Inés
Alegre

Senior Lecturer of Managerial Decision Sciences

• PhD in Management, IESE Business School
• Master of Research in Management, IESE Business School
• Degree in Industrial Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Inés is an Industrial Engineer from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and holds a PhD from IESE. She joins IESE as part-time Senior Lecturer in the Managerial Decision Sciences Department.

She is Director of Insights & Analytics at Shalion, a company that provides and analyzes ecommerce data to support companies in their decision-making and help them boost their ecommerce growth. Her role is to manage the BI department and turn data into insights.

Areas of interest.

• Crowdfunding
• Social entrepreneurship
• Non-profits
• Quantitative methods for decision-making
• Big data

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

BERBEGAL-MIRABENT, J., ALEGRE, I., GIL-DOMÉNECH, D. (2024). Designed to last. Crowdfunding platforms’ strategic choices for long-term survival. Internet Research. doi:10.1108/INTR-10-2021-0738. (Online first) ALEGRE, I., BERBEGAL-MIRABENT, J., MARTÍN-SÁNCHEZ, V. (2024). The role of experience and diversity on research consortia’ performance. An exploratory approach. SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS. doi:10.1007/s11187-024-00894-3. (Online first) ALEGRE, I., ARIÑO, M. A. (2023). Dirigir en entornos turbulentos. Empresa y Humanismo, 26 (1), 9-28. doi:10.15581/015.XXVI.1.9-28.

Working Papers

VALOR SABATIER, J., ALEGRE, I. (2023). Detecting fake news: the effect of political ideology (WP-1313-E). Barcelona: IESE. MOLESKIS, M., ALEGRE, I. (2018). Crowfunding: a short past and long future. N'GUESSAN, M. N., ALEGRE, I., CANELA, M. Á. (2017). Crowdfunding In Africa. An Empirical Study Of Kiva Platform Users In Sub-Saharan Africa (WP-1172-E). Barcelona: IESE.

Proceedings

ALEGRE, I., BERBEGAL-MIRABENT, J., GUERRERO, A., MAS-MACHUCA, M. (2018). Mission-statement. A Systematic review of the literature. Proceedings of the III Research Workshop: Mission, leadership and sustainability. (pp. 11-27). ALEGRE, I. (2016). A light at the end of the tunnel: Mission Statements in Social Enterprises. Book of Abstracts of the II Research Workshop on Missions, leadership and sustainability. Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. MAS-MACHUCA, M., BERBEGAL MIRABEN, J., ALEGRE, I. (2015). The role of work-family balance on job satisfaction. In Ritta Cavallotti and Consuelo León (Ed.), Family and sustainable development : Proceedings of the Second International Conference Family and Society : 24-25 September, 2014, Barcelona (pp. 441 - 455).

Outreach Articles

ALEGRE, I., VALOR SABATIER, J. (2021). Fake News, un gran reto para las empresas en el S.XXI. Harvard Deusto Business Review, 315, pp. 52-60. ALEGRE, I., CANELA, M. Á. (2018). 'Marketing intelligence', una evolución necesaria de los sistemas BI que demanda competencias clave. Harvard Deusto Márketing y Ventas (152), pp. 38 - 45. ALEGRE, I., ARIÑO, M. A., CANELA, M. Á. (2017). Big Data: Where To Begin?. How To Get The Most Out Of Data Analysis. Alumni Magazine (145), pp. 22 - 25.

Books

CANELA, M. Á., ALEGRE, I., IBARRA, A. (2019). Quantitative Methods for Management: A Practical Approach. Berlin: Springer.

Book Chapters

ALEGRE, I., ARIÑO, M. A. (2023). Ethics and learning in organizations. In Poff, Deborah C. and Michalos, Alex C. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. Cham: Springer International Publishing. CANELA, M. Á., GUÇLU, B., ALEGRE, I. (2019). An Exploratory Analysis Using Co-Authorship Network: Trends in Risk Behavior. In Dileep Kumar G. (Ed.), Machine Learning Techniques for Improved Business Analytics (pp. 166 - 200). Hershey, PA: Igi Global. GÜÇLÜ, B., CANELA, M. Á., ALEGRE, I. (2019). An Exploratory Analysis using Co-authorship network: trends in risk behavior. In Kumar, D. (Eds.), Machine learning techniques for improved business analytics (pp. 166-200). Hershey, PA: Igi Global.

Studies

ALEGRE, I., CHINCHILLA, N., LEÓN, C., CANELA, M. Á. (2007). Políticas de conciliación, liderazgo y cultura en 2.200 PYMES españolas.

Cases

OSUNA, I., ALEGRE, I., CANELA, M. Á. (2019). The Sales Trend at Guarini. IESE, AD-370-E. N'GUESSAN, M. N., ALEGRE, I., CANELA, M. Á. (2019). HR Analytics at Barney. IESE, AD-369-E. IBARRA, A., ALEGRE, I. (2018). Kipo. CAS-112.

Technical Notes

SERRANO, A., ALEGRE, I., ALONSO, C. (2022). Microsoft Excel Essentials II. IESE, ADN-290-E. ALEGRE, I., SERRANO, A., ALONSO, C. (2022). Microsoft Excel Essentials I. IESE, ADN-289-E.

Outputs in other media

ALEGRE, I., VALOR SABATIER, J. (2020). ¿Influye ser conservador o progresista a la hora de distinguir noticias falsas? The Conversation. ALEGRE, I. (2015). A favor o en contra de les quotes femenines en consells d'administració? B-UIC. ALEGRE, I. (2014). Las claves de la transformación. El Periódico de Catalunya, Barcelona.