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European VC investors: Time to think big

As U.S. investors pour into Europe, European VC investors should also think big, according to a report by The Boston Consulting Group and ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½

Clinical management units: Building the hospital of tomorrow

It's time to transform traditional hospital services into more autonomous, flexible and efficient clinical management units (CMUs). A how-to guide.

Wanted: Adventurers to lead global companies

Today's global companies need leaders with an adventurer's profile, finds a study by ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½'s International Research Center on Organizations (IRCO).

Nine out of 10 foreign companies renew their commitments to Spain

Nine out of every 10 foreign companies in Spain expect to increase or at least maintain their investments, staffing levels and business volume over th...

Whom to send where? International assignments and multinationals

In multinationals with subsidiaries scattered around the world, communication is key — and complex. So what's the best way to get firm knowledge flowi...

Impact investing: Social enterprises with a healthy return

Funding projects with a positive social or environmental impact and a healthy profit is the goal of impact investing, with BlackRock among its fans.

Green power: How one person can turn a company green

"Greening" is the catchphrase of the day, but its implementation often depends on a single actor, the CEO, say Judith Walls and ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½'s Pascual Berrone...

When Playing Green Backfires: Volkswagen and the Front Line of the Greenwashing Debate

The financial and personnel costs to Volkswagen are still being tallied after it emerged that the German car company was cheating on emissions tests. ...

Walk the Talk: Managing With Integrity

Make way for the chief integrity officer

To address the main compliance challenges facing managers today, the authors propose the creation of a new profile: the Chief Integrity Officer. This ...

Steady as she goes: Labor dynamism consolidates in Spain

Nearly one in five workers in Spain changed jobs during the first half of 2015, according to the latest labor dynamism index, project of Meta4 and IES...

Tackling the world's biggest problems with robust action

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½'s Fabrizio Ferraro looks to the philosophical tradition of American pragmatism and the concept of robust action to solve global challenges of our...

Collegial-Style Management: Governance by Those Who Know

A 2015 book by Luis Manuel Calleja and Mercedes Rovira defends collegial-style management for adding plurality, deliberation and consensus to governan...

How has the crisis affected consumer spending in Spain?

Since the beginning of the crisis, consumer spending in Spain has fallen by more than 8%. A study analyzes how consumer habits are changing.

Teaming: Solidarity as a business model

Teaming is an online platform modeled on solidarity and boosted by celebrities. A case study follows the story of its founder and ambitious expansion ...

Who gets hurt? The pitfalls of care in American hospitals

In the US, the introduction of "managed care" has intensified financial pressure on many hospitals, with adverse effects for both the insured and unin...

Say goodbye to just-in-time, lean and agile management models

Using Spain's National Institute of Performing Arts and Music as a case in point, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½'s Beatriz Muñoz-Seca presents an innovative model for service c...

To build trust, it can pay to stay humble

How does one build trust within teams? A simple starting point is accurately assessing how trusted you actually are by others, Sebastien Brion finds.

A model for management that goes beyond profits

Four ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ professors present a simulation model to look at the bottom-line social impact of learning and capability-building in firms.

Picture this: Olapic catches the next wave of e-commerce

Buying a jacket online? If you trust images downloaded by users over the catalog images, you're one of the reasons that Olapic is growing so fast.