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ESADE
Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas
Type	Private
Established	1958
Dean	Alfons Sauquet (ESADE Business School), Pedro Mirosa (ESADE Law School)
Director	Carlos Losada
Academic staff	180 (full-time)
Students	11,717
Location	Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain; 41°23′N 2°11′E / 41.383°N 2.183°E
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	AMBA, AACSB, EQUIS, CEMS, EFMD, GMAC
Website	http://www.esade.edu/

Name	Duration (Months)	Annual Intake	Instruction Language	Average Age	Average Years of Experience	Number of nationalities	Cost €
Full Time MBA	18	115	English & Spanish	27	4,5	35	52,000
One year MBA	10	35	English	31	7,5	16	47,500
Part Time MBA	20	120	Spanish	30	6	n/a	49,500
MSc & CEMS MIM	18	35	English	23 *	n/a	33 *	27,790
MSc in International Management	10	90	English	23 *	n/a	33 *	21,790
MSc in International Marketing	10	50	English	23 *	n/a	33 *	21,790

EBEN, SEKN, , CLADEA, EDAMBA, EUDOKMA, IAJBS, PIM, EBAiS,EMBAC, UNICON, Themis

   * European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)
   * European Business Ethics Network (EBEN)
   * Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN)
   * AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
   * Latin American Council of Schools of Management Schools (CLADEA)
   * European Doctoral Programs Association in Management and Business Administration (EDAMBA)
   * European Doctoral School on Knowledge and Management (EUDOKMA)
   * International Association of Jesuit Business Schools (IAJBS)
   * Community of European Management Schools (CEMS)
   * Partnership in International Management (PIM)
   * The Association of MBAs (AMBA)
   * European Academy for Business in Society (EABiS)
   * Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)
   * Executive MBA Council (EMBAC)
   * International University Consortium for Executive Education (UNICON)
   * Themis

Full-time MBA rankings
	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Wall Street Journal International Programs		1	1	2	3
Business Week International Programs	6		7		4
Financial Times International Rankings	21	24	27	35

Knowledge brokers are intermediaries (organizations or persons), which provide links, knowledge sources, and in some cases knowledge itself (i.e. technical know-how, market insights, etc) to organizations in their network. Typically knowledge brokers operate in multiple markets and technology domains.^[1]

The concept of knowledge brokers is closely related to the concept of knowledge spillovers.

Function[edit]

Knowledge brokers facilitate the transfer of knowledge from where it is abundant to where it is needed, thereby improving the innovative capability of organization in their network.

Knowledge brokers are typically involved in all of the activities below^[1]: *Establishing access to knowledge (i.e. screening and recognizing valuable knowledge across organizations and industries) *Learning (i.e. internalizing experiences from a variety of industries, technology platforms, etc.) *Linking of separate knowledge pools (i.e. through joint research, consulting services, etc.) *Implementation of knowledge in new settings (i.e. by combining existing knowledge in new ways)

Examples of knowledge brokers[edit]

Every individual or organization, which has access to knowledge from several, unconnected entities, can theoretically act as a knowledge broker. Certain types of organizations have been identified to be primarily acting as knowledge brokers:

* Dedicated knowledge brokers^[2] (i.e. ESADE Creapolis and Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação) * Venture capitalists^[3] * Consulting firms^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Hargadon, Andrew B. (1998), "Firms as Knowledge Brokers: Lessons in Pursuing Continuous Innovation", California Management Review, 40 (3): 209–227
^ Sousa, Milton (2008), "Open innovation models and the role of knowledge brokers" (PDF), Inside Knowledge Magazine, retrieved 2008-27-11 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ Zook, Mathew A. (2004), "The knowledge brokers: venture capitalists, tacit knowledge and regional development", International Journal of Urban and Regional Research International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 28 (3): 621–641

[Hargadon1998-1] Hargadon, Andrew B. (1998), "Firms as Knowledge Brokers: Lessons in Pursuing Continuous Innovation", California Management Review, 40 (3): 209–227

[Sousa2008-2] Sousa, Milton (2008), "Open innovation models and the role of knowledge brokers" (PDF), Inside Knowledge Magazine, retrieved 2008-27-11 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[Zook2004-3] Zook, Mathew A. (2004), "The knowledge brokers: venture capitalists, tacit knowledge and regional development", International Journal of Urban and Regional Research International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 28 (3): 621–641

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