Research Assistant in Management/Economics/Social Sciences
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Job Description
Overview
IESE Business School’s mission is to develop leaders who aim to have a deep, positive and lasting impact on people, firms and society through professional excellence, integrity and spirit of service. IESE is committed to a human-centric approach to business and sees organizations as communities of people. IESE’s employees live the school’s mission in their own workplace on a day-to-day basis, maintaining the institution as one of the world’s leading business schools.
The RA will support a major research initiative at IESE’s Africa Initiative focused on mapping and understanding family-owned businesses across Africa. The project explores how governance structures, ownership patterns, and family values shape the performance, development outcomes, and long-term orientation of family firms across six key African markets: Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, and Morocco.
This research addresses a critical knowledge gap: while family...