Search Results for: london business school (3440 results found) Harvard’s Hidden History (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: December 2, 2018 News from Harvard Business School "Harvard Square is just a short walk over the bridge from Harvard Business School campus and has countless restaurants, shops, and plenty to do. On a recent Harvard Square burrito run, one of my section mates remarked that he wished he knew more about the history of the Cambridge side… The Wall Street Journal’s ‘Where’s Waldo?’ MBA Ranking (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: December 6, 2018 In the late 1980s, one of the most popular children's books came from Britain and was called "Where's Waldo?" The series of children's puzzle books challenged readers to find a character named Wally who was inevitably hiding among dozens of people in highly detailed illustrations at locations all over the globe. Today (Dec. 6), the… Meet UCLA Anderson’s MBA Class of 2020 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 8, 2018 “A bad day in the ocean is better than a good day at school.” That’s something you won’t hear at UCLA's Anderson School of Management. That may surprise some, with UCLA being tagged as surfer central. Alas, the program is hardly a place for students to indulge chill vibes as they wait for the tide.… Meet INSEAD’s MBA Class Of 2019 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 9, 2019 Education is treated as the great equalizer. It exposes the possibilities, challenges the norms, and compels people to reflect, act, and grow. However, education doesn’t take root in the comfortable. To last, it demands openness and trial-and-error – choosing purpose over pretense, discussion over diversion, and revision over routine. Few things make people more uncomfortable… Former College Football Player Becomes Advocate For LGBTQ+ Community (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: December 9, 2018 News from Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management "If there is one thing Landon Foster has always been sure of, it is his identity as an athlete. The Nashville native (now in Vanderbilt's master of science in finance program) has been playing soccer for as long as he can remember and took up football… Meet the Carnegie Mellon Tepper MBA Class Of 2020 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 12, 2018 Business is business. That’s how some business schools operate. Sure, they host shared incubators and clubs – even offer dual degrees. Beyond the boilerplate lip service to “cross-curricular” or “multidisciplinary” education, business is often relegated to the academic fringes, never central to the mission. That norm is flipped at the Tepper School of Business at… Countdown To Round 2: Top Tips For Polishing Your MBA App (NEWS) By: Caroline Diarte Edwards, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: March 30, 2026 Many of us do our best work under pressure. If that’s the case for you, and you’re a round 2 MBA applicant, now’s the moment to kick it into high gear. Wharton, Duke Fuqua, Chicago Booth and London Business School are waiting to hear from you on January 3 followed by Harvard Business School on… What Do MBA Grads Expect From Work? This Survey Has Answers (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: December 17, 2018 What do B-school graduates expect to be doing in the next few years, especially considering the world's continuing economic volatility? How do MBAs anticipate the next few years of their careers developing? To find out, a global accreditation agency conducted a survey of recent MBA grads, and the answers they came up with show MBAs' belief in… Meet Ohio State Fisher’s MBA Class Of 2020 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 2, 2023 “We have a good thing going. Why mess with it?” Two decades ago, that thinking surely swayed the board rooms from Borders to Blockbuster. They just couldn’t picture the digital tsunami swelling off their shores. Now, they are case studies, Ozymandias-sized warnings against complacency in a world of never-ending shifts and sieges. Academia isn’t immune… Can This Shrewd Indian Political Player Position Herself On A Glide Path To An MBA? (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 3, 2023 https://youtu.be/yD6ijhJymQw This 26-year-old professional has been working as a senior program coordinator for a political consultancy in India after having done two years in Teach for India. Harini had an undergraduate degree from Sastra University in industrial biotechnology and a master's degree in public policy from the Willy Brandt School for Public Policy in Germany.… Meet Rochester Simon’s MBA Class Of 2020 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 9, 2019 What two words are magic to any recruiter’s ear? “STEM designated.” A fancy term, no doubt. Basically, it is a designation that shows MBAs have completed half of their credit hours in science, technology, engineering, and math-related coursework. That’s important to recruiters. As leaders are increasingly harnessing data to drive decisions, recruiters are pursuing MBAs… Meet the Class of 2020: The Complete Series (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 30, 2018 Every MBA program promotes its selling points. Take a Wharton or a Stanford. Their brand names alone acts as a stamp of approval that grabs attention and opens doors. Reputation alone doesn’t drive candidates to leave steady paychecks to return to campus, however. For some, there is a certain allure to studying and networking in… This Small 1-Year MBA Program May Have The Best ROI In Europe (NEWS) By: Jeremy Hazlehurst | Last Updated: April 17, 2020 The fundamental question facing everyone considering an MBA: Is it worth it? MBAs are expensive, and students need to be convinced that they will get a good return on their investment. So which are the top business schools in Europe for ROI? Poets&Quants crunched the numbers and came up with some interesting results that could… Meet The Rice Jones MBA Class Of 2020 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: January 18, 2019 To many, Houston is the land of barbecue, oil wells, and honky-tonks. You’ve probably picture Sam Elliott standing next to a pickup, brimmed out in a Stetson hat, brass buckle and Lucchese boots. In popular culture, Houston natives are depicted as football-crazed, gun-toting, Whataburger-chowing churchgoers who are obsessed with size and will go all “Don’t… Meet Arizona State’s MBA Class Of 2020 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: January 20, 2019 “Show me the money.” Talk about a great movie line! In real life, it carries certain presumptions. The phrase conjures up a world grounded in finite responsibilities and clear answers, where leaders are finished products and change is predictable and manageable. MBAs know the opposite is true. Expectations are ever-evolving and growth is never-ending. That’s… ‘Responsible Management’ Is Lodestar For New Global Accreditation Body (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: January 22, 2019 The Association of MBAs, a global accreditation organization which marked its 50th year in 2017, has a new sibling. On Monday (January 21), the AMBA announced the launch of a "sister brand," the Business Graduates Association, whose mission is to promote positive impact and lifelong learning at business schools around the globe. How does this… Meet The HEC Paris MBA Class Of 2020 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: January 23, 2019 At 130 years old, institutions naturally get set in their ways. They develop a certain outlook, following methods and messaging that sustained their longevity. They’ll pay lip service to innovation and reinvention, of course. In practice, they’ll only embrace it on the edges. That might be a mindset you’d expect from HEC Paris, which was… Stanford Repeats At No. 1 In Financial Times 2019 MBA Ranking (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 25, 2019 For the second consecutive time and just the third in 21 years of rankings, the Financial Times named Stanford Graduate School of Business the best full-time MBA in the world. Stanford's arch-rival, Harvard Business School, captured second place on the 2019 list, gaining three places from its year-earlier rank of fifth, as it jumped over… Meet The McGill Desautels MBA Class Of 2020 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 30, 2019 Most people picture Canada as the land of Mounties, moose, and maple. The home of hockey, Canada is a vast mix of dazzling coastlines, bustling cities, and rugged mountain ranges. Here, the loons sing, the cold bites, and the Northern Lights flare. The nation is far more than beavers, poutine, and healthcare, however. Canadians are… Leading MBA Programs With The Most Women (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: July 6, 2021 Real talk: This story will be a lot more interesting next year. But don’t stop reading. There are still quite a few wrinkles that deserve your attention. The reason next year’s iteration of Leading MBA Programs With the Most Women will be more interesting is because that’s when we‘ll see the impact of one of… Northwestern Names LBS Professor New Kellogg Dean (NEWS) By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: January 31, 2019 Nearly 17 months after Sally Blount announced she would step down as dean of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, her successor has been chosen. The school announced today (February 1) that its next dean will be Francesca Cornelli, a long-time finance professor and deputy dean of degree education at the London Business School. Cornelli… Meet The Warwick MBA Class Of 2019 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 5, 2019 Starting an MBA requires a major transition. New location, new routine, new demands, and new people too. It can be a little uncomfortable at first. In business school, every class member was once a hot shot somewhere. Some managed hefty budgets and high profile projects for household names. Others racked up notable awards or embarked… Meet Oxford Saïd’s MBA Class Of 2019 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: January 25, 2020 You wouldn’t expect to find the business school of the future at the University of Oxford. For many, it is hard to shake the image of its archaic “Dreaming Spires,” where students row down the River Thames at dawn, criss-cross wide courtyards for class, and don gowns for formal hall. While Oxford reveres its pageantry… New Dean: Berkeley Haas ‘Doesn’t Look Like The Rest Of California’ (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: February 9, 2019 UC-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business is the only top-10 business school in the United States to have been led by two women. On Tuesday (February 5) both deans — the former and the current — sat down together for a wide-ranging live-streamed conversation on the Berkeley campus, discussing major challenges, including the school's recent diversity… Meet The HEC Montréal MBA Class Of 2019 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 11, 2019 Kepler Communications isn’t a household name…not yet, at least. In 2015, it was just an idea. Three years later, it had launched its first satellite into space. The same could be said for Atomwise, an AI tech firm that simulates molecules to speed up drug discovery. Last year, the company raised $45 million dollars in… Class of 2020: 12 Reasons Why I Chose An MBA (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 17, 2019 That feeling just never goes away. You just can’t shake that something isn’t quite right in your career. You’re stuck in a rut, getting passed over for bigger roles. Sometimes, you wonder why peers seem to get an audience – and buy-in too. Well, you’re not alone. That’s exactly how Fernando Palhares, a customer experience… 10 Biggest Takeaways In The Financial Times 2019 MBA Ranking (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne & Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 19, 2019 Whatever you think of the Financial Times global MBA ranking, you have to admit that the British newspaper gathers a lot of data to put it together. For its 2019 list, about 8,000 MBA graduates from the Class of 2015 completed its alumni survey. Some 150 different business schools all over the world took the…