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New York – A team of The ESADE MBA students has been named one of two global winners of the IBM/Novartis NCD Challenge, a case competition among top business schools at the intersection of healthcare and technology. The team was composed of first-year MBA students ChingChia Hsu, Mengchi Chen, Alex Anthonysamy, Feras Nagadi, and Kohei Sato.

The NCD Challenge aims to lessen the global health burden of the 21st century by improving treatment for non-communicable diseases. These conditions  – which include heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma, diabetes, osteoporosis, cataracts, and more – now account for the majority of deaths and healthcare expense in most developed markets and many emerging markets.

ESADE’s proposal, “Dr. Diabetes”, utilizes a handheld device with an application and two cloud servers to increase awareness of diabetes and also enhance integration between patients, physicians, and pharmacies. The team suggested deployment in urban Chinese areas, followed by scaling to more geographic regions and disease types.

Next for the ESADE team is an all-expense-paid trip to the IBM and Novartis Corporate Headquarters in New York, where they will attend an award ceremony and meet with IBM and Novartis executives about potentially bringing the solution to the market.

Over a dozen business schools competed in the IBM/Novartis NCD Challenge, including Duke University School of Medicine, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Oxford Saϊd Business School, and London Business School. The other global winner was Team 2Vidas from Berkeley Haas.

More information: http://www.ncdchallenge.com/

The ESADE Innovation Summit,  held last 28 October, is an event focused on encouraging cross-sector innovative learnings, giving insight into the future of innovation in industries ranging from Healthcare to Media to Cleantech. This student led initiative brought industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and the academic community together to debate how disruptive innovation can play a role in addressing business challenges.

ESADE Business School is a globally oriented and diverse academic institution with over 50 years’ experience in management training. As central features of ESADE’s culture, research and innovation are part of ESADE’s identity and quest for continuous improvement.

The Innovation Summit kicked off with keynote speaker Wim Vanhaverbeke, sitting professor of “Open Innovation” at ESADE and the Vlerick Leuven Gent School of Management (Belgium). As a leading expert in Open Innovation, he is also the co-editor (with Henry Chesbrough and Joel West) of “Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm“, a new book about the research challenges related to Open Innovation (Oxford University Press 2006; paperback in 2008; Japanese translation 2008).

Watch this video for a taster of the event which proved to be a great success.

Around 10 months ago we had our first class as a Section. We didn’t know each other much… now we do a lot. 2 days ago we had the wrap-up of the evolution of a group of individuals into a group of friends, almost relatives. How many things we have shared and not only academic… talking everyday with people from 45 different countries is a pleasure and the real learning experience.

Two days ago I had the opportunity to talk to the whole class. I had so many things to say… I could only say thank you for making this year so unforgettable. Mike did a really good compilation of images. When looking at them each of us was able to re-live them… that was an awesome gift.

I am proud to say that now I am a better person (knowledge aside) and that’s thanks to the commitment of every single Esadian giving his/her utmost to make this year an awesome experience.

This is our last day of class together. Some will leave for internship, some others will finish the MBA in 3 months, some others will go on exchange and we all will meet again and graduate in March 2012.

Now it’s time for you, Class of 2013, to live the ESADE MBA in the best way you can. We’ll be around to help you with anything you need, of course (still some classes to take!), but be ready to enjoy it.

Thanks to all (moments, people, groups): b-ers, a-ers and c-ers, Sport Business, Technology, Consulting and NI clubs, MBASA, MBASA Social Affairs, Gastrofest, Gala Party, dinners, parties, case competitions and team peers, breaks, basketball and running club, spring games teams, marketing team, program management, receptionists and everyone involved in the maintenance of the building , cafeteria and carpa people, presentations, advisors, 2nd years (already graduates!), smiles, hugs, kisses and tears.

Go ESADE Class of 2012 and best of luck in future challenges. Now it’s our responsibility to make a better World for all!

Raül