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These five, with 109 years of collective experience, bring business alive, know their students’ names, and help them find jobs.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Kiah Lau Haslett | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

One of the biggest challenges new MBA students face is time management. But making a few key decisions in advance makes for a smoother transition.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Tablet technology is beginning to transform case studies from straightforward narratives into complex and changeable plots—a metamorphosis nearly a century in the making.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Erin Zlomek | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Understanding the 5 C’s to decide whether to get an MBA.

Content: Article | Author: Mark Suster | Source: Both Sides of the Table | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

5 pitfalls for recent grads starting a company

Content: Article | Author: Stuart Wall | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

The first part of our series explains the best way for soon-to-be MBA students to prepare for their new life and get their financial house in order.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

How one retired professor made a fortune by co-authoring a textbook that would shape how generations of MBA students learned finance.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: John A. Byrne | Source: FORTUNE | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

New research into long-term MBA pay suggests you get what you pay for. Top schools like Harvard, Wharton, and Stanford leave the rest of the pack in the dust.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Geoff Gloeckler | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Choosing a Program, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

The MBA has been regarded by many as THE credential to possess to build a successful career. The challenge for MBA graduates is in figuring out what to do with the degree upon completion. “The Joy of an MBA” brings you multiple perspectives on the impact an MBA can have on your career as told by MBA graduates from around the world. This ebook addresses … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Various | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

While entrepreneurship students get MBAs with the goal of launching a startup, many make corporate pit stops before they go into business for themselves.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Erin Zlomek | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

One of the most valuable assets of a top-ranked business school is its alumni network. It’s a major consideration by applicants in choosing an MBA program, and it’s a significant sign of a school’s true brand strength in the marketplace.

But it’s also something that is hard to measure. There is no available metric that will let you know how often the alumni network at a … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: John A. Byrne | Source: Poets & Quants | Subjects: MBA Program Rankings, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Would you travel over 14,000 miles every other weekend for an MBA? These hardy souls do it and don’t have too many qualms about the payback either.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Andrea Carter | Sources: FORTUNE, Poets & Quants | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Relationships do survive business school, but it’s important that you know what you and your partner are signing up for if you want to be one of the triumphant ones.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: Carrie Shuchart, Chris Ryan | Sources: FORTUNE, Poets & Quants | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Corporate hiring managers are increasingly complaining that M.B.A. grads have terrible writing skills, and more b-schools are trying to address the problem.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Diana Middleton | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

GMAC solicited ideas for transforming management education and got more than 650, including 20 winning entries. Now comes the hard part: implementing them.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

About five years ago, Warren Bennis and James O’Toole penned an article for the Harvard Business Review called “How Business Schools Lost Their Way.” It was, in many ways, the shot heard round the world. (I was visiting b-schools in China when it came out and people were talking about it there. The same day.) Their premise: that way too much of what passes for … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Louis Lavelle | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

To create a different kind of B-school graduate, a dean argues that a key first step is creating a different kind of B-school culture.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rich Lyons | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

For those who assume that a top B-school education levels quaint notions of racial bias in managerial ranks, think again. Discrimination is alive and well among financial analysts, according to some recent social-science experiments. And if you look at the nature of the experimental set-ups, you could reasonably wonder whether bias against African-American executives exists not only among financial analysts, but in corporate management as … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Erik Sherman | Source: BNET | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

More M.B.A. students are going directly from college to business school. But are they ready?

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Elizabeth Garone | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Exclusive new research shows that grads of top business schools earn far more than lesser-ranked peers, both at graduation and over the long haul.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Geoff Gloeckler | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Choosing a Program, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources