete picture of the 2017-2018 academic year, the people who make up our institution, and the results obtained. 12 NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND KEY FACTS NEW DEVELOPMENTS One of the key milestones of the 2017-2018 academic Full-Time MBA as the best in Spain and Europe for year was the grand opening of the Rambla of professional women in its list of the top 50 MBAs for Innovation.