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Harvard Business School For The Facebook Age - The FINANCIAL

May 18, 2012

Harvard Business School For The Facebook Age The FINANCIAL Despite this pedigree, Nohria says that other business schools are more often top-of-mind in the areas of entrepreneurship and venture capital; he's working to change that perception, which “lags reality,” he says. Stanford University of course is …

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Shredding the MBA Straightjacket - Forbes

May 18, 2012

Forbes Shredding the MBA Straightjacket Forbes According to the most recent survey done by Forbes, an MBA at one of the leading business schools can cost about $275000 in tuition and foregone salary. All of the top 10 ranked US schools needed at least 3.5 years to achieve payback.

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Cost of MBA teaches tough financial lesson - Chicago Tribune

May 18, 2012

Cost of MBA teaches tough financial lesson Chicago Tribune PayScale Inc. put the median salary in 2012 for MBA graduates at $83500, but $136000 for MBA graduates of the country's top 30 business schools as ranked by Bloomberg Businessweek. A higher salary allows students to take on substantial debt and live ..

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Business Schools: Looking Local for a Global Reach - New York Times (blog)

May 18, 2012

Business Schools : Looking Local for a Global Reach New York Times (blog) “ Business schools in developing nations are getting more attention from both domestic and foreign students, Mr. Saalfield and Ms. Appel write.

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One of the country’s best business schools is in Richmond - WTVR

May 17, 2012

WTVR One of the country's best business schools is in Richmond WTVR RICHMOND, Va (WTVR) – If you are looking f or a place to get a solid education in business you won't have to look far. The best school to get an education in international business is right here in the river city. It's the second year in a row that ..

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Facebook’s Very Few MBA Millionaires - BusinessWeek (blog)

May 17, 2012

Facebook's Very Few MBA Millionaires BusinessWeek (blog) MBAs, for all their talk of entrepreneurship and the like, are really quite conventional—for as long as anyone can remember, well more than half of every class at top business schools has ended up in the same two industries: financial services and …

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Business Schools: Looking Local for a Global Reach - New York Times

May 17, 2012

Business Schools : Looking Local for a Global Reach New York Times Business schools in developing nations are getting more attention from both domestic and foreign students. Thomas Hyland, an American who began his career at Goldman Sachs in San Francisco, decided to attend the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad ..

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GMAT Adds New Thinking Cap - New York Times

May 17, 2012

GMAT Adds New Thinking Cap New York Times According to Alex Chisholm, director of statistical analysis for the Graduate Management Admission Council, or GMAC, the nonprofit consortium of business schools that develops and administers the GMAT, the growth in the numbers of Chinese applicants is …

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London’s business schools search for their next dean - Financial Times

May 17, 2012

London's business schools search for their next dean Financial Times By Della Bradshaw It is all change at the top of Cass and Imperial College business schools in the UK and the Ivey school in Canada, as deans from all three schools announce their departure. Richard Gillingwater will leave Cass after six years as dean …

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A Way Up for Women in Business - New York Times

May 17, 2012

A Way Up for Women in Business New York Times But business schools are responding to demands by more companies for more women in upper management. Experts, however, warn of the difficulty of getting more women into business school classrooms.

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