As a result of the uncertain corporate job market, entrepreneurship is flourishing among recent MBA graduates and business schools have recognised the importance of teaching the subject. But is this a viable career move for MBA...

We use a lot of e-mail. According to some accounts the average corporate worker sends and receives 200 e-mail messages a day, and spends 40 percent of their time on e-mail. Much of that time is spent e-mailing people who are in...

The Financial Times is partnering with Sightsavers, the FT's chosen charity for its 2011-2012 seasonal appeal, to set a challenge for MBA participants: Develop a business plan to market glasses to children or young people (aged...

In spite of all the economic gloom, MBA and Masters in Management recruiters are surprisingly upbeat about their hiring prospects for 2012, according to a survey conducted last month by the Graduate Management Admissions Council.

Searching for a job can suck if you constrain yourself to the typical tools such as online jobs boards, trade publications, CraigsList, and networking with only your close friends. In these...

(Flickr 2010) Startup founders often make decisions based on unpredictable factors, but there are a few things you can (and should) be able to avoid.  Here are 3 areas not to put too much emphasis on in your brand-new business:...

It is not difficult to find graduates and employers who will strongly defend the MBA’s reputation as the leading international business qualification. Despite global recessions, growing competition and changes in business, the...

Economic malaise in Europe, combined with decreasing job opportunities there, mean that the Financial Times 2012 Global MBA rankings have seen a resurgence in US business schools. Meanwhile the thirst for business education in...

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As an entrepreneur, your personal integrity is critical for getting and keeping the support of investors and team members, and your company’s integrity is critical for getting and keeping customers and vendors. But in a...

But Steve Jobs Didn’t Go to B-School… In the past few weeks, I’ve had several conversations in which a prospective MBA applicant said something like this: “Are business schools really worth it? Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Steve...

Five senior people are holding a postmortem examination on a critical personnel appointment. They had unanimously chosen this candidate, but it had been a spectacular and expensive mistake. After a candid exchange of views it...

One of the biggest impediments to starting a new venture is the “terror barrier,” as popularized by Bob Proctor, a 75-year-old millionaire and world renowned entrepreneur. This is the...

Today, many of these leaders display a Goldman Sachs culture quotient of exactly zero percent. I attend derivatives sales meetings where not one single minute is spent asking questions about how we can help clients. It’s purely...

Business leaders worldwide are grappling with transformative events that stretch their thinking well beyond the “rational” frameworks of business. The crisis in the eurozone is more than just financial – it has roots in...

Business schools are braced for a recessionary downturn, which may leave deep wounds in short-term budgets. The tremors come at a time when many schools are susceptible to economic crises. In recent years business schools have...