By Ben Clayton. Choosing to study business at university, whether you do so in general or by specializing in one of the ‘FAME’ subjects (finance, accounting, management and economics), has long been considered a wise move within higher education. Business graduates have always ranked well in terms of employment, salary, and job satisfaction compared to their peers – studying for a master’s in business, whether an MBA or other type of master’s degree, is a reliable step towards career success. More...
What’s wrong with today’s business schools?
By Ashish Jaiswal. The Wharton School of Finance and Economy, the current Wharton School of Business, opened in 1881 as the world’s first business school. Twenty-seven years later the first MBA degrees were awarded by Harvard Business School in 1908. Read more...
Rethink business models for India, experts counsel
The business of science - Investing in pure science returns bigger dividends
By David Robinson. As official announcements go, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's recent unveiling of the government's science, technology and innovation strategy took a page right out of the communications-management playbook.
Stand in front of a nice backdrop, re-brand old policy as new, re-announce funding that had already been earmarked in the budget and make the announcement late on a Friday afternoon so any dissenting voices are shut out of the weekend news cycle. More...
A business model view of changing times in higher education
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A business model view of changing times in higher education
Lloyd Armstrong, Changing Higher Education, 2014/12/16
I've been exposed to this way of thinking about education (and innovation generally) a lot over the last couple of years. Parts of it I resist, parts of it I embrace, and all of it I view with a certain scepticism. But it's important to understand that there are large masses of people (specifically, the business community) who view all systems this way, including the education system. More...
The Next Big Thing In Business Education
By Matt Symonds. Everyone is looking to start-ups in Silicon Valley to find the next big thing in the business world, but what if the next big thing in business education isn’t coming from a start-up or even a big name school in the US, but from established institutions in Europe.
I was fortunate to run a session at the latest EFMD conference in Grenoble on how business schools are facing global challenges. The session, and the conference itself, gave me the chance to talk with business school directors and administrators about what is keeping them awake at night and where the future of the sector lies. More...
Science shouldn’t be all business
La France et le Royaume-Uni : poids lourds de la « business education »
Par Marion Senant - © Kelformation. La moitié des écoles du classement 2014 des écoles de commerce européennes du Financial Times sont des institutions britanniques (20) ou françaises (19). HEC perd sa première place au palmarès général, mais reste première en ce qui concerne les Executive MBA et deuxième pour les masters en management. Suite...
The Competitive International Higher Education Marketplace: Identifying Business Strategies to Succeed (Part 2)
By Vangelis Tsiligiris - EvoLLLution. Universities have traditionally pursued international activities as a result of individual academic and executive staff members’ links and initiative, in the context of cultural and language links and in pursuit of short-term financial goals. However, successful international activities require careful planning, dedication of resources and constant re-alignment to conditions of the fast-changing international higher education market. More...
Business Is a Big Draw for International Students in the U.S.
By Sandhya Kambhampati. Previous research has shown that international students at American colleges and universities tend to be concentrated in specific areas, such as business and engineering. Now a new report from the Brookings Institution goes deeper in telling us who these students are, which cities they are coming from, and where they end up staying. More...