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November 13, 2009

The schizophrenic life of an academic

Today’s Wall Street Journal had a fascinating article about the heated competition to become America’s Top College Professor.  Aside from being personally inspiring (as someone who spent a lot of years trying to figure out… Read more »

Filed Under: Academic Concerns, Business School

September 8, 2008

Management Techniques actually work!

If you didn’t catch the article by Scott Thurm in today’s Wall Street Journal, you should check it out. He reports that researchers from Stanford University, the London School of Economics and the consulting firm… Read more »

Filed Under: Business School, Business Strategy, News Archives

January 14, 2008

The field of management enslaved by theory?

Don Hambrick, one of the management field’s leading academics comments on the way the field relies on theory in a recent Business Week: Viewpoint January 13, 2008, 4:06PM EST The Theory Fetish: Too Much of… Read more »

Filed Under: Academic Concerns, Business School

December 20, 2007

Business Development Resources for New Entrepreneurs

As a sometime professor of entrepreneurship, I'm frequently approached by would-be entrepreneurs for help in fleshing out their business plans. While I enjoy doing this, it could very easily become a full-time job! I've therefore… Read more »

Filed Under: Business School, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship

December 20, 2007

Columbia Faculty on “What is the Entrepreneurial Mindset”

Entrepreneurship is one of those terms that’s a bit like the old saw about art or pornography – “I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it”.  If you want to bring… Read more »

Filed Under: Business School, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship

November 3, 2007

Columbia Business School offers one of the best “spare time” B Schools in Business Week

Business Week has just published its highly influential rankings of executive MBA and Executive Education programs, and I’m pleased and proud to note that Columbia has not only done well, but improved its position considerably… Read more »

Filed Under: Business School, Executive Education

October 6, 2007

Observations on educational institutions

Two books which challenge the current way educational institutions organize themselves are now out, and they are both a fascinating read.  Rakesh Khurana’s book From Higher Aims to Hired Hands traces the evolution and development… Read more »

Filed Under: Academic Concerns, Business School

September 21, 2007

How much does the prestige of a university matter to business?

I was recently asked to consider whether the prestige of a university matters at all in the business world.  I’d say it does. One place you see it make a huge difference is when companies… Read more »

Filed Under: Business School, Executive Education

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