Esade Entrepreneurship Institute
The Esade Entrepreneurship Institute
The Esade Entrepreneurship Institute (EEI) is a research institute dedicated to academic excellence in the field of entrepreneurship and related disciplines through research, teaching, new venture ideation, and creation and outreach activities.
Our mission is to support Esade’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and facilitate the research activities of our members by raising resources, organizing knowledge sharing activities, and disseminating scientific knowledge.
EEI members and researchers
The EEI has been accredited by the local government as a consolidated research group since 2017 (Grup de Recerca en Iniciativa Emprenedora).
Our members conduct research in diverse topics such as new venture creation, corporate and technology strategy, entrepreneurial finance, scaling-up, organizational theory, and family business. We aim to impact the next generation of managers through by teaching at undergraduate, master’s, MBA, Executive, and PhD levels.
Projects and Intiatives
eWorks
Esade's venture creation program where we inspire, support and help entrepreneurs launch high-quality projects than can have a positive impact in society.
The Global Business Family Initiative
The GBFI addresses research and knwoledge sharing in three main areas that affect business families: Performance, Purpose and Happiness.
ScaleUp & Growth Strategy Center
This center focuses on key academic and practitioner-oriented research on the growth and internationalization of businesses through teaching, research and collaborations, and outreach.
Topics of research
EEI professors, postdoctoral researchers, and PhD students undertake research in a variety of topics in the fields of entrepreneurship, strategy, and organizational theory. Topics of interest include:
- Accelerators and incubators
- Crowdfunding
- New venture creation
- Intellectual property rights
- Trans-generational entrepreneurship
- Communication and dialogue in family firms
- Values, identity, and narratives in family firms
- Business, corporate, and global strategy
- Scaling-up and high-growth companies
- Status & rankings
- Networks
- Mergers and acquisitions
Partnerships
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
View more, Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovaciónAnnual Reports
Check the latests Annual Reports where we detail all of Esade Entrepreneurship Institute's activity, now and over the years.
Contact
Esade Sant Cugat International Campus
Avinguda de la Torre Blanca, 59 08172
Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona