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As part of its decision to expand its presence in North America, IESE Business School will be opening offices in the United States, with its first center to be inaugurated in New York next September. Specific goals for this country include establishing a research center on global business, and promoting activities for IESE alumni and US firms. The director of the New York center will be Professor Eric Weber, who will continue as Associate Dean of IESE.

The opening of this center, which was made possible with the help of a group of alumni, builds upon its global presence through its Programs in four continents: Europe (Munich and Warsaw), Asia (India and China), Latin America (Brazil) and Africa (Kenya). IESE also offers programs in collaboration with associate business schools in fourteen countries in Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

IESE in the United States
IESE maintains various exchange programs for MBA students with other top level North American schools. Specifically, the Exchange Program for postgraduate students is one of the most prestigious available and includes:

- BERKELEY: Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley, USA
- CHICAGO: The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA
- COLUMBIA: Columbia Business School, Columbia University, USA
- CORNELL: Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, USA
- DARDEN: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, USA
- DUKE: Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA
- KELLOGG:Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA
- MICHIGAN:Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, USA
- MIT: Sloan School of Management, MIT, USA
- NYU: Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, USA
- TUCK: Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, USA
- UCLA: The Anderson School at UCLA, USA
- UNC: Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, USA
- WHARTON: Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA

Since it was founded in the 1958, IESE has enjoyed a close relationship with Harvard Business School. The collaboration between the two schools has continued to grow and IESE has had the support of Harvard in numerous projects: the launch of the MBA; the development of joint programs for executives; the support for new schools in other continents; and collaboration in case studies and research projects. The Harvard-IESE Committee meets annually to study the future of business education for executives and to work on issues of shared interest.

Over the past three years, IESE has been working with the Institute of Media and Entertainment (IME) in New York, offering joint executive programs on technology, innovation and leadership in those industries. IESE will continue this alliance with IME.

This years full-time MBA program had more than 50 North American students. Over the past few years IESE has offered programs for executives and companies jointly with other U.S. business schools, some of which have included:

- Global Program for Management Development (Mt. Pelerin, USA) Michigan
- Achieving Breakthrough Service-Europe (Mt. Pelerin, USA, Barcelona) Harvard Business School
- Implementing Strategic Changes and Development (Bariloche, Argentina) Harvard Business School and IAE
- Strategic Management of Technology-Based Companies (Barcelona) Stanford
- Global Program for Management Development - China (Shanghai) Michigan and CEIBS
- International Senior Executive Program (ISEP) - Management in the Information Age (Barcelona) MIT
- Achieving Breakthrough Service (ABS)-Latin America (Bariloche, Punta del Este, Miami, Cancún) Harvard Business School, IAE (Argentina) and IPADE (México)
- Strategic Management in the Age of Information (Barcelona) MIT
- Global Program for Management Development (GPMD) (Barcelona) Michigan
- Bertelsmann: Excellence in Marketing (Barcelona) Harvard Business School
- Telefónica: Facing Competitive Challenges (Barcelona, Buenos Aires) Harvard Business School
- Strategic Management of Technology-based Companies (Barcelona) Harvard Business School, Stanford and Oxford
- Renewing Global Strategies (Barcelona) Michigan
- Aventis-Boehring: Lead Executive Development (Barcelona) Wharton
- Henkel: Advanced Management Practices (Barcelona) Harvard Business School
- Media Planning Group: Renewing Global Strategies (Barcelona) Michigan
- Wharton: e-Fellows in Business Program (Barcelona) Wharton
- Sun Microsystems: EMEA Leadership Challenge: Building Sun’s Advantage (Barcelona) Harvard Business School
- 3i Leadership Program (San José, California) Stanford
- Strategies for Transforming Multi-Business Corporations (Barcelona) Harvard Business School
- New Games Strategies: Breaking Competitive Stalemates (Barcelona) Harvard Business School
- Bacardi: Leadership Development (Barcelona and USA) Darden
- Global CEO for China (Shanghai, Boston, Barcelona) CEIBS and Harvard Business School

The Global Executive MBA program offers a two-week residential module in Silicon Valley.

With respect to the In Company programs, IESE has in recent years taught programs in North American companies such as Boeing, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard and Abbott Laboratories.

Furthermore, IESE has a large number of North American alumni with over 400 current members divided among the regional alumni chapters in cities such as Boston, New York, Miami, Denver, Los Angeles, Washington and San Francisco. IESE's Continuous Education programs for alumni are offered throughout the year, as well as other events such as reunions which serve to share experiences and maintain a close relationship with the school.