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10 Business Schools To Watch In 2017 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: January 9, 2017

Psst … The word is out. Pass it along. Think MBA education revolves around Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton? That’s natural. The troika has been perched atop many business school rankings for decades. They boast big-name alumni and faculty, fat endowments, and brand names that transcend culture, generation, and academic background. Despite their prominence, you couldn’t…

Saïd Business School at Oxford University

Oxford Joins Global Network Of B-Schools (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 10, 2017

Saïd Business School Dean Peter Tufano has been tracking the progress of the Global Network for Advanced Management ever since its launch in 2012. The brain child of Yale School of Management Dean Edward ‘Ted’ Snyder, the network had brought together 28 business schools to redefine how globalization is taught in MBA programs. Now Saïd…

Ranking The 2016 Business School Rankings (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: January 11, 2017

Admit it, you love MBA rankings. Sure, they’re imperfect measures. But consumers gobble them up, and few schools can resist playing to the criteria used to rank programs. If you really want to know why rankings are so popular just take a look at a business school websites or marketing brochures. You quickly come away with one…

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The Best B-Schools For MBA Startups (NEWS)

By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: January 23, 2017

No doubt, entrepreneurship continues to be more than a buzzword across business school campuses. Year-after-year, elite B-schools around the world continue to invest more and more time, resources, and faculty into entrepreneurial programs, centers, and research. Many schools boast accelerators, business plan competitions, and even significant seed money for their very best resident entrepreneurs. So…

Best Free Business MOOCs In February (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: January 31, 2017

When you think of Coca-Cola, what images comes to mind? Chances are, you picture frolicking polar bears who are “always cool” to “open happiness.” You associate it with a jovial Santa Claus unpacking his gifts underneath a lustrous tree. There is the trademark Coca-Cola font, eye-catching apple red backdrop, and the comforting contours of the…

Meet the Indian School of Business’ MBA Class of 2017 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

Young. Hungry. Innovative. Demanding. Those are just a few labels that have been applied to the Indian School of Business. An upstart business program founded by McKinseyites in 2001, the school describes itself as the place “where leaders are made.” While the program follows the blueprint of being India’s answer to INSEAD, it ultimately aspires…

Best Free MOOCs in Business In March (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 28, 2017

Dysfunction can take many forms in an organization. At best, you’ll find employees who are ignorant of the mission and indifferent to the results. At worst, they clam up, knowing the punishment for speaking up or thinking outside the confines will be sure and swift. Here, the rules are arbitrary, ever-changing, and favor a select…

B-Schools With The Most ‘Unicorn’ Founders (NEWS)

By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: March 3, 2017

Unprecedented venture capital backing and frothy valuations have made the rare unicorn — a privately held company valued at over $1 billion — a little less elusive. Recently released data from Sage, a London-based software company for small businesses, reveals which B-schools claim the most graduates behind current unicorns. Two entrepreneurial giants stand above the rest. According…

2017 Best 40 Under 40 Professors: Miguel Antón, IESE Business School (NEWS)

By: Andrea Carter | Last Updated: March 26, 2017

Miguel Antón Assistant Professor of Finance IESE Business School Miguel Anton at IESE graces this year’s list for top professors under 40 because of his ability to command a classroom. According to students, his entertaining and humorous teaching style, mixed with interactive teaching methods, are enough to keep 70 MBAs interested in capital markets week…

U.S B-Schools: ‘We’re The Best In The World’ (NEWS)

By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: March 31, 2017

Business schools in the United States are better than European and Asian business schools, according to ... themselves. In a report released today (March 31) by Kaplan Test Prep, admissions officers at 124 U.S. B-schools overwhelmingly agreed that their schools' preparation of students for business management roles is superior to their overseas competitors. In Kaplan's annual…

Tech Firms Get Their MBA Talent From These Schools (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: October 11, 2019

Is the tech bubble bursting? MBAs seem to have a nose for this kind of thing, so a reliable way to find out if Silicon Valley is headed for a downturn is to look at where the top talent is going. Poets&Quants crunched the numbers from the 2016 employment reports of 32 of the elite U.S. and…

Consulting Industry’s Top Feeder B-Schools (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: April 10, 2017

On measure after measure, INSEAD continues to shine. The No. 1 school in both the 2016 and 2017 Financial Times rankings and Poets&Quants' 2016 international ranking, the Fontainebleau, France-based business school has moved into prime position as one of the world's leading producers of consulting industry MBAs. What's not to love? INSEAD offers a brisk 10-month MBA in a…

Best Business School Admission Consultants (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 7, 2019

A 2019 updated version of this article can be viewed here. Other MBA admission consultants took one look at the stats and either ignored the candidate altogether or steered the young professional to second- and third-tier schools. It's not hard to see why: The would-be MBA applicant had a 3.1 GPA from a mid-ranked public…

Best Free MOOCs In Business In May (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: May 1, 2017

Everyone wants something to call their own. From owning a home to writing a book, people seek channels where they can express their identity. That’s the catalyst behind entrepreneurship too. Aside from providing a living, a startup is a means to share one’s values and vision, to make a difference and leave something behind. Being…

2017 Best MBAs: Saba Shafi, Wharton School (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: May 3, 2017

Saba Shafi The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Age: 30 Hometown: London, UK Fun fact about yourself: I am the voice of a parking lot in Minneapolis…“Caution! There’s a car approaching!” Undergraduate School and Degree: MSci Mathematics, Imperial College London Where did you work before enrolling in business school? Seabury Group, a boutique…

Meet Yansong Pang, one of many MBA waitlist students

Waitlisted At Five Schools. Then, Finally, A ‘Yes’ (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: May 10, 2017

Nobody is a sure thing when it comes to getting into the top MBA programs. Some of the best applicants on paper are deemed a poor “fit” by gatekeepers and “good-lucked” out the door. But one way or another, Yansong Pang was going to attend an elite business school this fall. He just had to be…

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After Earning An MBA, She Trashes The School (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: May 24, 2017

Just a few days after receiving her MBA from Columbia Business School last week, Kim Gittleson had a few choice words to express her disappointment about the school, her classmates and the degree she earned on a full-ride scholarship. A former journalist for the BBC News, Gittleson has written an essay that is nothing less…

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Best Free Business MOOCs In June (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: May 31, 2017

People call it the “It” factor. You know it when you see it. There is something that glows about these people. You hang on their every word. You act on their every suggestion. You’re not sure why, but they’re able to reach you. Somehow, they achieve what they set out to do — always with…

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How MBAs Would Change Their Schools (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: June 6, 2017

Everyone has an opinion — especially when it comes to being in charge. MBAs are no different. Since arriving on campus, they’ve studied and practiced leadership. In cases, they’ve weighed alternatives and tradeoffs. Every day, they’ve been trained to identify gaps and opportunities, to imagine, question, test, and contrast. In other words, they’ve honed the…

Busting The Biggest Business School Myths (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 3, 2019

Hate standing in airport security lines? Ryan Bingham does. The traveling downsizer played by George Clooney in Up In The Air, Bingham cautions a protégé early on to never get behind old people. Why? “Their bodies are littered with hidden metal and they never seem to appreciate how little time they have left.” His ideal…

Best Free Business MOOCs In July (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: July 1, 2017

Technology has become the most disruptive force in business. Harvard Business School’s Clayton Christensen was among the first to recognize the potentially devastating power of technology in The Innovator’s Dilemma, a wake up call published at the dawn of the internet age in 1997. This dilemma, Clayton explains, stems from an incumbent’s focus on organizational…

U.S. Schools With The Most International Students (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: July 10, 2017

Business schools in the United States, like all colleges and universities, need students from other countries. They couldn't pay the bills otherwise. Altogether, foreign students make up 5% of the 20 million college students in the U.S., according to a Washington Post report, adding more than $35 billion to the economy. At the top business schools, MBA…

What MBAs Love Most About B-School (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: July 18, 2017

For Molly Duncan, business school was a great awakening. Like any renewal, her awakening arose more how she felt than what she learned. Two years ago, Duncan, a psychology major, had arrived at Darden with no academic business training. Intent on mastering the intricacies of capital structures and value creation, she soon discovered that the…

Mannheim B-School, Football Club Team Up (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: July 25, 2017

A mid-tier business school and a mid-tier soccer team join forces, hoping a combination of resources will elevate both in their respective rankings. No, it's not the plot of a movie — it's the news out of Germany, where the country's top business school, Mannheim, has announced a partnership with TSG Hoffenheim, a rising power…

Best Free MOOCs In Business For August (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: July 29, 2017

People define success in different ways. When it comes to careers, many gauge their performance against money and status, tirelessly working for approval from those they barely know. For G. Richard Shell, the chair of the legal students and business ethics department at the Wharton School, that is a trap that often leads professionals to…

2017 MBAs To Watch: Ladi Lawani, Columbia Business School (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: August 1, 2017

Ladi Lawani Columbia Business School “I am very ambitious and a people person.” Age: 28 Hometown: Lagos Nigeria Fun fact about yourself: At some point after undergrad I seriously considered pursuing a career as a professional soccer player. Undergraduate School and Degree: BA Economics, Knox College Where did you work before enrolling in business school?…

Dean Named For New B-School At King’s College London (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: August 3, 2017

It isn't every day when a leading university creates a new business school, especially these days when there are more than 16,000 schools worldwide already granting business degrees. But King's College London, the newest B-school of some prominence, has now tapped one of its own professors to be its first executive dean. Stephen Bach, who currently…

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