“The Sebastián Iruretagoyena award recognises and promotes the efforts of students who are doing their Undergraduate Final Year Project in Business Administration & Management”
Business Administration & Management students from the University of Deusto have won the Sebastián Iruretagoyena Award for the Best Undergraduate Final Year Project, developed on an initiative proposed by TECNALIA Ventures
On Tuesday 9 July, several students from Deusto Business School received the Sebastián Iruretagoyena Award for the Best Undergraduate Final Year Project in Business Administration & Management 2023-2024. The students Julen Díez, Ignacio Elósegui, Jon Munduate, Asier Olaizola and Iker Villena with their project called “RECY - BATT: strategic analysis of the battery recycling market” won the award.
The project was proposed by TECNALIA Ventures. Jesús Torrecilla, Director of Ventures for Energy, Climate and Urban Transition was the business tutor of the winning students.
The students Julen Cañas, Marina Cuadrado and Leire Martín also won the “Sebastián Iruretagoyena Award for the Undergraduate Final Year Project in Business Administration & Management 2023-2024 with the Best Economic-Financial Analysis” for their project called “The impact of ESG performance on the risk of corporate default”.
The Jury, made up of Ms Asun Ibáñez, Vice-Dean of the Donostia-San Sebastián Campus of Deusto Business School; Ms Rosa Cristóbal, Member of the Finance and Economy Department (Deusto Business School); Mr David, Ms Amaia and Ms María Iruretagoyena, on behalf of the Iruretagoyena family, and Mr José Juan Ijurko, Chair of the ALC Foundation. The Jury evaluated the short-listed projects from an academic, social and environmental point of view, with the collaboration of external actors working with the University.
It is worth noting that over 85% of the Business Administration Undergraduate Final Year Projects at DBS on the Donostia-San Sebastián campus are developed based on real business challenges. This milestone is part of the collaboration agreement between the University of Deusto and TECNALIA Ventures for the development of entrepreneurship and technology transfer projects.
Sebastián Iruretagoyena Award
The Sebastián Iruretagoyena award recognises and promotes students’ efforts in the development of their final year project in Business Administration & Management on the Donostia-San Sebastián campus at the University of Deusto.
Professor Sebastián Iruretagoyena, who was the first Director of the Gipuzkoa Executive MBA at this business school is also a key figure in the training of students, managers and executives and businesspeople in Gipuzkoa. His years of teaching were focused on the fields of accounting, financial analysis and finance.
This year, the award comes with €2,000 in prize money for the Best Undergraduate Final Project in Business Administration & Management, and €1,000 for the Undergraduate Final Project in Business Administration & Management with the best economic-financial analysis.
Collaboration between TECNALIA Ventures and Deusto Business School
“TECNALIA Ventures has been working closely with DBS for many years now. This collaboration enables students to get closer to the reality of incubating new business projects and work with key stakeholders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and this adds value to their projects. Every year, Deusto Business School offers its students a wide range of Final Year Projects in collaboration with a range of companies and institutions. Market studies, communication and marketing plans or strategic analysis of new sectors are the most common types of projects we are asked for. We also work every year with SMEs, freelancers and startups, that is, entrepreneurs and promoters of initiatives who do not necessarily know about the business world or business plans, so the students offer them a valuable insight,” explained Cristina Iturrioz, Coordinator of the Final Year Project at Deusto Business School on the Donostia-San Sebastián campus.
