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Esade Students during a Study Visit to the European institutions in Brussels. In 2025, politics is inescapable for business leaders. Wars and power plays disrupt supply chains, tariffs appear and vanish overnight, and rules for emerging technologies shift before the ink is dry. “Business leaders cannot ignore the interconnected nature of the global economy and…

Pace University’s Lubin School of Business will have a new dean September 1 Pace University has tapped Ajay Khorana, a former Citigroup global treasurer with deep roots in academia, as the next dean of its Lubin School of Business. His appointment, effective September 1, 2025, follows an extensive nationwide search. Pace President Marvin Krislov says…

Drexel LeBow’s Diana Jones on the B-school’s approach to experiential learning: “It’s not just about applying concepts. It’s about asking better questions, reframing challenges, modeling scenarios, and then communicating your insights clearly to decision-makers” Experiential learning means different things to different business schools. For some, it means simulations and case studies. At Drexel University’s LeBow…

For years, Stanford Graduate School of Business finance professor Ilya Strebulaev has been known as the business school world’s “unicorn tracker,” analyzing how billion-dollar startups are built, who founds them, and which institutions supply their talent.  His latest research, announced via his LinkedIn page, turns the lens on venture capitalists themselves — and how their…

Janitra Taylor is one of the best in her field. A veteran of JPMorgan Chase, Ernst & Young, and Bank of America, Taylor has collected awards from these institutions for outstanding leadership and service. In 2025, she was named one of American Banker’s Most Influential Women in Payments – an honor reserved for only 20…

Villanova MSBAi students apply AI tools like large language models and custom bots to real-world business problems. The online program offers flexibility for working professionals. Courtesy photo. Hayden Coates is certain that artificial intelligence will play a big role in his future work. He already uses Microsoft Copilot as a senior operations analyst at SEI,…

The MBA candidate pool is larger this year and more diverse, says GMAC’s Adam Witwer — as well as older and further along in their careers Anxiety, uncertainty, and a rapidly expanding array of program options are defining the MBA application journey in 2025, says Adam Witwer, chief product officer at the Graduate Management Admission…

Alabama’s Kay Palan: “Whatever we do has to be right for the school and able to live beyond me. I don’t lead for my own ego. It’s about our students, our people, and the mission.” Courtesy photos Before Kay Palan became dean of the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business, she worked in hospital…

After three years of softness in MBA applications, the elite have roared back. Applications to the M7 — the so-called “Magnificent Seven” of U.S. business schools — spiked sharply in the 2023-2024 admissions cycle, reversing a downward trend that had raised questions about the value proposition at even the most entrenched programs. The Class of…

Startup Wise Guys is an accelerator affiliated with Estonian Business School. It is located in one of the fastest-growing tech hubs in Europe. Not so long ago, a major race for business innovation centered around sustainability. Business schools launched new degrees, impact projects, and ESG courses. Companies hired sustainability officers, published glossy reports, and pledged…