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Business and business schools

Working for the firm

Business and business schools have a symbiotic relationship. To what extent should the boundary between them be blurred? 2

Diversity at business school

The call for MBA “manbassadors”

Men must help to bring about equality in business 1

For too long business education has been a man’s world 2

MBA curriculums

The defence for the case

Should the case method be curtailed—or better yet, scrapped entirely? 5

Ranking business schools on graduates' salary increase

Show me the money

Return on investment is a vital consideration for MBA candidates picking a programme, particularly given cost of courses 3

MBA fellowships

Get back

Stanford has established a fellowship for midwestern students who are prepared to return to the region after graduation 1

MBA diary: ESMT Berlin

Cape crusader

A student redefines return-on-investment after a running business programme in South Africa 3

Admissions

Screen test

More business schools are asking candidates to complete video essays 2

The state of business schools

Campus vs beach

As we publish our 2016 ranking, we ask whether the full-time MBA is under pressure from specialist degrees and online education 22

Academic view

The Problem of Practicality

Ken Starkey, a professor at Nottingham University Business School, says that management education needs to rethink its future if it is to avoid a crisis of legitimacy 2

MBA diary

Taking the plunge

A prospective student comes up with—then ignores—a long list of fears about applying for an MBA programme 3

Sporting MBAs

Learning to pass

A specialist programme at the University of Miami is teaching quarterbacks the art of business 1

Advances in online-classroom technology

Virtually there

The quickening pace of technology has made meeting fellow students in person rarer 3

Academic view

Small business should not mean small-minded

Christoph Loch, dean of Cambridge Judge Business School, says start-ups and small businesses need to look beyond simple excuses for their lack of financing, growth and innovation 4