IESE Insight - Finance

Calculating the cost of climate change

Carles Vergara The coronavirus was only the latest disaster to hit real-estate markets. Now is the time to think more, not less, about the effects of climate change on your business.

COVID-19 crisis to alter banks' business models

E. Carletti; Stijn Claessens; Antonio Fatás; Xavier Vives Looking ahead, the banking sector is likely to need a deep restructuring, according to Xavier Vives and coauthors of The Bank Business Model in the Post-COVID-19 World, the second report in the IESE-CEPR series on the future of banking.

The Big Picture: What's the future of banking?

IESE Insight Evolving consumer expectations, tech innovations, regulatory changes and new business models are fast reshaping the global banking industry. As the rules of the game change, who will emerge as the winners?

Cash is king: advice for CFOs

IESE Insight The coronavirus crisis has brought a liquidity crisis for companies. Javier Santoma, professor of Financial Management at IESE, suggests the measures that CFOs should be taking to help make sure their businesses survive.

5 strategies to build an alliance for social good

Diego Arias Padilla; Joan Fontrodona It's clearer than ever that business and social initiatives need to work together to build a better world. An alliance to vaccinate millions of at-risk children is an inspiring example as the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine accelerates.

How much will COVID-19 shake the world economy?

Nuno Fernandes "The potential impacts of the coronavirus crisis are larger than any previously seen in history," warns Nuno Fernandes in a new report. The economies of Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain are predicted to be among the most affected.

Pay attention to your dataset: on calculating risk premiums

Valentina Raponi; Cesare Robotti; Paolo Zaffaroni Moving from theories of risk premiums to their managerial implications: IESE's Valentina Raponi breaks down her recent research on estimating and testing beta-pricing models into digestible bits.

When morals meet models: ethics in banking

Daniel Beunza Has our reliance on financial models gone too far? In the post-crisis order, more and more people are taking ethics in banking seriously. Here is how managers can take back control.

Why winners keep winning: the knock-on effect of early VC success

Ramana Nanda; Sampsa Samila; Olav Sorenson Early venture capital success often leads to continued success. New research explores how VC firms maintain these winning streaks, and shows that to access lucrative investments, VC managers' individual skills matter less than their track record.

5 golden rules to avoid M&A disaster

Nuno Fernandes Nuno Fernandes' new book, The Value Killers: How Mergers and Acquisitions Cost Companies Billions--And How to Prevent It, offers research-backed advice to save companies from M&A havoc.