An Emirati friend of mine was recently accepted to the Harvard and Stanford Business Schools. He generously agreed to answer some questions on the hows and whys.
NYU Stern’s Robert Salomon and Stanford’s Garth Saloner have ideas on improving the MBA.
Interesting Q&A with Ben Simpendorfer on two pet obsessions China and the Middle East in The New Yorker.
The Web and Email were great while they lasted. What’s next?
The new Clear Admit Best MBA Blogs list is out.
The Columbia Business School Small Business Consulting Program Fall application is now open.
Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations | A Book Review.
McKinsey take a look at Luxury in Japan and try to fashion some long-term industry trends.
As you’d expect, Robert Scoble launched his new community Building43 with some serious web heavy-hitters. Zuckerburg, Marissa Mayer and Fred Wilson are some of the highlights.
Harvard Business School students take an ethical oath. The Economist isn’t impressed but starts a readers’ debate to discuss. Meanwhile, an unrelated Economist article on cheating scientists finds that shock, horror scientists too may be ethically challenged. An all too human condition it seems.