420 Posts found for Source: BusinessWeek

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

Let’s face it: Even though admissions committees at top business schools want well-rounded candidates with solid applications, the GMAT score can make or break an applicant. Although an applicant with a low GMAT score can still get into a top program, it makes the rest of the application that much more important.

Preparing for the GMAT—in the hope of getting a score that falls into the … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

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

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

After writing a story recently about the growing number of Chinese women interested in getting their MBAs, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at what is happening with female enrollment in U.S. MBA programs.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Women & Minority MBA Issues

Companies often want to make decisions based on “the number,” or a precise estimate of a project’s financial potential. When companies only consider a single scenario, they almost always feel as if they have to be conservative, leading them to prioritize “sure things” in known markets over risky ventures in new markets.

While that approach might be reasonable when a company is launching a modest line … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Scott D. Anthony | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Finance, Innovation, Management

Media rankings of MBA programs do a poor job of assessing quality. Three professors propose a rating system that allows users to define the terms.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: Erich Dierdorff, Frederick P. Morgeson, Robert S. Rubin | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: MBA Program Rankings

Every new business we’ve ever engaged in has initially been seen as a distraction by people externally, and sometimes even internally.

Content: Quotation | Author: Jeff Bezos | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Growth

Your business model has to specify not just how your company intends to make money but also why a customer would want to give it any, says Mark W. Johnson.

Content: Article | Author: Mark Johnson | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Management, Strategy

The return on investment for part-time MBA programs may be difficult to pin down, but graduates say the benefits are real

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Part-Time, Weekend and Evening MBA Programs

Choosing a B-school can be a gamble. MBA applicants shouldn’t rely on rankings alone, but the data they include are a valuable resource, admissions experts say.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: MBA Program Rankings

European MBA programs are using blogs, wikis, social networking, and other Web 2.0 tools to link students and explore new business strategies.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Erica Rex | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Business School News

To improve your chances when reapplying to an MBA program, make a few key improvements to your application, apply early, and have a backup plan.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In

At the Smeal College of Business, dozens of MBA applicants who plagiarized admissions essays on “principled leadership” were shown the door. They won’t be the last.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Business School News, Getting In

Information overload makes finding the right B-school more difficult than it needs to be. Here’s how to find what you need, and toss what you don’t.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Choosing a Program

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

With the Dec. 1, 2009 sale of Businessweek to Bloomberg LP, the magazine’s former owner, the McGraw-Hill Companies, officially exited the b-school ranking business. It now appears that the company wants back in. Credit Rating and Information Services of India (CRISIL), a rating agency that’s majority owned by McGraw-Hill’s Standard & Poor’s unit, yesterday announced the launch of a new rating service for business schools.

CRISIL … [ Read more ]

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Louis Lavelle | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: International MBA Issues, MBA Program Rankings

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

Most MBA programs are good at something, even if they’re not ranked among the greats. Lower-ranked schools take top honors for accounting, marketing, and more.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Geoff Gloeckler | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: MBA Program Rankings