Crisis prompts a more introspective mood
Many students are forced to take a fresh look at their career paths, writes Rahul Bajaj at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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LLM gains favour
Sajuta Das examines the extent to which the lack of available jobs is enhancing the popularity of the LLM
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The business of knowledge
The relationship between academia and industry is a complex one
The future of business schools
The management education landscape is changing
Soapbox: different skill set is required
A closer collaboration is needed between companies and business schools
The importance of career coaching
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Schools merger finalised
French grandes écoles Ceram and ESC Lille are rebranded as Skema Business School
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Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou on the importance of education, business schools and the role they have played in his life
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The challenge of an MBA
Rafel Martinez admits to feeling nervous as he embarks upon his degree at Esade Business School
Masters diary: Foreign affairs
As more companies hire locally, Joachim Hansen wonders if international students really benefit from their time overseas
Dream job is not on the table
Dreams of the ideal job, luxury car and big home can wait a little longer, writes Irshad Daftari at the Indian School of Business
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Deborah Ancona, faculty director of the leadership centre at MIT Sloan, on the importance of leadership
Moving up/Moving out
Insead’s Herminia Ibarra explains how to assume a leadership role - or switch careers entirely
Managing in a downturn
In a series of videos, Wharton faculty members give a global overview of the economic turmoil
India: the base of the pyramid
Five professors from the Indian School of Business examine issues in emerging markets
Managerial psychology
Nick Epley of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business applies psychological research to work
Defending the Chicago school
Economist Prof Gary Becker on why markets work well and how governments usually “mess things up”
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Business school deans write about an influential figure. Kurt Lewin, the psychologist, has an enduring influence on modern management practices, writes Blair Sheppard of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business
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