Segovia, April 10 2008 â?? Following the acquisition of a Spanish university by the IE Higher Education group in January of 2007, the rollout of IE University has now officially commenced. The University project has been conceived to provide an academically rigorous but innovative approach to undergraduate and post graduate education, initially focused on disciplines…

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IE Insight Session in Singapore, April 16

IE Business School will host in Singapore an Insight Session on English taught programs and the IE experience. In this presentation, we will make a special emphasis on programs which do not require previous work experience – Master in Management (Marketing, International Management, Biotechnology, Telecom & Digital Business), Master in Finance, Master in International Relations,…

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Save the date: IE in Tokyo

Save the date as IE Business School will be travelling to Tokyo! IE is one of the leading European business schools whose commitment to business education is driven by a belief in innovation, academic excellence, diversity and an entrepreneurial spirit. Come meet us in your city at our next Insight Session: Date: April 9, 2008…

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IE Business School on tour in South East Asia

IE Business School will host in the coming week three promotional activities in South East Asia. Philippines – Manila Activity: Insight Session Date: March 10, 2008 Time: 18:30 – 20:30 Venue: The Peninsula Manila Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh City Activity: Insight Session Date: March 11, 2008 Venue: High Q Vietnam Thailand – Bangkok Activity:…

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The profit of sustainable design

The ecologIE initiative at IE Business School is organizing conference on sustainable design, examining sustainable design as an economically viable and profitable option. Date: 6 March 2008 (19:00 to 20:30 hours) Cocktail: 20:30 to 21:30 Place: Aula Magna, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain Audience:  Students and alumni of IE Business School, IE University and Madrid-based…

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Does it need to be always an MBA?

IE Business School offers a wide range of master programs since we are aware of the fact that people have different needs and ideas when it comes to further their professional development. Of course, in the postgraduate management education the MBA has predominance over any other master program. Nonetheless this does not mean that this…

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The European Union again looks to the future

1460.jpgFebruary 2008 | By Dr. Javier I. García González, Professor at IE University

 

The recently signed Lisbon Treaty has brought new lifeblood to the EU after the failed Constitution, and now looks set to play a greater role in international politics.

We probably will not hear it referred to as the failed “European Constitution”, but the Lisbon Treaty aims to form part of our lives over the coming years. On 19 October, 2007, European leaders managed to finish a job they more or less completed in June, thanks to a successful German presidency. The reward for the current Portuguese presidency will be that the new document that will govern the life and workings of the European Union will bear the name of the country´s capital, where it was signed by the heads of government on 13 December, 2007. From that moment, a process for the ratification of the treaty by each member state began which, if all goes according to plan, will lead to the re-written text coming into effect at the beginning of 2009 (except for certain provisions that have been postponed until 2014), replacing the current Nice Treaty.

Hence we see the beginning of the end of a crisis that has not been the first and will not be the last, and one that has set the members of the European Union against each other on matters that are fundamental for defining its very nature, modus operandi and future. The now discarded “Constitutional Treaty” addressed many of these issues by shaping a European Union with a high level of integration, not only in economic terms, but also on a political, social and even symbolic level; however, the idea proved to be too ambitious. The history of European integration shows us that the Union has progressed better in short steps (albeit quickly at times) than in leaps and bounds and the misnamed Constitution was seen by many citizens as a large leap, beginning with its very denomination. In hindsight, the halt in the process for the building of Europe during these two years may even have helped a Europe that is growing in both size and complexity put its feet back on the ground, immersed in a world that is becoming increasingly small and interconnected.

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