BUSINESS SCHOOL STRATEGY
AND THE QUALITY OF RESEARCH
EIASM Research Forum, Copenhagen, 2 October 2013
Quality of IESE Journal Publications
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2003
2008
TOTAL
Total = Total Publications
1st Q = Publications in 1st Quartile
ISI
2012
1st Q
ISI
= Publications in ISI (citable)
Impact of the Journal Publications
Citation Evolution in ISI
1000
800
600
400
200
0
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Citations (ISI)
2010
2011
2012
What we have done
1. Hiring the right faculty
• Candidates who are serious about research and publication
• With clear objectives (promotion track) of publications
• Who also loves teaching
2. Motivation / Incentives
• Salary structure (base + incentives – teaching, research, service)
• Promotion system with heavy publication requirements
• Annual and multiannual review system
• Internal research awards, celebrations
• Seminar series
What we have done
3. Support
• Develop Endowment (chairs) and Research funds (centers)
• Reduced teaching load / focused teaching (topics and calendar)
• Resources (traveling, research assistants, data bases, conference
presentations, application to competitive projects, …)
• Leading role models within the faculty
• Mentoring junior faculty
4. Strenthening the PhD Program
5. Growing research visibility: e.g. summary of published
research, conferences - improve participation in key ones
6. Strengthen integration of research and teaching
Thank you
very much!