Forbes.com story on ROI for MBA programs

August 11, 2009

Here is an interesting story on Forbes.com about a look at what schools have good return on investment for their MBA programs.


Summer Reading from Business Week

July 9, 2009

Business Week contributor Francesca Di Meglio offers some suggestions on new books that might be of interest for Business School students and managers alike.


Fortune Global 500

July 8, 2009

Fortune’s annual ranking of the world’s largest corporations.

July 8, 2009.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2009/snapshots/6388.html


Fresh Out of College and Off to Business School

July 8, 2009

Business schools are offering new programs to attract a younger, more diverse pool of candidates—and undergrads are responding

By Alison Damast

BusinessWeek, July 6, 2009

http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/jul2009/bs2009076_521072.htm?chan=bschools_bschool+index+page_top+stories


Is California’s economy too big to fail?

June 23, 2009

This piece by Moria Herbst of Business Week ask the question, and details the problems in California.  Should the state ask the government for help?


Latest Issues of HBR contains article on business schools

June 15, 2009

Joel Podolny, dean of Apple University, examines the public’s perception that business schools may be part of the problem with corporate culture in The Buck Stops (and Starts) at Business School. This article appears in the June 2009 issue of Harvard Business Review (page 62 – 67), which all Purdue students can access using the eJournal Finder.  Also you can search Business Source Premier directly for this article.


Boardgame event in the library

March 31, 2009

Join us for a board game event in the Undergrounds coffee shop.  April 2nd from 1:30 – 3:30 pm.  Top prize for the Yahtzee tournament is a $50 gift card.  Other games available for play as well.


Purdue hosts China, Indiana Business Forum

February 27, 2009

“A symposium examining business opportunities and challenges in China and India will be held March 28 at Purdue University’s Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship in Discovery Park. The university says the event is designed to provide insight into how the two countries relate to the global economy. The Consul General of the Consulate of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago, Ping Huang will be the keynote speaker.”


Top prizes announced at Business Plan Competition

February 25, 2009

The 22nd Annual Burton D Morgan Business Plan Competition announces top prizes.


So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?

February 24, 2009

So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?
Wall Street Journal Feb 23, 2008

Thinking about starting a business? Make sure you’re cut out for it first. We spoke with entrepreneurship researchers, academics and psychologists to come up with a list of questions you should ask yourself before making a big leap.

This special report from the Wall Street Journal contains a group of articles on the issues of becoming an entrepreneur.