Paul Kedrosky reports on the consistently accurate Harvard MBA contrarian signal
The FT’s John Gapper looks into Ray Soifer’s annual analysis of the career paths of Harvard MBAs, which shows that a record-breaking proportion of this elite became bankers or financiers when they graduated this summer.
Business Week reports on how the financial and economic meltdowns are affecting B Schools. Job offers are down while MBA applications are up.
NYU’s Robert Saloman says the worst is still to come for MBA grads. He’s even more pessimistic about the classes of 2010.
Chicago GSB are in the region at the Nile Hilton tonight (Oct 26) and the Grand Hyatt Dubai tomorrow (Oct 27)
Sloan have another online chat today (Oct 23) 1pm EST.
Columbia Business School (following Dubai a few days ago) info session in Cairo at Justine’s in Zamalek, 6pm tonight.
I attended the Wharton information session at the old AUC campus (which is gorgeous!) downtown Cairo last week.
The New York Times (Finance Students Keep Their Job Hopes Alive) checks in on how the schools are coping with financial uncertainty. “Financial companies shed 150,000 jobs last year and more than 100,000 so far this year…
Wharton are holding an information session tonight (13 Oct 2008) at the old AUC campus at 7pm.