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All those who end up passing through the classrooms of business schools end up agreeing: in the end, taking a master's degree is worth it.

Inflation is reaching levels that neither experts nor central banks had predicted. This situation, which could worsen between now and the end of the year, is having repercussions on personal finances such as shopping baskets and mortgages. Oscar Elvira, director of the Master's Degree in Finance and Banking, analyses the situation.

The Forum Edita opens its seventh edition under the title "Transformations and impulses in the world of books", with a focus on innovation and sustainability

Twenty former students gave the closing lectures during the graduation ceremonies for the 2021/2022 academic year, with the aim of guiding the new adventure that the graduating class is now embarking on.

Direction, challenge, opportunity. These are some of the concepts that the students have used to define their time in the classrooms of UPF-BSM. During the graduation ceremonies, the representatives of the 22 graduating class expressed their gratitude to the school and to their families and classmates and projected the future that now lies ahead of them. 

What kind of world will we find when we return from summer holidays? What will the months leading up to 2023 be like? All these questions have been analysed by the faculty of the UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM) in their weekly articles and, at this time of hiatus, they offer us their vision to help us reflect. 

We are currently witnessing a series of circumstances that accelarate the shift to a new political, economical and social paradigm in the West. Climate change is a consequence that will generate unbearable additional costs amidst a scenario dominated by massive amounts of debt and the end of the Draghi miracle.

The fame of multitasking has progressively gone downhill in the past decade, as evidence consistently showed that it's not the most efficient, nor effective way to work and live. Nia Plamenova, lecturer in the Master in Human Resources Management, outlines the pros and cons of task-switching.

Marcos Eguiguren, director of the International Chair in Sustainable Finance at the UPF Barcelona School of Management, analyses the European Parliament's decision on the taxonomy that indicates to investors which activities can be classified as sustainable or contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 

The Master in Pharmaceutical Marketing organises a session to analyse the key trends in the pharmaceutical industry and anticipate the future of the business and its professionals with experts from the sector such as Cristina Pérez, Marga Paytubi, Gonzalo Rodríguez and Xavi Olba. 

Litigation finance is one of those new forms of venture capital that are becoming commonplace in more mature financial markets, such as the United States and the United Kingdom. In fact, in 2022, this modality moved up to 17 billion dollars. Xavier Fornt, professor and expert in international banking, explains what it is all about. 

The NATO summit in Madrid should be seen in the perspective of a great marketing operation. Excellent presentation, all very neat and tidy, like good advertising messages. But the reality –in terms of what lies behind it– is something else. This is how Jaime Batlle, Director of the Postgraduate Course in Executive Development in Sustainable Business, assesses it. 

The UPF-BSM Master in Public and Social Policies remains in second place in the Political Science and Administration category. 

Ana Palencia, Communication Director of Unilever; Marc Ros, CEO of After and Marcos Eguiguren, Director of the International Chair of Sustainable Finance, discuss the role of sustainability in the business sector at the round table "Greenwashing: always a bad idea?", moderated by Cadena SER journalist Carla Turró.

It is a trilingual publication with twelve articles written by experts in different disciplines who approach sustainability from different perspectives