As demonstrated by the undertaking of The ESADE MBA, our students seek to challenge themselves, push the boundaries of their knowledge and drive their personal development. Anyone evaluating the prospect of pursuing an MBA will be aware of the demanding workload the programme entails. However, in between caffeine fuelled nights trying to stay on top of project deadlines there is also time to unleash, enjoy and leverage social networking opportunities. For those free moments, Barcelona offers countless opportunities.
The
MBA Student Association (MBASA) is a student managed body which reinforces the MBA community by organising a broad range of educational, professional, cultural, social and recreational activities. MBASA encourages participants with innovative ideas to submit, develop and take ownership of new club proposals.
MBASA Website
Business clubs
Business clubs are managed by the MBA Student Association (MBASA) and are responsible for leveraging their position at ESADE to create learning, networking and exposure opportunities for members.
Clean Tech
Consulting
Design & Innovation
Emerging Markets
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Healthcare
Investment Fund
Luxury Goods & Services
Marketing
Media
Net Impact
Operations
Sports Business
Technology
Women in Business
Students and companies have a close relationship during the MBA and there are many initiatives that are possible thanks to this collaboration.
One of the most successful iniatives is the CaseBook.
The Consulting Club has released the first-ever Esade Case Book sponsored by The Boston Consulting Group and in collaboration with Career Services. It has already proven to be an excellent preparation resource for case interviews and development of analytical thinking.
Some other examples are:
• Trends in Consulting and Financial Services Industries: A Presentation by Deloitte
• Inhouse Consulting versus External Consulting, Presentation by Deutsche Bank
• Wipro Event “The Consulting Pitch”
• Mock interview workshop with Johnson & Johnson
• Acciona Case: A school wide case competition during the first semester tackling the balance between economic, social, and environmental stakeholders.
A taste of Business Clubs events
• Adidas ESADE-IESE Case Challenge won by ESADE
• IBM/Novartis NCD Challenge, A team of The ESADE MBA students has been named one of two global winners of the IBM/Novartis NCD Challenge, a case competition among top business schools at the intersection of healthcare and technology
• US Global Poverty Challenge – London. ESADE MBA team wins regional final of US Global Poverty Challenge with a new business solution for the NGO One Laptop per Child
• Mobile Sustainability and the Mobile World Congress -Speaker Panel at ESADE Forum
• The Clinton Foundation - Case Study on HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries
• Ashoka Global Summit of Housing Entrepreneurs hosted at ESADECREAPOLIS and supported by Net Impact Club Volunteers
• Warsaw Business School case competition: Investment in CEE
• Novartis Masterminds Case Competition with INSEAD, IE, IESE and LBS
• ESADE SPRING EVENT: Emerging & Developing Countries
• ESADE Healthcare Club – BIOCAT event
Business clubs are also actively involved in the preparation, together with Career Services, of the
Career Treks. Some examples of recent treks carried out by our MBA participants:
• Saudi Trek: twenty-eight students from The ESADE MBA class of 2013 travelled to Saudi Arabia – the world’s second-largest oil exporter and holder of the world’s second-largest oil reserves – to meet and network with representatives of the country’s leading companies and educational institutions.
• Tech Trek to Dublin, Ireland: in this 2nd edition of the Tech Trek, the members of the Technology and the Media Business Clubs, along with Career Services, visited the offices – most of them EMEA headquarters – of Facebook, Google, Oracle, Symantec and Yahoo!.
• London Banking Trek: visits to Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, FSA, Bradesco, Barclays Capital)
• Consulting Trek in London
• London Trek - visiting LBS for their Media and Technology Summit, co-organised with the Marketing Club, Microsoft and Google
• Emirates Trek that included visits to Masdar City with Mubadala, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority,
National Gas Shipping Company, ETISALAT, Emirates Airlines, ADCO, and General Electric.
Social Clubs
Social life in the MBA is also an important part of the MBA Experience. There are many social clubs MBA students can join:
Better Halves
Photography
French
Salsa
Spanish
Sports
Wine & Spirits
Xtreme Sports
