University of Michigan's Zell Lurie Institute Welcomes Erik Gordon as Associate Director
...ore curriculum at the Institute, first year students are encouraged to participate in the Multidisciplinary Action Project (MAP) program, which offers mbas the opportunity to execute high level management assignments at start-up companies. Gordon will serve as a liaison between student teams and the vari...Caring.com Adds Vice President of Business Development
...irectors of the MBA-Nonprofit Connection, an organization that partners with top MBA programs and nonprofits to develop professional opportunities for mbas in the nonprofit sector. Alpert lives in Northern California with his wife and their two children. About Caring.com Caring.com is a community and ...Abbott Again Honored as a Leader in Diversity
... DiversityInc magazine's list of the "Top 50 Companies for Diversity" for four years, and the company was named one of the "Top 50 Companies for Black mbas to Work" by Black MBA magazine. Abbott Widely Recognized as a Premier Employer Abbott has been included in Working Mother magazine's "100 Best Compa...Abbott Named One of the Best Companies for Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine
...d on DiversityInc magazine's list of the "Top 50 Companies for Diversity" for four years. The company was named one of the "Top 50 Companies for Black mbas to Work" by Black MBA magazine, and has been recognized for many years by FORTUNE magazine as one of the "Best Companies for Minorities." Abbott also...Braun Challenges Business School Talent To 'Create A Buzz'
...l President, Braun, and a professor of marketing from a non-participating university, at P&G's headquarters in Cincinnati. "P&G is a big recruiter of mbas and a big believer in the power of ideas from outside the company and I am personally excited to hear some provocative ideas from this new generation ...UW-Eau Claire graduates first online MBAs
Eau Claire, Wis. When Suzanne DeCann visits the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus for the first time in May, it will be to pick up her newly earned Master of Business Administration degree. DeCann, who lives in Georgia, will be among the first 11 UW-Eau Claire students to earn their M...Affitech Announces Second Milestone in Roche Antibody Discovery Collaboration
...icensing collaboration with Roche to produce fully human recombinant antibodies against an unnamed oncology target. Affitech has successfully used its mbas (Molecule Based Antibody Screening) system that included its proprietary antibody library and high throughput screening technology to identify several..."You're fired!" Trump wants trademark rights
...shut-up", dictionary words or everyday lingo. Still, watch out you tough chain-saw-driven-executives as you try to scare your bright, hazy eyed, young mbas with these words, you may be in a serious violation and a possible lawsuit. Before you fire anybody with these words, imagine the footsteps of blue-su...Are women opting out or shut out from career tracks?
...n in the business sector are pushed off track more by dissatisfaction with work than pulled by external demands. Fifty-two percent of respondents with mbas in the business sector indicated they left work because they no longer found their careers either satisfying or enjoyable. It is not surprising then, ...UW-Madison MBA program ranked among best for investment return
...ncial return in the nation, according to BusinessWeek 's latest " Best B-Schools " issue. On average, the UW class of 2006 paid $186,800 for their mbas and started earning salaries $42,343 higher than before. A graduate could break even in four and a half years, not counting lost income for full-time ...Fire your CIO? If he's not implementing strategy, show him the door
... inner circle of the CEO continues to shrink. If the CIO is absent from that inner circle, he or she should be shown the door. The growing cadre of mbas and people with the ability to manage has made it easier to find resources that can execute a series of tasks, and is making the old-style operational...The Right Brain: A neurological solution to the flattening world
...oung physicians that paint are able to notice subtle details about a patient's condition. Pink makes the radical statement that it will not be the mbas that will lead us forward in this process, but the MFAs (Masters in Fine Arts). In fact, the MFA will become this century's MBAs. Some statistics to s...