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2010 Halfway Mark: Looking Back on Many “Welcomes”

2010 Jun 29
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Céad míle fáilte: While the Irish greeting for “100,000 Welcomes” hasn’t translated exactly to  that number of new client relationships in 2010, we have had quite the busy first two quarters at Lipman Hearne establishing new partnerships. We are proud of, and excited by, the collaborations that are underway and would like to take a [...]

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More on the B-school Ethical Evolution…

2010 Apr 15
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Another day, another important article – this one in U.S. News and World Report – on how business schools are “re-evaluating the importance of business ethics and different methods of teaching ethics.”
This topic has had a lot of coverage for several years, starting even before Enron and other high-profile ethical messes. The global financial meltdown [...]

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Does Character Count for Business School Brands?

2010 Apr 14
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Did the MBAs do it?  The debate rages whether business schools and their graduates are responsible for the global financial crisis.  Dutifully, many schools are “introspecting” on the subject.
Why Character is Destiny for Business Schools – and the MBAs They Groom, in the new issue of the Baylor Business Review takes a look at the [...]

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Reputation is On the Line When Choosing New Deans

2010 Mar 26
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Upon reading the first article in a three-part Business Week series examining high-profile searches for new business school deans, it struck me that it is hard to overstate the importance of getting this process right. As with a corporate CEO position, the individual leading each of these institutions — or at any top business school [...]

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B-Schools Need to Strike a Balance

2009 Oct 20
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I work with and study a lot of business schools and no doubt this article on M.B.A.’s and social change identifies a real trend toward students wanting to explore issues of sustainability, corporate social responsibility, “green” enterprises and other social entrepreneurship concepts. These are, not surprisingly, subjects with tremendous natural appeal in today’s environment.
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Quantity vs. Quality in India’s B-Schools?

2009 Oct 7
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Upon reading Premchand Palety’s article on India’s B-schools in the Wall Street Journal, I could not help but agree that growth of the management education industry in India has no doubt outpaced the growth in quality. Clearly, more regulation of the sector is in order.
However, let’s be sure to give great credit to the many [...]

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