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The last round of applications to the European Talent Scholarships will run from May 31st until June 30th. These scholarships are aimed at European students with an outstanding professional profile and the skills needed to become a leader that will have an influence on business in the future. Students may apply for a grant of 50% of the tuition fees of the Executive MBA at the University of Barcelona (the scholarship does not cover the administrative fee). The main aim… 
José María Gay de Liébana, member of the Universitat de Barcelona Business School, has been awarded the European Medal for Merit in Work by the European Association of Economy and Competitiveness in recognition of his professional career as an economist and his participation in various media. He has also been distinguished as Honorary Counselor of the organisation. Gay de Liébana, doctor in Economics and Law, usually comments economic current affairs in several TV and radio programmes, he also writes articles in… 
The 2017 edition of the Careers Month at the Universitat de Barcelona Business School closed last Wednesday with great success. Four workshops and four panel discussions were held during the month of May to boost the career prospects of graduate students in Economics and Business. Sessions featured as many as fifteen different guest speakers, which gave us different insights on various career paths for students and job search techniques. Workshops covered communication, CV, LinkedIn and job search strategies. On the… 
The University of Barcelona has jumped eight places in the Leiden Ranking 2017 for Social Sciences and Humanities, from 161st to 153rd position worldwide. The university is the leading institution in Spain in this field since 2016, when it overtook the Autonomous University of Barcelona as the top institution in Spain. The University of Barcelona has maintained the upward trend since 2014, improving its position by 123 places worldwide. Havard (USA), Oxford (UK) and Toronto (Canada) lead the Social Sciences… 
The last round of applications to the PhD in Business of the Universitat de Barcelona School of Business is now open. Interested candidates are invited to apply until June 23th, 2017. They will be given resolutions by emails on June 29th, 2017. The programme is aimed at tudents seeking to embark on an international career in research in the area of business. The aim of the PhD in Business at the University of Barcelona is to train researchers in the various… 
The Universitat de Barcelona Business School invited Carlos Garza, founding partner and director of the catering company Universitas, to be our guest speaker in the Executive MBA “Business Chat”. During this session, which was held at the Faculty of Economics and Business on May 9th 2017, Garza spoke about the company, its mission and values. He also explored the fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Universitas manages a total of 21 cafes and restaurants at the University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University and… 
The Summer School "Big Data for Healthy Living", jointly organised by the University of Barcelona, the Université Grenoble Alpes and the European Scientific Institute, will provide an overview of the main sources of data and efforts to develop new tools on large-scale data processing application. It will be held at the European Scientific Institute, in Archamps, France from July 3rd to 12th, 2017. Claudio Cruz Cazares, researcher at the Universitat de Barcelona Business School and director of the Master’s degree… 
The Summer School on Management of Creativity in an Innovation Society offers a unique and privileged opportunity for 60 participants from different countries and backgrounds to explore and compare two ecosystems in creative and innovative cities, as well as to tap into new sources of inspiration on how to create environments that stimulate innovation. The course is jointly organised by the Entrepreneurship Chair at the University of Barcelona and the multidisciplinary platform for research and training Mosaic at HEC Montreal.… 
Students of the Executive MBA at the Universitat de Barcelona Business School will leave their classrooms to take part in a dynamic workshop on leadership. During two intensive days, the group will meet in a hotel on the coast of Barcelona area on May 12th and 13th 2017. The workshop will offer practical training through games-based experiences, group dynamics, role-plays, practical cases, videos and multimedia contents. At the end of the stage, participants will have a better understanding of the difficulties… 
María de Lourdes Eguren studied the MSc in Business Research (2009-2010) and the PhD in Business (2010-2015) at the Universitat de Barcelona Business School. She works now at Bunge, one of the largest agribusiness and food companies in the world. While she was still studying her master’s she found a job at another multinational, in this case in the pharmaceutical business: Novartis. Eguren combines her managerial job at Bunge with lectures at Tecnocampus de Mataró, where she works as an…