BW Business Schools Channel

BusinessWeek has just created a folder in the Business School Forum just for professors who would like to connect with one another to discuss anything and everything -- from the business school curriculum to the coffee in your faculty lounge, from the research you re working on to the crazy excuse your student gave you for not preparing his case study. You can feel free to share whatever is on ... ... (MORE)

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Anyone who is interested in working at a business school will be interested to hear about the latest resource available to him or her. The AACSB, an accrediting body, announced the launch of BizSchoolJobs, a Web site dedicated to linking people interested in jobs as administrators or faculty at a business school with employers. "Whether you want to reach the best and brightest business sch... ... (MORE)

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Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies and Other Pricing Puzzles (Copernicus Books, 2008) is the title of a book by business school professor Richard B. McKenzie. The Walter B. Gerken professor of Enterprise and Society in the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine, explains all sorts of pricing dilemmas -- from why popcorn costs so much at the movies to why pri... ... (MORE)

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We just finished compiling our annual list of suggested summer reading for aspiring MBAs and anyone interested in getting ahead in business. In an article and slide show, professors from top business offer their recommendations for books to read by the pool or during the good ol commute to the internship or job. I ve written the summer reading story for the last three years, and Freakonomics a... ... (MORE)

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