Àngels Pelegrín, professor in the MSc in International Business of the UB Business School and coordinator for East Asian relations at the University of Barcelona, has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Gold Rays and Neck Badge, which is awarded by the Japanese government. This distinction, which has been given in an event at the General Consulate of Japan in Barcelona, is a recognition of her work in promoting academic exchange and understanding between Japan and Spain.… 
The UB Business School Executive MBA organised on 24 and 25 April a practical leadership workshop in a Sitges hotel for two intensive days. The training was directed by Victor M. Rodriguez Ardura, a consultant specialized in leadership and business management, and was based on a learning methodology focusing on games and group dynamics. The participants explored the challenges of leadership in managing change, one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. During the workshop, students learned about the… 
Our assistant professor Alfonso Hernádez Vivanco has been awarded a research mobility grant by the Barcelona Economic Society of Friends of the Country (SEBAP). The grant provides 4.200 euros in funding for a visiting period at a foreign institution. In this case, Alfonso Antonio has chosen the Toulouse Business School. The award ceremony took place at the Saló de Cent of the Barcelona City Hall on March 16, 2023. Alfonso Hernández Vivanco: Alfonso will join the Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation… 
The UB Business School welcomed 28 new students to the MSc in International Business programme this year. Most of them come from Europe (68%), Asia (16%) and America (16%). Altogether, there are 18 nationalities represented in this class where the average age is 24 years old. This diverse group of people -with a gender split of 70% women and 30% men- will now pursue an official one-year programme taught in English, designed to train specialists in global business management and covers the fields of finance and accounting, marketing, operations, human resources and strategic management. These students enrolled on the MSc… 
The UB Business School welcomed 16 new students to the Executive MBA (EMBA) programme this year. Most of them come from America (67%), and Europe (33%). Altogether, there are 16 nationalities represented in this class where the average age is 33 years old. This diverse group of people will now pursue a face-to-face programme taught over a single academic year, which provides professionals with a broad point of view in management, business managerial skills and techniques in the current competitive, increasingly changing and complex environment. Students enrolled… 
The UB Business School, together with Mosaic HEC Montréal, will offer from June 23 to July 8, 2022, a 14th edition of the Summer School on Management of Creativity in an Innovation Society. The programme will take place onsite after 2 years in an online format due to the pandemic and will offer a striking activity schedule. The Summer School gathers multiple disciplines such as Artificial Intelligence, healthcare, cultural and videogame industries, nutrition and gastronomy, as well as performing arts, visual… 
The Paranimf of the Historical Building hosted on May 10, for the first time in three years, the award ceremony of the last third editions of the extraordinary doctoral prize for the 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020 academic years. Two PhD graduates in Business of the UB Business School have been awarded this prize. The decision was taken by the Governing Council of the Universitat de Barcelona among the theses that have obtained the highest marks: 2018-2019 academic year Dr… 
In recent years, the social changes resulting from the rapid ageing of the population, a longer life expectancy, and elderly people’s desire to live independently have put pressure on healthcare and welfare systems. This context is boosting the demand for companion and entertainment social robots and, consequently, producers and distributors are interested in knowing how these social robots are accepted by consumers. According to the article “How do Consumers' Gender and Rational Thinking Affect the Acceptance of Entertainment Social Robots?”,… 
For the sixth year, the UB Business School will be present at the master’s and postgraduate fair Saló Futura. This not-to-be-missed event in the world of education will be held at Fira Barcelona on March 18th to 19th. Our school staff will showcase the existing portfolio of degrees, namely the MSc in Business Research, the MSc in International Business, the Executive MBA, the PhD in Business and the Summer School programme. Future students will be able to approach the UB Business School team at our school… 
Overtourism has become a major issue of concern in many popular venues, including several cities like Barcelona. The article “How do Locals' perceive the touristification of their food Markets? The case of Barcelona's La Boqueria”, co-authored by our researcher Montserrat Crespi and published in the scientific journal “International Journal of Tourism Research”, analyse the perceptions of residents who regularly shop at Barcelona's La Boqueria towards the growing crowds of tourists who visit the same venue. Specifically, the study aims to… 
Claudio Cruz Cazares, researcher at the UB Business School and StartUB! Director of the University of Barcelona, participates in the European gamification project "Science4Pandemics" (S4P). It is based on a digital platform developed to promote citizen education on pandemic prevention and management. Targeting the adolescent population in particular, the new project will use gamification and artificial intelligence (AI) as its main tools for enhancing the public’s understanding of this field. Among other aspects, the educational project will cover the infectious disease cycle, basic biology and clinical features of outbreak-prone… 
The Business School at the Universitat of Barcelona welcomed 19 new students that joined this year the MSc in Business Research. Most of them come from Asia (52%), America (32%), Europe (11%), and Middle East (5%). Altogether, there are 10 nationalities represented on this class where the average age is 28 years old. This diverse group of people will now pursue a cutting-edge master’s degree programme, designed to provide students with advanced training in research skills, techniques and methodologies in order to conduct their own research into business and business competitiveness. Students enrolled on the MSc in Business Research typically have… 
The University of Barcelona is the Spanish university institution with most researchers within the 2 % of most influential scientists in the science disciplines, regarding to its production and impact, according to the database published by the editorial Elsevier. The database gathers the leading scientists in different disciplines and is made out of the information provided by the Scopus database. Specifically, in this 2 % of global leading scientists are 167 researchers from the University of Barcelona (in the last rankings… 
The Business School at the Universitat of Barcelona welcomed 21 new students that joined this year the Executive MBA (EMBA). Most of them come from America (66%), and Europe (34%). Altogether, there are 11 nationalities represented on this class where the average age is 34 years old. This diverse group of people will now pursue a face-to-face programme taught over a single academic year, which provides professionals with a broad point of view in management, business managerial skills and techniques in the current competitive, increasingly changing and complex environment. … 
The Business School at the Universitat of Barcelona welcomed 28 new students that joined this year the MSc in International Business. Most of them come from Europe (72%), Asia (14%) and America (14%). Altogether, there are 16 nationalities represented on this class where the average age is 24 years old. This diverse group of people -with a gender split of 46% men and 54% women- will now pursue an officialone-year programme taught in English, designed to train specialists in global business management and covers the fields of finance and accounting, marketing, operations, human resources and strategic management. These students enrolled on the MSc in International Business… 
The study “Increasing integrative negotiation in European organizations through trustworthiness and trust” confirmed that employee representatives (ERs), whose management perceives to be trustworthy, has a greater influence on negotiation, particularly regarding to integrative as opposed to distributive issues, and that trust partially mediates this relationship. According to the article, recently published in the scientific journal "Frontiers in Psychology" by our researcher Patricia Elgoibar, and others researchers from others universities, the integrative negotiation in which employers and employees create value is a… 
A recent study co-authored by Pilar Aparicio Chueca, researcher at the UB Business School, Màrius Domínguez-Amorós, researcher at the UB School of Sociology, and Irene Maestro, professor at the UB Faculty of Economics and Business, tries to determinate the profile of the students who transfer onto a different course. This is an increasing phenomenon among students, especially after the first or second academic year. On their article ‘Beyond university dropout. An approach to university transfer’, published on “Studies in Higher…