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- One little-known aftershock of the corporate scandals that began with Enron was an M.B.A. backlash. At a time when companies were scrutinizing every penny they spent, they also questioned the value of advanced business degrees, once seen as a ticket to the fast track in the business world. The scandals...
- Research articles 2006-08-21
- UIC bolsters biz; Dean seeks to improve B-school's standing.(Brief Article)
- A competitor calls it ``the sleeping giant,'' known for its potential rather than its past. But the giant is stirring. After three decades of modest and unheralded success, the College of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago is ...
- Research articles 2001-12-24
- Ranking the rankers: league tables have become a familiar feature of the management education landscape in recent years—but they are methodologically unsound and tend to be misleading
- Ask any business school dean to describe the most nerve wracking moment of the academic year and a candid answer might be: 'Just before I know our place in the B-School rankings'. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] League tables are big business for newspapers and magazines such as Business Week, The...
- Research articles 2001-09-22
- Are Business Cases R.I.P in B-School?
- Are Business Cases R.I.P in B-School?RE: Are Business Cases R.I.P in B-School?We used cases during my MBA program. I think for the most part it was a great method. My professors asked us to extrapolate from the cases and come up with a real life situation. To...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-11
- B-school Research: What's the Point?
- Matt Symonds wrote a thought-provoking article for Forbes.com last week, questioning the necessity of b-schools' academic research. Like many businesses and institutions, b-schools are looking for ways to cut costs in the current economy;Â given the expense of conducting research, it seems like an obvious place to trim. Symonds quotes Mauro...
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- Entrepreneurship ââ¬" Book-Smarts or Gut Instinct?
- In my role as President of Stacy Blackman Consulting, advising on the MBA admissions process, I speak daily to clients trying to articulate their goals. Turns out, “entrepreneurship†is a very popular career path. When I hear this as a goal, I ask key questions: “What do you want to do?â€, “What problems...
- Blog posts 2009-01-26
- The Energy MBA: A Career Path in Transition
- Even while the industry is in flux, traditional oil and gas companies and alternative energy firms need top management talent. Top feeder schools:...
- Articles 2009-02-09
- The Social Entrepreneur MBA: Trained to Adapt
- MBAs are veering off the corporate path to launch businesses with profit goals and social missions — and they just might have what it takes to survive the slow economy. ...
- Articles 2009-02-09
- The Finance MBA: Life Beyond Wall Street
- Manhattan might be a ghost town, but regional banks and boutiques will still be hunting for talent. Top feeder schools: ...
- Articles 2009-02-09
- The Healthcare MBA: One Fast Track in a Slow Economy
- The bottom line: Healthcare is hiring and B-schools can't churn out enough MBAs to fill jobs in the $2.26 trillion industry. Top...
- Articles 2009-02-09
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- An Arrest and an Earnings Puzzle at I.B.M.
- Last Friday was not one of I.B.M.'s better days: One of its top executives was arrested in a sweeping insider trading case, and the company's shares dropped 5 percent. The fall in I.B.M.'s share price probably had little to do with the arrest of Robert W. Moffat Jr., a senior...
- News items 2009-10-19
- Fitch Rates RBSGC's $629MM Mtge P-T Ctfs Series 2007-B
- NEW YORK -- Fitch rates RBSGC Mortgage Loan Trust's $629 million mortgage loan pass-through certificates, series 2007-B, as follows: --$596.9 million classes 1-A-1 - 1-A-6, 2-A-1, 3-A-1, 3-A-2, 1-X, 1-PO and R 'AAA'; --$10.6 million class 1-B-1 'AA+'; --$7.4 million classes 1-B-2 and 3-B-1 'AA'; --$5.4...
- Research articles 2007-03-29
- Fitch Upgrades Dominican Republic's L-T F-C IDR to 'B'; Outlook Stable
- NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has upgraded the debt and issuer Default Ratings IDRs of the Dominican Republic as follows: -- Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating IDR to 'B' from 'B-'; -- Country ceiling upgraded to 'B+' from 'B-' -- Foreign currency bonds due 2006 to...
- Research articles 2006-05-05
- Lawsuit Would Pull B&N Nook E-Reader From Market
- The California-based company suing Barnes & Noble over its e-reader wants the court to stop the sale of the Nook, according to court documents made public Tuesday. Spring Design on Monday said it was suing Barnes & Noble for stealing its ideas and using them for its Nook e-reader. Spring...
- News items 2009-11-03
- How Wal-Mart Got It Wrong with Plan B
- Remember the big flap two years ago about Wal-Mart's refusal to sell Barr Pharmaceuticals' emergency contraceptive, Plan B? Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2005, and granted over-the-counter status in 2006, the morning-after pill became a retail anomaly: a widely anticipated new product that retailers wouldn't carry,...
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Primedia inks b-to-b pact ; Deal creates co-branded auction site.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Primedia Inc. last week announced a few more alliances designed to position the New York-based specialty and b-to-b publisher as a company with Internet cachet. The alliances included several consumer partnerships and one b-to-b deal, linking Industr Primedia Inc. last week announced a few more alliances...
- Research articles 2000-07-03
- Marketing proves first can be an unenviable position; New b-to-b campaigns attempt to overcome weaknesses of the past.(Brief Article)
- Though it sounds like an oxymoron, ``disadvantaged'' is the word b-to-b advertising experts think best describes Microsoft Corp.'s b-to-b marketing efforts over its storied history. They say the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant has long been lumbe Though it sounds like an oxymoron, ``disadvantaged'' is the...
- Research articles 2001-03-05
- Beyond the Biz; B-to-b ads weak in game-day performance.(Briefs)
- B-to-b Super Bowl spots made a poor showing in an online poll conducted by AOL in the wake of the annual football and advertising extravaganza. The day after the game, with more than 1 million votes cast, the leading b-to-b ad was Staples' "It W B-to-b...
- Research articles 2004-02-09
- Integrated Security Systems, Inc. Announces B&B ARMR Corporation Provides Additional Security Protection for U.S. Army in Iraq
- CARROLLTON, Texas -- B&B ARMR Corporation, a subsidiary of Integrated Security Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: IZZI), announced today that they have completed a second contract to supply additional B&B ARMR barriers for the U.S. Army in Iraq. The most recent order was for B&B ARMR's Model 820, shallow mount barrier. The...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- B&N's Nook e-reader: Weirdly unrevolutionary
- It would be nice to say, as Matt Miller has, that the e-book and e-reader market was revolutionized today. It simply got more interesting. A careful reading of the $259 Nook's features, and the comparison offered by B&N to the $259 Amazon Kindle 2, reveals that, while it packs a...
- News items 2009-10-20
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