The PGPMAX (Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior Executives) is an executive MBA program from ISB meant for experienced working professionals. This intense program aims at career advancement, greater strategic vision as well as honing your leadership abilities and soft skills. What are the admission requirements – GMAT, essays, etc? How much does it … Read more
Marco Di Maggio is the Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He was listed among the ‘2016 Best 40 Under 40 Professors’ by Poets & Quants. In this interview with Swati from the MBA Crystal Ball team, Professor Di Maggio shares his views on a wide range of topics related to learning … Read more
When it comes to specialising in Finance, an MBA used to be the popular option among students. However, with students interested in specialised Masters degree in Finance and with more universities offering it, this option too seems to be gaining popularity among Finance aspirants from India and other countries.
Isaac Smith is an assistant professor of management and organizations at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at the Cornell College of Business, Cornell University. He has been the recipient of numerous academic honors and awards, and his research has been recognized and received media coverage through leading publications. In this interview with … Read more
The initial phase of an MBA program (usually the first year in a two year MBA program) is dedicated towards completion of the core courses. These are designed to build a strong foundation of the basic concepts across the various management subjects. During the latter part of the program, you can choose to specialise in … Read more
Moran Cerf enjoys a rockstar status in the academic world. Apart from being an assistant professor of business and neuroscience at the Kellogg School of Management and the department of neurosurgery, he also teaches at the American Film Institute (AFI). He was listed among the ‘2016 Best 40 Professors Under 40’ by Poets & Quants. … Read more
STEM refers to degree education in fields related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. It has been estimated that US would experience a shortage of workforce required to work in advanced areas related to the STEM designated fields. As per the data provided by the US Department of Labor, the number of jobs available in … Read more
When MBA applicants apply to a business school, they usually play it safe. So, in addition to schools which may seem ambitious, they may also apply to schools where they have a better chance of being accepted. Now, let’s consider a hypothetical situation. Assume that you’ve got admits from two schools, you get a generous … Read more
In today’s competitive world, a post-graduate degree or a professional qualification has become the need of the hour to widen the career scope and improve the job and salary prospects. We get numerous queries from students pursuing the commerce stream who’re keen to find out whether an MBA or CA would be a better study … Read more
The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa that allows foreigners to be employed by U.S. companies in specialty occupations (Top H1-B Visa Sponsors). Students who go to the US on an F1 visa have to go through the gruelling task of having to find companies/employers ready to sponsor their H-1B so that they can continue working … Read more
When the same few examples – of how Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates started their ventures very early – start dominating the internet, it’s only natural for aspiring entrepreneurs to conclude that starting young is the only option. What if you are in your thirties, forties, fifties or even sixties? Does that make … Read more
Your MBA degree did what it was rightfully meant to do – it gave you new perspectives about careers you’d never have thought about, your electives gave you insights into each of these new areas. But a general management degree may not be able to do justice as it may fail to delve deeper into … Read more