Así está the economy… May 2016
Spain continues to grow faster than the average in the Eurozone, whose GDP grew 0.6% in inter-quarterly terms and 1.6% with respect to the 1Q 2015.
Diplomatic Enterprise Programme (PECD)
The Diplomatic Enterprise Programme (of the Spanish, PECD) was created through an agreement signed by the then-Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Miguel Angel Moratinos, and the President of Círculo de Empresarios, Claudio Boada, on 21 July 2008. Through this programme, diplomats, selected by the Ministry, can undertake research placements at companies, providing them with … Continued
Judges And Magistrates Enterprise Programme (PEMJ)
Last edition of the program in Iberdrola This programme’s (of the Spanish, PEMJ) goals are, firstly, to promote mutual knowledge, awareness and the pooling of experience to help judges, magistrates and entrepreneurs to best perform their activities. Secondly, to provide judges and magistrates with real knowledge of business, its principles, organization, objectives, and ways of … Continued
Industry and Parliament Scheme
PRESENTACIÓN The Industry and Parliament Scheme was created in 1987 with a two-fold purpose: On the one hand, to provide parliamentary representatives with real knowledge of business, its principles, objectives, organization, strategies and ways of working, as well as its technological and human principles. On the other, to provide business executives and their collaborators with an … Continued
Quarterly report on the global and the spanish economy Q1 2016
Quarterly report on the global and the Spanish economy Q1 2016 Obstacles to growth China’s economic development Emerging economies adjustment, mainly of low-income commodity exporters European political and social scene: Brexit, refugee crisis… Global geopolitical risks Financial markets volatility
Educational Cooperation Programmes
Diploma Ceremony 2010 at the Faculty of Economics and Business UAM The educational cooperation programmes are aimed at ensuring that university students attain a solid preparation via parallel training at university and businesses, combining theory and practice. Accordingly, students complete practical placements at companies, under the supervision of a tutor, and obtain credits for their … Continued
Business-Defence Program
On October 24, 2012, the VI Course on the Senior Management of Infrastructure and Assets made a visit to The Ferrovial Corporation within the scheduled activities of the said course. They were accompanied by Colonel Hernández Vera, a lecturer in the School for Advanced Studies in Defense (EALEDE). The Ferrovial Corporation is one of the … Continued
Parliamentarians Executive Management Programme (PEGP)
Organized by Círculo de Empresarios and Instituto de Empresa, this programme consists in a series of sessions at the institute’s headquarters, and with the institute’s teaching staff, in line with a schedule and distribution of materials agreed previously, to take place during one semester. The programme ends with the presentation of diplomas to successful participants, … Continued
Economy and Society Meetings
PRESENTATION The institutions listed below, bringing together a considerable number of business people, executives, academics and, in general, persons and institutions directly linked with the economic and social activities of businesses, periodically hold debates aimed at contributing to the development of and progress regarding the economic and institutional situation in Spain. In addition to exchanging opinions, … Continued
Quaterly Report on the Spanish Economic Situation Q1 2015
Moderation in global growth China continues desacelerating Further weakness in Brazil in 2015
Measures to increase the size of companies
Spain needs larger companies to make its economy more competitive and stable and thus meet the challenges of the global economy. At present, 99.3% of the country’s firms are micro-enterprises or are classified as small (fewer than 50 employees), a situation that is in sharp contrast to Germany, the UK and the USA, where the … Continued
The Barometer of the Círculos
he Círculo de Empresarios, the Círculo de Economía and the Círculo de Empresarios Vascos, in their effort to help diagnose the structural situation of the Spanish economy and support its transformation, present the second edition of the Barometer of the Círculos. It includes the principal strengths and competitive weaknesses of our economic and business surroundings, and we make … Continued
The Spanish business think tank of reference
Who we are Círculo de Empresarios (CdE) was created in 1977 as a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship, private initiative and a market economy. CdE acts as an independent think tank in Spanish society by expressing ideas, carrying out studies and issuing opinions to help improve economic and social development. CdE also serves as … Continued
The Barometer of the Círculos 2014
The Barometer of the Círculos project has two purposes: to identify and track the principal strengths and competitive weaknesses in our business climate, and to propose concrete measures and structural reforms to correct these weaknesses. The Barometer of the Círculos will come out annually and will quantify the opinions of top Spanish managers about key … Continued