Later than anticipated the Competitiveness (late) Summer School will run from 30 September to 04 October 2024 in a hybrid format. It will bring together the academic excellence of IESE with the practical expertise of the Foundation. This year’s programme focuses on Cluster-based Development and Examples of Sustainable Agricultural Clusters
The full details and the course prospectus are available from our website or clicking here
Barcelona Competitiveness Summer School 2024 Dates Announced
We are very excited that IESE Business School and the Foundation for Clusters and Competitiveness are once again collaborating to provide a unique learning experience.
From 1 - 5 July, Barcelona Competitiveness Summer School 2024 brings together the academic excellence of IESE with the practical expertise of the Foundation. This year’s programme focuses on Cluster-based Development and Sustainable Agricultural Clusters
The full details and the course prospectus will be available week commencing 22nd April 2024 from our website.
The Foundation Welcomes Emiliano Duch as the Chair of Board of Trustees
On Thursday 28th September 2023, the Board of Trustees of the Foundation unanimously elected Emiliano Duch as the new President of the Board. Emiliano is one of the leading global experts in cluster based economic development is well known to many in our field He retired from the World Bank in April 2023, where he was the Global Lead in Private Sector Development for ten years. Prior to joining the Bank, he was in the IESE Business School, as Director of its Competitiveness Summer School programme and also Coordinated the European Union’s Cluster Excellence Initiative.
Emiliano was the founder of The Cluster Competitiveness Group and the founding chairman of The Competitiveness Institute (TCI). He has a degree in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and an MPA and an MBA from Harvard University.
