MBA Diary: Financial sector meltdown gets hazy reception
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HEC Paris heads FT ranking of European schools
The French establishment held off competition from London Business School and Insead. View the full, interactive ranking and read the special report.
Ask the expert: Online Q&A - European business schools
Can European business schools cope with a prolonged economic downturn?
Enterprising convictions
An innovative scheme is giving prisoners the chance to study for a mini-MBA
Lead with three-part harmony
The Indian School of Business is blending the spiritual with cognitive science and western management theory
Soapbox: Time for boot camp MBAs
More people could pursue the degree if they were able to complete it in four months
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GMAC puts its money where its mouth is
Business schools outside the US are to benefit from GMAC cash
LBS in collaboration with World Economic Forum
The three-year partnership will expose students to world class leadership in business
TiasNimbas appoints leadership team
The Dutch business school replaces Philippe Naert, who leaves the school at the end of the year
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New MBA Gym module
Find out how corporate social responsibility is taught at business school and see if an MBA is right for you
Managerial psychology videos
In a trio of lectures, Chicago GSB professor Nick Epley applies psychological research to the workplace
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Tim Cullen of Oxford University’s Saïd Business School on how to negotiate in a climate of mistrust
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Iese professor Pankaj Ghemawat explains the rules of cross-border expansion in a “semi-globalised” world
Video: Moving up/Moving out
Insead professor Herminia Ibarra explains how to assume a leadership role - or switch careers entirely
India: The base of the pyramid
Top professors from the Indian School of Business explain how companies can enter new markets
MBA Diaries
Wisdom from the wrong side of the bar
Chicago GSB is the intellectual razor’s edge and I feel at home here, writes Rahul Bajaj
A chance to scratch beneath the surface
Stephan Swinkels hopes his MBA at the European School of Management and Technology will propel him towards a new career
Challenge every step of the way
Post-Insead, Laurence Blandford gives his final verdict on his MBA experience there
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Business school deans write about an influential management figure. Danica Purg discusses how Peter Drucker took inspiration from art, music and the mirror test
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