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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In need of business skills
Healthcare reform is high on the agenda in the US, but MBA programmes focusing on the sector are relatively few in number
Ceeman gets fresh funds
Academy to develop case study writing skills
Soapbox: Enterprising approach needed
Business schools need to teach their MBA students an alternative model of entrepreneurship
MBAs turn to social enterprise
Increasing numbers of business schools are incorporating social entrepreneurship into their programmes
Hoping to make a difference
Unicef’s talent initiative is drawing applications from MBAs
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Babson launches MBA in San Francisco
The Boston college joins the growing market for executive degrees in California
Schulich launches MBA in India
Canadian business school takes advantage of India’s developing market for higher education
Nyenrode MBA put on ice
Dutch business school points to lack of international loan scheme as reason for programme delay
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As the recession continues, managers may be unwilling to give up a steady job to study full time. Is an EMBA the answer?
Reinventing the MBA
Business schools have lost their way and the validity of 21st century management education is being questioned
MBA blog
Nine MBA students from around the world are blogging their business school experiences. Follow their progress over the coming months
MBA Diaries
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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What makes a good leader?
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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Deans’ columns
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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Profiles of business schools around the world. The most recent include Katz, ENPC, National Sun Yat-Sen, Boston, Cass Business School, Ceram, Sauder School of Business, GSBA Zurich and University of Miami
Podcasts
Management experts from academia and the workplace discuss key topics
Meet the deans
Prof Frank Horwitz of Cranfield, Prof Dipak Jain of Kellogg, Prof James Dean of Kenan-Flagler, Prof Marcelo Paladino of IAE, Prof Ramon O’Callaghan of TiasNimbas and other deans from top schools in exclusive interviews
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Leading faculty from MIT Sloan, Wharton, HEC Paris, MIT, Rotterdam, Bocconi, Columbia, Chicago, Georgetown, HKUST, IMD and Strathclyde discuss their research
Deans’ blog
’BizDeansTalk’ featuring Paul Danos, Santiago Iniguez and other top business school deans
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