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Journeys With a Daoist in the Business World

Keith Weigelt | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Inner-City Kids, Inner City Schools, Business School, Business Curriculum, Race Income Inequality, Income Inequality, College News

Teaching in a business school offers insights into the value of information: how knowledge creates opportunities and, when combined with capital, generates wealth.

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MBA Curriculum and the Looming Social Media Gap

Michael Kempner | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Social Media, Social Business, Skills Gap, Mba, Business School, Prsa, College Curriculum, MBA Degrees, Business News

As I write this, another class of MBA graduates is preparing to walk out of the classroom and into the business world. But will they have the skills they need to successfully lead a business in a digital age?

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Should I Go Back to Grad School?

Women & Co | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Business School, Earning Potential, Grad School, Cost of Higher Education, Salary, Graduate School Debt, Higher Education, Graduate School, School, Going Back to School, Money News

When it comes down to it, the decision to pursue further education lends itself quite nicely to the same thing we rely on to help us make other expensive decisions: simple math.

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Eric A. Olsen: Bright Ideas

Red Room | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Business Innovation, Corporate America, Schools Creativity, Business School, Schools Innovation, Creativity Business, Business News

Maybe what the nation needs right now are more MFAs in those corner offices and fewer MBAs.

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What If Universities Recruited Entrepreneurs Like They Recruited Athletes?

John Dearborn | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: College Athletes, Education, Small Business, Business School, Startup, College, Jumpstart, Startups, Ncaa, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Small Business News

If entrepreneurial education is important to America's economy and global competitiveness, and good for its students, why don't we recruit entrepreneurs for our colleges the way we do athletes?

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5 Myths About MBAs

Ming Chen | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Truth About Business School, Business School, Mba, Business, MBA Myths, Business School Myths, Mbas, Business News

Is the MBA no longer about training tomorrow's captains of industry? While, certainly, a few bad apples have given MBAs an aura of infamy, I'd like to bust a few commonly held myths about MBAs.

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[Opinion] Occupy Wall Street: Can Big Business Be The Answer, Not The Bad Guy?

Turnstyle | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: UC Berkeley, Occupy Wall Street, Business School, Delanie Ricketts, Economy, College News

Originally published on turnstylenews.com/occupy, Turnstyle News' special coverage page of original, multimedia reporting on the Occupy Wall Street m...

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The Evolution Of The MBA (INFOGRAPHIC)

Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Masters in Business Administration, Video, Business School, Business School Facts, Mba, Evolution of the MBA, College News

More people take the GMAT in America than any other country. Harvard's first Master of Business Administration -- or MBA -- class had 47 students. The...

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New Ranking Spotlights Business Education That Works for the Planet

Judith Samuelson | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Ranking, Beyond Grey Pinstripes, Environmental Impact, Education, Business School, Stewardship, Social Impact, Aspen Institute, Financial Crisis, Mba, Business News

Business educators are stepping up to the plate to bring the so-called "soft stuff" -- like values, ethical considerations and long term environmental impacts -- right smack into the B-school classroom.

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Applications To Full-Time M.B.A. Programs Drop

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Katherine Mangan | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Business School, Mba, MBA Programs, Business School Rankings, Chronicle of Higher Education, College News

Applications to full-time M.B.A. programs in the United States and abroad declined this year for the third straight year, according to a report releas...

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Misdirection

Jerry Weissman | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Business School, Presenting, Business News

Musicians and Graphics Believe it or not, a new documentary called Make Believe, about a group of teenagers who compete in a championship competitio...

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10 Most Expensive Public Business Schools For In-State Students

The Huffington Post | Lindsay Dittman | Posted 09.05.2011

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According to an article in U.S. News and World Report, the average tuition and fees package offered to in-state students at the top 10 most expensive ...

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The Relevant MBA

Joe Thomas | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Business School, Graduate School, College, Cornell University, Mba, College News

I believe that the MBA is more relevant today than ever before. But today's MBA, both in product and in person, is not "your father's MBA."

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Why I'm Signing the MBA Oath

Daniel Koh | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Oath, Education, Harvard Business School, Business School, Business, Ethics, Mba, College News

As public opinion of business leaders is near an all-time low, signing the MBA Oath sends a message that MBA graduates recognize the influence business has on society and are ready to shoulder the ethical responsibility that comes with that.

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Graduating MBAs Are Ill Equipped to Lead Firms in Uncertain Times

Judith Samuelson | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Business, Business School, Economic Crisis, Economy, Market Crash, FInancial Markets, Business Students, Great Recession, Mba, MBA Students, Recession, Business News

The purpose of finance is to allocate capital efficiently. We'd better ensure the next generation of leaders in finance have learned that efficiency means so much more than a narrow focus on profit maximization.

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On Sunk Costs and Love

Jane Pak | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Marriage, Npv, Relationships, Finance, Accounting, Nrv, Business School, Engagement, Love, Sunk Costs, Los Angeles News

The professor asked one student, if she had been dating someone for 10 years and he decided he wanted to get married and she wasn't sure, would she take into consideration the 10 years invested?

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Your Friends Could Be Bad For Business

Michaël Bikard | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Small Business, Friends, Business School, Mit, Business Advice, Entrepreneurs, Social Connections, Pyschology, Friendships, Social Networks, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Business Management, Business News

Beware of the blinding effect of social connections.

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Sadly, There's No MBA for Imagination

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creativity, Walmart, Marketing Trends, Ray Kroc, Business School, Women in Business, Graduate Degrees, Innovation, Harvard Business School, Imagination, Smarter Ideas, Business, Brand Marketing, TV Advertising, Sam Walton, Coca-Cola, Fostering Creativity, Retail Sales, Business Schools, Advertising, College Education, Brand Management, Business News, Marketing, Columbia Business School, MBA Degrees, Best Business Schools, Shoppers, Pepsico, B-School, Business News

There are some indisputable facts in our glorious world. Men can't give birth. You can't cheat death. And you can't educate your way to creativity.

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Steve Blank On The Democratization Of Entrepreneurship

Steve Blank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Customer Development, Small Business, Business School, Economy, Silicon Valley, Science, Disovery, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, Stanford, Stanford University, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Business News

The barriers to entrepreneurship are not just being removed. They're being replaced by innovations that are speeding up each step, some by a factor of ten.

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Is Business School Turning Into 'Entrepreneur School'?

Fred Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Eisenmann, Small Business America, Education, Small Business, Business School, Startup, Jeff Bussgang, Harvard Business School, Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurship, Lean Startup Methodology, Business News

If business school is turning into entrepreneur school, then that's a damn good thing.

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Five Things They Don't Teach You in Business School

Donna Flagg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business School, Workplace, Career Path, Careers, Higher Education, Business, Graduate School, MBA Students, Business News

A course needs to be added called "What NOT To Do, if You Want To Get Ahead." The following would be my top 5 picks for the syllabus.

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More Business School Students Turn Toward A Degree In Doing Good

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Northeastern University College of Business Administration, Social Enterprise Institute, Social Entrepreneur, Business School, Social Entrepreneurship, Video, Impact News

Business school students today may not have their eyes set on big bonuses quite like their predecessors. Studies show that they're turning their fin...

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London School of Economics (LSE) Director Howard Davies on the Past, Present, and Future

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dfid, Religion, Business School, International Development, Climate Change, London School of Economics, Higher Education, Undergraduate Education, Lse, World News

Religion is clearly an important force in the contemporary world whether you believe in it or not, and therefore I think we need to try to integrate that better into our teaching.

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Inside Job: Our Business Schools and Our Future

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

I hope that Inside Job is shown near and on campuses across the country. The signs of hope really lie with future generations questioning those who came before them.

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The Dean of MIT's Sloan School of Management on Social Impact, Collaborative Learning and More

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Business School, Mit, MIT Sloan School of Management, Social Impact, College, Social Innovation, Higher Education, Universities, Impact News

MIT Sloan School of Management chooses a mission to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world, and to develop the ideas that improve management practice.

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