Many management consultants hardly complete two or three years in their jobs before they realize that there’s more to life than consulting. Consultancies have an “up or out” culture, meaning that many of those who feel they can’t make it to partner level, change jobs. Little wonder then that consultancies have a turnover rate of … Read more
How many things have to happen to you before something occurs to you? ― Robert Frost The importance of work experience in MBA programs is beyond debate. International MBA programs thrive on the richness brought about by the varied job encounters of its students. The curriculum appreciates the peer to peer interaction and knowledge sharing … Read more
The London Business School (LBS) is among the crème de la crème of the world’s top b-schools. Founded in 1964, it has striven, in its own words, “to have a profound impact on the way the world does business.” A constituent college of the federal University of London, the LBS welcomes over 2,200 degree students … Read more
MBA degrees don’t come cheap. Although salary increases and promotions often accrue post-study, tuition fees can soar into six-figures at top business schools. Despite these ostensibly exorbitant costs, the MBA remains a degree with significant quantitative and qualitative benefits that justify the investment – benefits outlined by QS Quacquarelli Symonds in this previous article (The … Read more
What should MBA students with entrepreneurial aspirations keep in mind when they’re planning to start an independent business after completing their MBA? What resources can they make use of while still in an MBA program? How do business incubators work in bschools? Justin Sheehan – Career Development Manager at the Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus … Read more
An MBA will be among the most important investments in your professional life. So it’s only justified for business school aspirants to ask. What financial returns can you expect from a top MBA program? What’s the earning potential in the next 10 years? Which business schools (in USA, Europe, Asia) will give you the best … Read more
Berkeley Haas is the second oldest business school in the United States. It is also the only b-school to be founded by a woman. A gift by Cora Jane Flood in 1898—her residence and a 550-acre plot—to the University of California, Berkeley, led to the establishment of what is now the Haas Business School. Today, … Read more
Money matters need experts who understand how money matters. And an MBA that trains in financial wizardry is one of the most competitive, lucrative and in-demand MBA specializations on both sides of the interview table – MBA in Finance applicants and the employers waiting to snatch them at graduation.
To an untrained eye, both the Master in Business Administration (MBA) and the Master in International Business (MIB) are management programs with similar outcome. After all, what is International Business but business as usual in a foreign dialect.
Aditya Shankar, a marketing professional and an MBA aspirant, attended an MBA fair in Bengaluru and came back a little underwhelmed. If you’re attending an MBA fair in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai or any other Indian city, Aditya feels his experience and lessons will help. He covers the format of an MBA fair, … Read more
What makes a student graduate school ready? Is it the number of years they have spent gearing up for a successful promotion from a bachelor’s to a master’s? Or, is it the knowledge and substantive education received until then? This time vs knowledge debate often becomes a subject of contention for international students applying to … Read more
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is the longest established business school in Asia. This gives it a big first-mover advantage and clear vision in nurturing business leaders. CUHK MBA has been ranked 64th in the world by the Financial Times in 2023. Around 40 students (63% female) with an average age of 29.6, … Read more