One thing that most MBA programs do a poor job of is providing useful, academic reference material after you graduate. All business schools have great alumni networks and recruiting resources, but the availability of intellectual resources is significantly lacking. It's understandable that professors want to keep the material they've taught or created from being widely ...
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Three Ways to Save Best Buy
Best Buy recently launched a new online price matching policy, in what appears to be a last ditch effort to save the retailer’s business from Amazon. The retailer is finally addressing the issue of “showrooming,” which is the practice of playing with products at Best Buy and then buying it from Amazon at a lower ...
Top Five Consulting Case Interview Traps
One of the most daunting aspects of the MBA experience is sitting though a case interview. Anyone in business school recruiting for a consulting or strategy role must go through this rite of passage before getting one of these coveted positions. The case interviewers have full control in this setting: while some may choose to go ...
MBA Tips: How to Prepare Harvard Business School Cases
While reading and preparing cases is a significant part of any business school experience, there isn’t always a concrete result to your work. You could easily invest hours preparing a case and have nothing to say about it during the class discussion. It’s because of this ambiguous return on investment that many people choose Continue Reading >>