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IE Business School has announced the fifteen finalists of the first edition of its Prize for Economic Journalism in Asia. Entries for the competition comprised 130 articles, reports, interviews and other media formats from more than 60 media organizations in the region. The competition is sponsored by CAF- Development Bank of Latin America.

The entries that have made it through to the finals of this first edition of the competition were published by media from China, the Philippines, Thailand, India, Pakistan and Singapore, where the business press is continuously exploring issues related not only to the global economy, but also the economies of Spain and Latin America. The overriding aim of the competition is to increase the flow of economic information between Asia and the Latin America region in order to forge closer economic links and interests.

Prize giving ceremony – June 20, Casa de América
The judges’ panel that will select the winning entries is comprised mainly of journalists from América Economía, El País, CNN Expansión and International Herald Tribune, along with business experts from IE Business School and CAF – Development bank of Latin America. Further members of the panel include organizations like International Enterprise Singapore, other companies operating in the region like Brightstar and Finnair, and Saudi Arabia’s Effat University.

The prize giving ceremony will take place on June 20 at the Casa de América building in Madrid. The event will also include the presentation of the prizes for the second edition of the IE Business School Prize for Economic Journalism in Latin America.

FINALISTS OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE IE BUSINESS SCHOOL PRIZE FOR ECONOMIC JOURNALISM IN ASIA

1. Tehelka (India) “Our BRIC mindset will ruin us”   Karan Mehrishi
2. Dawn (Pakistan) “Democratisation of capital” Aftshan Subohi
3. Forbes (India) “Bric countries hit a wall” Shisihr Prasad, Dinesh Narayanan and Pravin Palande
4. The Straits Times (Singapore)  “Latin America beckons for Singapore firms” Himaya Quasem
5. Business World (Philippines)  “Philippines told to invest” Diane Claire J. Jiao
6. SME Times (India) “Export diversification: where we are lacking”  Bikky Khosla
7. SME Times (India) “High taxes for the “super-rich” a poor idea”  Bikky Khosla
8. China Daily (China) “Deeper sino-latin American trade cooperation urged” Li Jiabao
9. The Strait times  (Singapore) “Singaporeans wanted in Latin America” Melissa Tan
10. Berita Harian  (Singapore) “More executives to be trained for the Latin American market” Oleh Norhaiza
11. Business Times (Singapore) “Manpower push for firms expanding in Latin America”   Malminderjit Singh
12. Live Mint (India) “India needs a restart”  V. Anantha Nageswaran
13. Strait Times (Singapore)  “Mexico means opportunity, says President Calderon” Himaya Quasem
14. The Economic Times (India) “Corporate chiefs on how they survived their greatest crisis”  Dibeyendu Ganguly
15. Bangkok Post. (Thailand) “Good soil or good fertilizer? Nanchanok Wongsamuth

5 exciting residential periods are part of the Global Executive MBA program: Madrid, Shanghai, Providence, Sao Paolo and again Madrid. The Shanghai module provides an Asian perspectives: In partnership with Chinese and ex-pat business leaders, participants will gain insight in Asia’s evolving business market and how to be a part of it.

Global Executive MBA visited Shanghai at the end of February,  participating in their second face to face module during the program, reconnecting with their peers, spending time both inside and outside the classroom. The module kicked off on Sunday with a city tour organized by the IE, and was followed throughout the week by different sessions, some given by their IE professors, some by Fudan University faculty and some by external collaborators.

Besides the academic part of the agenda, the students also participated in a networking event organized by the IE, where 20 alumni based in Shanghai joined the students and the professors for dinner, spending a great evening exchanging professional and academic experiences. Once again, a face to face module of a blended program has strengthened the connections of the students that recharged their batteries for the upcoming online period.

Undoubtedly, everyone is looking for the next adventure in Providence, Rhode Island, in May.

More details about the Global Executive MBA you can find the the Program Web and on Youtube.

Two IE Business School alumni and a student, currently working in Asia, share their thoughts on the subject.

-Gregorie Perez is a student of the IE Brown Executive MBA working in Philippines.
-Yvette Hu is an International MBA alumna working in China.
-Thomas Sypre, is an International Executive MBA (aka Global Executive MBA) alumnus working in Singapore

The ieTalks! is an exciting new events series open to all students across IE where people with common interests can come together in an interactive forum to share their experiences, and feed off of each other’s points of view in an intimate setting outside the classroom.

Santiago Iñiguez, President of IE University, interviews Arnoud De Meyer, President of Singapore Management University, about the success of Asian Universities in the Global Higher Education Market and the key factors that have helped Singapore to become an international education hub.

The interview took place at the IE Madrid Campus during the Reinventing Higher Education Conference organized by IE University, where experts gathered from international institutions like Oxford University, Brown University, the World Economic Forum, Wikipedia, Alexandria Trust and the British Council to discuss the environment surrounding universities nowadays. This includes things like the demand in a globalized world, the strength of emerging markets like Asia or the Middle East, and innovation in teaching methods.

As you probably know, CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black, namely the four base ink colors. In offset and digital printing the CMYK ink colors are applied to paper in successive layers. By overlapping the four colors in varying concentrations, a huge number of other colors can be created. As a result, the combined visual effects of the four CMYK colors produce what we commonly call full color printing. I believe that the visions of the four professors featured in this video serve in much the same way as “base colors” for developing thought in the field of management. They basically address two issues – what could be considered the most important management subject, and whether the world is seeing a shift in its center of gravity. Prof. de l´Etraz disagrees with Dean Iniguez, and Prof. D´Souza disagrees with Dean Boehm. It seems that agreement is just not their thing. Check out what they have to say!