Yes, Entrepreneurship Can Be Taught

Yes, Entrepreneurship Can Be Taught

🕔01:00, 30.Dec 2014

Entrepreneurship programs are all the rage at business schools across the country. But with the high price tag of MBA programs today, many aspiring entrepreneurs wonder if it’s worth the cost and if these programs deliver real value. An MBA

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Top Ten B-School Scandals & Controversies Of 2014

Top Ten B-School Scandals & Controversies Of 2014

🕔01:00, 26.Dec 2014

No question, this past year was a doozy for misbehavior in the business school world. Two of the lead figures in the Top 10 B-School Scandals and Controversies of 2014 defrauded millions from investors. One business school was reported to

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Was an MBA Worth Your Time and Money in 2014? What Critics Said

Was an MBA Worth Your Time and Money in 2014? What Critics Said

🕔01:00, 26.Dec 2014

Some revere it as an opportunity for personal transformation and professional advancement. Others dismiss it as a cash-burning summer camp for adults. The MBA is a divisive degree—depending on who you talk to, it will secure you a six-figure hedge

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MBA Programs Start to Follow Silicon Valley Into the Data Age

MBA Programs Start to Follow Silicon Valley Into the Data Age

🕔01:00, 26.Dec 2014

Greg Pass, the former chief technology officer of Twitter, put the matter succinctly. The M.B.A., he observed, is “a challenged brand.” That’s because the degree suggests a person steeped in finance and corporate strategy rather than in the digital-age arts

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The Top Ten MBA Rankings Of 2014

The Top Ten MBA Rankings Of 2014

🕔01:00, 23.Dec 2014

Look at any one major business school ranking and you get a useful but quite limited view of programs and institutions. And as this year’s volatility in the Bloomberg Businessweek ranking shows, different methodologies may produce surprising, or even dubious

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Meet eight new MBA recruits at Morgan Stanley. How did they get the job?

Meet eight new MBA recruits at Morgan Stanley. How did they get the job?

🕔01:00, 19.Dec 2014

Getting a job as a newly-minted MBA in an investment banking associate programme in London is no easy task these days. While banks in the US continue to hire the best and brightest business school graduates, European firms are tending

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The MBA degree and the astronomical rise in CEO pay

The MBA degree and the astronomical rise in CEO pay

🕔01:00, 18.Dec 2014

Companies’ top-ranks are filled with talent from similar educational backgrounds. Uniform thinking could be playing a part in the massive CEO pay gains over the past few decades. During most MBA programs, business school students read numerous case studies, evaluating

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How Yale is beginning to crack into the elite B-school ranks

How Yale is beginning to crack into the elite B-school ranks

🕔01:00, 17.Dec 2014

Dean Ted Snyder has made it his mission to turn Yale’s business school into a truly global enterprise. The school’s recent rise in the rankings shows that his efforts are starting to pay off. It’s an alluring morning in New

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The MBA is losing its magic

The MBA is losing its magic

🕔01:00, 17.Dec 2014

What is the staying power of an MBA education? Why year after year do students sign up for the countless MBA programmes across the world? Are they after new skills? Maybe. Eager to learn about the latest academic research output?

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Harvard professor sorry for fighting restaurant over $4

Harvard professor sorry for fighting restaurant over $4

🕔01:00, 10.Dec 2014

Harvard Business School associate professor Ben Edelman was in the running this week for “Most Disliked Guy on the Internet” — and all because of $4. After accusing a restaurant of overcharging him, Edelman began an epic back and forth

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