MBA Course

FAMIA  (PDF, 46 Kb)
The FAMIA course, which has a general management focus, studies the distinctive characteristics of family businesses, as well as the most frequently encountered problems in this type of company and possible ways of solving them. The course is oriented towards the acquisition of knowledge about family business and on the practical manners of acting on its evolution and development.

Calendar of Activities

Cannes (France), September 20-22, 2006
Family Business Network (FBN) 17th Annual World Conference

IESE-Madrid, June 6-7, 2006
2nd Family-Business Conference: New Ideas and Better Practices
With Professors Josep Tàpies, Manel Baucells, José Manuel Campa and Alfonso Chiner, IESE

IESE-Barcelona, February 9, 2006 / Continuous Education Session
Non-Family Managers in Family Businesses
Speakers: Enrique Mozo del Río, General Management Lecturer, and Prof. Josep Tàpies

IESE-Barcelona, December 1, 2005 / Continuous Education Session
Strategic Planning in Family Business: The Future Begins Now
Speaker: Prof. Josep Tàpies

IESE-Barcelona, November 3, 2005 / Continuous Education Session
Advisory Boards in Family-Owned Businesses
Speaker: Prof. Josep Tàpies

Brussels (Belgium), September 14-16, 2005
Family Business Network (FBN) 16th Annual World Conference

IESE-Barcelona, June 1-2, 2005 / Conference
1st Family-Business Conference: New Ideas and Good Practices
With Professors Josep Tàpies and Santiago Álvarez de Mon, IESE, & John Ward, Kellogg School of Management

IESE-Barcelona, April 14-15, 2005
IFERA 5th Annual Research Meeting
With IESE Professors Miguel Ángel Gallo & Josep Tàpies, & Kristin Cappuyns, Founding Board Member and current Executive Board Member.

Copenhagen (Denmark), September 8-11, 2004
Family Business Network (FBN) 15th Annual World Conference

Jönsköping (Sweden), March 26-27 2004
IFERA 4th Annual Research Meeting
With IESE Professors Miguel Ángel Gallo & Josep Tàpies, & Kristin Cappuyns, Founding Board Member and current Executive Board Member.

IESE-Barcelona, November 11, 2003 / Continuous Education Session
Family Business and Continuity of the Firm
With the presentation of the book "The Secrets of Family Businesses That Have Reached 100 Years"
by Miguel Ángel Gallo & Joan Amat
Program  (PDF, 13 Kb)  (In Spanish)