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Marios Contopoulos, an MSc Business Analytics student at Esade Business School, tests water salinity near the University of The Gambia. With each step, the Esade business student and a Gambian bird researcher sank deeper into the river. They walked barefoot, water lapping up almost to their knees, looking for the right depth to test their…

Duke Fuqua will partner with the Nicholas School of the Environment on a new Master in Business, Climate & Sustainability Duke University today (August 25) announced the launch of a new joint degree, the Master in Business, Climate, and Sustainability, a 10-month program created by the Fuqua School of Business and the Nicholas School of…

In a new podcast series, Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig presents his version of the truth in a four-year-old academic controversy that resulted in the loss of tenure for Harvard Business School superstar Francesca Gino. Lessig, a highly influential and thoughtful observer of the law, is not an unbiased moderator. He is both a…

From banker to brewer… Now, that’s a catchy headline! And it sums up the journey of Helena Valentine. Just four years ago, she worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs’ London office. One of the firm’s youngest employees, you could find her presenting her financial analyses to members of Board of Directors and C-Suite…

David Bach, President of IMD in Switzerland, has frequently criticized the Trump administration’s political attacks on US universities, Trump’s tarriffs, and America’s retreat from global leadership. (Photo: Mark Henley/IMD) David Bach says he is a product of the global order America built. He grew up in Germany when the Berlin Wall still divided East and…

Hundreds of Stanford MBAs are among the early adopters of DeepSky, an AI platform that integrates directly with data sources such as FactSet, Crunchbase, Polygon, and SEC filings — giving users the ability to query market, financial, and company data in real time without leaving the system When Christopher Chang left investment banking to co-found…

Entrepreneurship is booming in the U.S., with nearly one in five adults currently in the process of starting or running a business. At Pepperdine University, one graduate program aims to support those looking to turn ideas into impact. Dr. Stephen Kirnon leads Pepperdine’s Master of Arts in Social Entrepreneurship and Change (SEC) program. A former…

Last year, 167 students from around the world competed in the global finals of the Turner MIINT challenge at The Wharton School. Photo credit: Shira Yudkoff Turner MIINT – one of the largest experiential impact investing competitions for MBAs – has a new co-producer.   Impact Capital Managers Institute (ICM) will join The Wharton School’s  Impact,…

Katie Smith, founder of Be Your Own Boss. Courtesy photo Not everyone needs to be an entrepreneur to thrive. Social media often glamorizes quitting your corporate job, pushing the “be your own boss” narrative as the ultimate path to freedom. In a culture where entrepreneurship is trending, Katie Smith offers a counterpoint. Smith doesn’t dismiss…

Dean Oliver Yao during an ice cream social with undergraduate students at the University of Delaware’s Lerner College of Business and Economics. “We’re not content to be a regional school,” Yao says. “We’re building a business college that’s relevant, responsive, and nationally recognized. And we’re just getting started” When Oliver Yao became dean of the…