1. An institution with more than its fair share of hypocrisy and political in-fighting.
2. Too many staff out to feather their own nests - for example the School's former Secretary as well as a Senior Lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility - both involved in the notorious Intituto Nóos scandal and attendant money-laundering, fraud, and political corruption. A great School would bite the bullet and put things right. A mediocre one like ESADE would (and has) done its best to sweep the whole affair under the carpet.
4. Interfering Jesuits in the background pulling the management strings.
5. Slow, obsolete, with endless red tape.
6. A trend-follower, not a trend-setter.
7. No opportunities for international staff (management is basically a local affair).
8. Lots of 'me too' research that looks good on paper but that is of a pretty low standard.
9. A School with truly miserable endowment funds - something that is reflected in every aspect of ESADE.
10. No real strengths (and certainly not CSR, despite ESADE's assiduous efforts to hype its supposed 'values' in this field).
11. Progressive alienation of the local business community whose support the School needs if it is to make progress.
