Opportunity in adversity

Despite the current gloom, employers still value MBAs
Summary:

MBA students are worried about recouping the high fees they invested
Business-school officials experienced the worst ever recruiting season
Demand for MBAs is declining while supply is continuing to grow
In U.S., Congress has made it more difficult to hire foreign talent
Consulting, health care, pharmaceuticals, utilities and energy maintained demand
Downturn has [...]

Steering a new course

Foreign B schools’ response to the financial crisis.

Summary:

B Schools partly blamed for financial crisis – now pondering about reinvention
Failed firms such as Lehman Brothers were full of prestigious school alumni who were complacent and greedy
Programme directors’ dilemma: totally overhaul curricula and appear hasty / change nothing and seem to be in a state of [...]