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Do I Really Need An Insurance Agent?

This is a good question. The politicians and press have made it sound like buying health insurance is no more difficult than buying a can of soup at the grocery store. That is true for some people. … more →

The Insurance Barn

THE RACE TO INNOVATE: Why Top MBA Programs Are Shifting from Suits to Start Ups in the Millennial Era

mbaover30 wrote 1 day ago: Recently, Poets & Quants published an article highlighting the trend of more and more MBA studen … more →

Tags: musings, Business School, Me, Entrepreneurship, Start Ups, career goals, The Road to an MBA, stanford gsb, USC-Marshall

Wharton's Karl Ulrich: Three Things Needed to Grow Middle East Innovation

knowledgewhartonarabic wrote 2 days ago: Reflecting on the issue of youth unemployment raised by the Arab Spring protests, Wharton professor … more →

Tags: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Arab Spring, Government, "Human Resources", Immigration, Innovation, Intellectual Property, middle east, Property Rights

Welcome to Switch! — 2 comments

Switch wrote 4 days ago: In the military, you don’t need a resume. You don’t interview for jobs. Your career path is defined. … more →

Tags: Home Page, Career Transition, military, Switch, switchstarter, Veteran

Event studies - an introduction

1infospec wrote 5 days ago: Many students and researchers at some time deal with what is called “Event studies“. Wik … more →

Tags: Zephyr, General, Compustat, CRSP

Poets & Quants & Increasing Student Debt

David Klein wrote 1 week ago: One of our favorite sources of information and insider perspective on the B-School experience is Poe … more →

Tags: Education and Student Loans, Business School, Poets & Quants, HBS, harv, Harvard Business School, Fund My MBA, b-school, lower the cost of education

MBA Perspectives - Coffee with a Whartonite

mbahopeful wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday I met a Wharton 1st year for coffee. She’s in India doing 1 of the 2 internships and … more →

Tags: MBA, INSEAD, Coffee, Whartonite, rockstar

Read the Damn Email! A Missed Face-to-Face Opportunity with Wharton — 4 comments

mbaover30 wrote 1 week ago: Yeah, so I recently missed an opportunity due to reading too fast (NOTE TO SELF: get that together b … more →

Tags: MBA Admissions, School Visits, Commentary, Target Schools, Business School, MBA Over 30, The Road to an MBA

Antarctica - Itinerary & Experience

Sonali wrote 1 week ago: After seeing my photographs from the Antarctica trip, a number of people asked me to share details o … more →

Tags: Travel, Sonali Mangal, Antarctica, Leadership Venture, King George Island, Vertical, Itinerary, experience?

Are Federal Fiscal Policies Keeping Oil Prices High?

knowledgewhartonarabic wrote 1 week ago: Thanks to sluggish growth in the U.S. and problems in the eurozone, Americans shouldn’t see pr … more →

Tags: Public Policy and Management, crude oil, Energy, Alternative Energy, Oil, OPEC, U. S., Banking, Infrastructure

Wharton Professor: Businesses Must Bear Social Costs of Their Activities

knowledgewhartonarabic wrote 1 week ago: Alcoholism on Indian reserves in the United States has been a chronic and devastating problem for th … more →

Tags: business ethics, Business, ethics, Social Entrepreneurship, Reserves, Waheed Hussain, beer companies, Alcoholism, Social Costs