Every country has its own cultural peculiarities and some see these as a minefield of potential disasters. However, arming yourself with the knowledge of what to expect when going overseas to work, is invaluable and can ease frustrations and make the whole business enterprise more profitable and... [more]
Could the booming economies of Asia be the place to study if you want to avoid the economic downturn in Europe and North America? [more]
“If you can survive your MBA course, you can survive anything.” John Davies says he totally immersed himself in his course at Cass Business School in London and relished the opportunity the exercise his brain to its maximum potential. “By the end of the course you crave information as you have... [more]
‘Recession’ is one of those loaded words, a bit like ‘unemployment’, that politicians just don’t want to be the first to say. They leave it to economists – of course it is an economics term – to form part of the illusion that politics and economics are unlinked, unrelated and independent. The Bush... [more]
As any MBA student or top business school will confirm, a summer internship is a critical step in the process of enhancing your credentials, and landing a full time job. With more students doing internships, employers expect to see them listed on the resumes of potential employees. And, in the... [more]
They let you apply what you’re learning, find out about yourself, give you access to whole new networks and can even get you a job. David Williams finds out what’s so great about internships from the student’s point of view. [more]
Ross Geraghty on the credit crunch and news that, for MBAs and the top business schools, things may not be as bad as they seem [more]
Watch out, the Bologna generation is about to come of age, and it is going to transform the market for European MBAs. [more]
Like many before him, Douglas Banning has used his MBA as a catalyst for a career change. With a very strong background in pharmacy, including a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the School of Pharmacy at the University of London, Douglas enrolled at the Warwick Business School to help develop his... [more]
C.K. Prahalad begins his seminal work, The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid with the simple, yet revolutionary proposition: “If we stop thinking of the poor as victims, but rather as resilient and creative entrepreneurs as well as value-conscious consumers, a whole new world of opportunity will... [more]
Professional service firms are very different from other commercial enterprises. They typically lack the hard-nosed bottom line focus and hierarchical management structure of most companies. Indeed, managing professionals has been likened to herding cats, not a metaphor for strong top-down... [more]
Andriy Aleksandrov is a Ukrainian MBA student at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Anderson business school and will graduate from this program in 2009. The Ukraine is a country where MBAs are slowly but surely increasing in popularity and, like much of Eastern Europe, the demand for... [more]
Over 100,000 people a year choose to study for an MBA worldwide. With young professionals recognizing that there are no “jobs for life”, an MBA can provide skills to make an individual more marketable and to provide greater career choice. [more]
Europe now hosts an array of top MBA programs and is challenging the hegemony of US schools with a different teaching style and, generally, one-year programs. But has the credit crunch affected business school intake and offerings? And what are schools doing to help MBA students and graduates... [more]
It is 35 years since Milton Friedman, the influential free market economist, said: “The social responsibility of business is to increase profits.” In the intervening period, especially around the millennium, corporates have begun to sing an adjoining tune, some more cautiously and others more... [more]
Remy Carera is an MBA student at IE Business School in Spain, one of the top business schools in the world. He has provided a unique insight into his experiences of an MBA program since early 2008, showing the reality, the fun, the experiences and the hard work involved in such an undertaking. Here... [more]
With any fast-developing economy comes a need for skilled leaders, strategists and managers to take that economy forward. With a country as vast and well-resourced as Russia the need is paramount and the country’s ambitious MBAs have always looked overseas for their business education. Until now. [more]
The third and last section on the GMAT is the Verbal Section, which is in multiple-choice format. You have 75 minutes in which to answer 41 questions. The Verbal question types consist of Sentence Correction, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Reasoning. [more]
The second section on the GMAT is the Quantitative, or Math, section, which is in multiple-choice format. You have 75 minutes in which to complete 37 questions. [more]
It’s a perilous path to professional perfection. Tom Harrison, Head of Employer Relations at QS Careers and Global Workplace takes a sideways glance at the dos and don’ts of trying to impress your future employer. [more]
The first section you will see on the GMAT is the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA), or essay section. You have one hour in which to write two essays, both of which are in response to a prompt. One essay type is called Analysis of an Issue, where you are asked to present your perspective on an... [more]
Ross Geraghty looks at the world’s top destination for MBA study and postgraduate careers and finds out how easy, or hard, it is for MBA graduates to get to live and work there [more]
Remy Carera is an MBA student at IE Business School in Spain. His monthly diary showcases his experience of the MBA course and what it entails. This month he talks about studying in the sun, summer internships and sailing around Croatia! [more]
GE is imagination at work. From jet engines to power generation, financial services to water processing, medical imaging to media content, GE is dedicated to turning imaginative ideas into leading products and services that help solve some of the world’s toughest problems. [more]
Before embarking on his MBA, Anton Vorontsov ensured his application was the best it could be. The MBA candidate at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, talks with QS TopMBA.com about his career and what it’s like to be a part of the MBA Class of 2009. [more]
Applicant demand for MBA places is at record levels in North America and interest in ‘green’ issues such as corporate social responsibility (CSR) and non-profit organizations among MBAs is on the increase. There has been a gradual slow-down in recruitment demand, especially in financial services... [more]
This is a transcript summary of theTopMBA.com Scorecard expert chat with Mr. David Simpson, senior manager of MBA marketing and admissions of London Business School in the UK. TopMBA.com Scorecard runs expert chats at regular intervals throughout the year. Questions were sent in by respondents... [more]
In an ideal world you’d know instinctively what the best business schools in the world are. Then a private jet would whizz you off to the campuses of the top business schools you’ve shortlisted. Of course you’d then walk into the MBA program of your choice and the MBA careers the world has to offer... [more]
This is a transcript summary of the expert chat that TopMBA Scorecard runs at regular intervals throughout the year. This is a live expert chat that took place on 17 February 2007 with Mr Kirt Wood, director of marketing and admissions at RSM Erasmus University. Questions were sent in by... [more]
There is a growing salary differential between MBAs and non-MBAs in job markets around the world as employers battle to recruit the best young business school talent. Nunzio Quacquarelli, editor of topmba.com, looks at the latest reported salary data. [more]
First steps For choosing the right business schoolAre you interested in becoming an international manager? Would you like to have a qualification that can enable you to work anywhere in the world? Then you should be considering taking an MBA and you should be thinking about which business school will be right for you.
How does anyone about to embark on one of the major personal investments in their lifetime (certainly more important than buying a house because it will affect your stream of income for the rest of your life) make a decision?
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Tom Kania is the lead MBA admissions expert at Manhattan Review, the only GMAT provider with 10 years of history helping MBA aspirants before, during and after their MBA studies by offering a full spectrum of GMAT and TOEFL preparation, Admissions Consulting and MBA Training Boot Camps. Mr. Kania... [more]
This is a transcript summary of the Expert Chat that TopMBA Scorecard runs at regular intervals throughout the year. [more]
For the last four and a half years, Jinho Lee has been a stockbroker in the Korean equity market. He’s now preparing to study for his MBA at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Jinho spoke to topmba.com about the qualification he hopes is going to take his career to the next level. [more]
Ross Geraghty looks at the worlds top two destinations for MBA candidates and graduates and finds out how easy, or hard, it is for MBAs to live and work there. [more]
MBA programs are producing more socially and environmentally aware graduates. Ross Geraghty looks at the expanding number of top business school graduates using their skills in developing countries and helping people out of poverty. [more]
The World Wide Web has evolved from a basic communication tool to an essential component of everyday life in just 10 years. [more]
Get your MBA application to top business schools right by knowing the answers to important questions in advance. Ross Geraghty takes a sample of the most commonly asked MBA questions. For Part 1, take a look at www.topmba.com/scorecard in the Articles section. [more]
MBA Finance: Frequently Asked Questions about the important aspects of MBA salaries and financing your business school course. [more]
It is estimated that more than 300 million people around the world speak Spanish. In the US alone, 35 million people speak the language and the countrys Hispanic population is rapidly growing. While English remains the international language of business, there is no doubt that an understanding of... [more]
The wealth of postgraduate business courses available can sometimes appear daunting, and for graduates considering a business career, making the right choice from a widening list of options is one of the most important career choices they will make. [more]
Sometimes the list of postgraduate business courses available can seem like opening a tin of spaghetti. For the graduate keen to enter the challenging and potentially lucrative business world, the task can seem daunting at first. Should you be thinking about an MBA, and if so a general one or a... [more]
Unlike most educational courses, for MBAs, almost without exception, you will need at least three years work experience in a managerial role, and in some cases, this figure can be even higher. It is a rare MBA course indeed that will accept very recent graduates onto their MBA courses and they... [more]
With its demands on time, finances and personal commitment, its not surprising that the prospect of taking an MBA can generate a thousand pressing questions. Every year, however, we find that potential students keep coming back to a small, but significant, number of key issues. In this section of... [more]
With a degree in engineering from Delft, Bart Cornelissen from Nijmegen had already built a successful career in strategy consultancy when he decided it was time to take a Masters in Business Administration (MBA). Although Id built up a wide base of experience in business, I felt that there were... [more]
The UKs success depends on good business administration. Recognising this, The Times produces three supplements a year primarily aimed at students thinking about taking an MBA. [more]