The international prestige which ESADE has achieved in the world of investigation is due to its ongoing research efforts and to its perceptive choices regarding the lines of pursuit most relevant for business management.
The research in which ESADE is currently engaged is so multi-faceted and complex in scope that it is impossible to adequately summarize it in these few pages. Suffice it to say that the wealth and scope of ESADE's research aims are immense, and therefore fortuitous, they cannot be described in a few lines.
The following are a few of the principal research areas in which ESADE is currently engaged:
> Entrepreneurship in the specific areas of internationalization, innovative services and family business.
> Organizational behavior, especially in the areas of competence, sociology of work and human resource management.
> Branding, including retail and design.
> Leadership.
> Public administration with emphases on public-private partnerships and on web management.
> Social responsibility of businesses, the volunteer sector and social innovation.
> Management and organization of knowledge.
