Business School

What Do Business Schools Teach Now?

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 12.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Bear Stearns, John Thain, Business School, Merrill Lynch Bonuses, Ayn Rand, Business, Financial Crisis, Conomy, Business News
Margaret Heffernan

If business schools don't change -- fast -- they'll become like military academies after the first world war: discredited and obsolete.

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The Ketchup Generation: Entry-Level Jobs Really are There for You, Even During a Recession; Here's the Secret

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Graduates, Business School, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Entry-Level, Generation X, Jobs, Careers, Pink Slip, Law School, Generation Y, Mba, Mayonnaise, Ketchup, Business News
Stephen Viscusi

Everyone I know under 30 loves ketchup -- on everything. When I grew up, it was just for french fries and hamburgers. Now, they practically want to use it as lube.

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Harvard Business School's Greatest Lesson

Fortune | Geoff Colvin | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Harvard, Business School, Harvard Business School, Rick Wagoner, Jeffrey Immelt, HBS Alumni, Hbs, Business News

Does Harvard Business School have a future? Its storied past will get extra attention when the school turns 100 years old on April 8. But in a fast-ch...

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What's A Millennial To Do?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Finance, Journalism, Business School, Millenials, Automotive, Career Advice, Media, Public Relations, Advertising, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

God created youth for people to do what they wanted to do. When you get a little bit older, life closes in on you and, caught in a variety of strictures produced by our ambitions, desires and needs, we each take on responsibilities that require us to do a bunch of stuff we donÂ’'t wanna.

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B-School Grads Shaken Up By Bear Collapse

BusinessWeek | Alison Damast | Posted 03.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Career Services, JP Morgan, Bear Stearsn BSC, Starting Salaries, Business School, Consultants, Business School Grads, Recruiters, Financial-Services Sector, Business News

The stunning collapse and fire sale of investment house Bear Stearns (BSC)--a major employer of business graduates--has added another worry to an alre...

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Business Schools Go Beyond Case Studies, Embrace Studying Abroad

New York Times | James Flanigan | Posted 02.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Business School, Ucla, International Business Courses, Business Courses, National University of Singapore, B-Sxhool, Mba, Universities, Southern California Univerisities, Marshall School of Business, MBA Programs, Anderson School of Management, Business News

Southern California universities have long led the nation in the number of students enrolled from other countries. Now the universities' business prog...

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CEOs Who Need To Return To Business School

24/7 Wall Street | Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 11.30.2007 | Business

Read More: James Tobin, Dumb CEOs, Amd, Business School, Boston Scientific, Business Schools, Ceos, Hector Ruiz, Business News

Looking around the wreckage of some of the big cap companies it is not hard to find a few CEOs who probably need to go back to business school. Wall S...

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B-school Confidential: MBAs May Be Obsolete

Yahoo! Finance | Penelope Trunk | Posted 10.05.2007 | Business

Read More: Harvard Business School, Mba, Business School, Corporate Ladder, HBS, Business News

The Master of Business Administration degree has been a holy grail for decades. If you wanted a career that mattered and didn't have the aptitude for ...

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How To Succeed With A Conscience: Business Schools Offer "Green" MBAs

AP | MICHELLE LOCKE | Posted 09.23.2007 | Business

Read More: Environmentally Friendly, Mba, Business School, Business News

Business professor John Stayton remembers when eyes would start rolling at the idea of a "green MBA." These days, business schools across the country ...

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BusinessWeek Spotlights Best B-School Professors

BusinessWeek | Dan Macsai | Posted 09.20.2007 | Business

Read More: Business School, BusinessWeek, B-School, Business News

Engaging a room full of college kids is no easy task, but these professors make it seem simple. From good-luck snacks to glowing recommendations, sere...

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In Dash For Cash, More Young People Skip B-School

The New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 09.15.2007 | Home

Read More: Hedge Funds, MBA, Business School, Wealth, Wall Street, Home News

Most people who knew Gabriel Hammond at Johns Hopkins in the late 1990s could have predicted he would rise quickly on Wall Street. As a freshman, he t...

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