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Which is why a growing number of prospective MBAs map out a win-at-all-costs strategy one, two or three years before applying.

MBAs, no MBAs, when I started Amazon, there was a gentleman who worked with me who had a MBA with a red circle on his vow.

Admittedly, the state of the economy is not the only factor driving demand for MBAs.

If that happened, even MBAs might be capable of specifying the components of their very own chips to be delivered to their doorsteps .

Women who qualified as accountants or lawyers do not generally have MBAs: others got into a fast-paced career and never looked back.

He recruited young Peruvian MBAs who were working abroad, promising them a meritocratic culture ( "This group has no surname, " he says).

At Chicago Booth, two-thirds of this year's MBAs already have an offer in hand, down slightly from the 70 per cent of a year ago.

For graduates such as Li, joining the rough and tumble world of business could be something of a shock, even when armed with MBAs.

Dennis and Eckhardt clearly believed that hiring all Harvard MBAs would have been a bust.

"So hiring MBAs to place in a generalist pool is more difficult now and the role of the MBA is even more in question. "

With high-priced MBAs no longer in hot demand in the job market, there has been a spurt of entrepreneurial activity among my classmates.

Some people, especially older or entrepreneurial types, can be dismissive of MBAs, believing you cannot learn about business in a classroom.

The school gives a candid account of the graft, institutional gaps and limited availability of talent that MBAs are likely to encounter.

For America to retain this sort of edge, then, what the country needs is better MBAs, not more PhDs.

Equally important, however, are less measurable skills, attributes and qualities that MBAs develop in their two years at business school.

For as the cost of studying for MBAs goes up, the salary premium they offer decreases.

This crop of MBAs' desire to pursue socially-minded careers is another reason for the surge in interest in healthcare, he says.

Many of our clients, very able people, full of MBAs, just as smart as we are, just expect that independence and that challenge.

Strategy consultants are a bunch of beefed-up MBAs with big egos who charge a lot to tell executives what they should already know.

Most of the "star managers" at investment banks have done MBAs and look how well their collective strategies have worked.

This means shorter MBAs do not waste time rehearsing material students can find in textbooks .

The average basic salary of those schools' freshly-minted MBAs was $81, 178 a year.

But the opposite does not necessarily hold in Europe and Asia and in sectors where MBAs are a less common currency.

"Students have become more focused on earning rather than learning. There has to be a correction in the salaries of MBAs. "

But banks and consulting firms are increasingly recruiting people without MBAs, particularly mathematicians and computer scientists.

He stresses the need for MBAs to demonstrate flexibility in terms of industry and geography.

The barcamp model is now being adopted by everyone from medics to MBAs, winemakers to origami experts.

"For MBAs it's great because there is no one ahead of them for two years. "

But in 2010, for the second year running, tens of thousands of overqualified MBAs will emerge with nowhere exciting to go.

Students can start their MBAs either in Singapore or in France and switch between the two countries.

MBAs and leadership programmes need to pull out the stops to ensure creativity and innovation are at the forefront of business education.

Compared with foreign MBAs, domestic MBA students have greater disparity in international commercial skills.

Though many companies are able to recruit MBAs for the first time, they will still have specific requirements.

Interestingly, a growing number of corporate recruiters have set up fast-track leadership programmes for MBAs.

However, MBAs are not being recruited as quantitative specialists (banks look to PhDs and stars from the natural sciences for these roles).

Sectors that continue to grow and recruit MBAs include health, pharmaceuticals, private equity and venture capital.

Others are more speculative: we suggest bicycles and white wine, among other things, will be cool, whereas MBAs won't be.

She encouraged this class of newly minted MBAs to take risks, even if it means less money at first.

For all their fancy MBAs and spreadsheets, company bosses don't always allocate resources where the pay-off will be highest.

One characteristic that MBAs are not guaranteed to possess, however, is real-life financial market experience.

He adds that pharmaceuticals are also recognising the value of MBAs, while both technology and telecoms are growth industries.

But business schools can charge more for MBAs than higher education establishments can charge for anything else.

This year the company is on track to again double its hiring of U. S. -born MBAs.

The appeal has not been lost on the LBS MBA class of 2006, with 42 per cent of MBAs opting for careers in the financial services sector.

Banks are increasingly dominated by traders who think MBAs are a waste of parchment.

They [MBAs] are just an unknown quantity for the small consultancies.

Mr Bustarret's advice to MBAs graduating this year is to be realistic.

S. -born MBAs. "The young and smart from top U. S. business schools have helped provide fresh perspectives to our company, " says Kim.

"It is a sign of the times. MBAs are still important, but people are rediscovering other programmes. " Mr Cornuel's observations are timely.

MBAs also have an edge over other graduates in understanding the global economy and interacting with those from different cultures.

A 2008 study by Paul Oyer of Stanford University found that Stanford MBAs disproportionately shunned Wall Street during a bear market.

MBAs undoubtedly promote meritocratic advance and, in the process, change the social composition of business.

Researchers also have their nemeses and they are known as Masters of Business Administration (MBAs).

It has damaged their reputations, because so many bankers are MBAs.

Many of the students who came to hear me speak were aspiring entrepreneurs in the process of getting MBAs.

MiM students have a reputation for being more analytical than MBAs and quicker to grasp some of the issues.

MBAs are still important, but people are rediscovering other programmes.

And together with fellow MBAs, I visited places that I had only dreamed about.

Certain industries are proving particularly popular this year, notably the energy sector, where MBAs aspire to work in alternative energy.

Instead of stakes and silver bullets, MBAs come armed with spreadsheets, schedules and market surveys.

Lehman has hit the buffers in the very month that most full time MBAs and law courses are starting.

Self-sponsored MBAs see the MBA as an opportunity to develop themselves.

Most traditional MBA recruiting organizations don't have a set playbook for recruiting anything other than traditional full-time MBAs.

Students are gravitating to one-year MBAs, which are offered by 70% of European business schools, and more specialised courses.

MBAs learn the importance of making decisions, thinking strategically and negotiating.

MBAs are looking beyond investment banking into these sectors.

Come year end, bonuses will be even simpler than 2008 and Harvard MBAs will pour into consulting - or dare I say it, government.

Nevertheless, having MBAs who remain in their jobs can produce benefit both for the students and the employer.

MBAs are in high demand among top consulting firms with offices in Asia.

Thiel and Levchin also wanted workaholics who were not MBAs, consultants, frat boys, or, God forbid, jocks.

Both couples have stayed together and view their joint efforts studying for their MBAs as positive overall.

'Companies are asking for well-qualified MBAs and students are also thinking that an MBA would be a good way to get a job. '

And where is the evidence that MBAs produce better managers?

The thirst for MBAs is not limited to North America.

Even MBAs are catching the entrepreneurial bug.

Scientists sign up for MBAs partly for profit but also for more stimulating, broader thinking work.

MBAs are not cheap: Harvard puts the cost of tuition and board for one year at $76, 600.

He says India needs the skills and perspectives MBAs can offer.

Daydreaming is better left to artists, most MBAs would say.

At Insead, which graduated 460 MBAs in December, it was tougher.

We fault MBAs for their short-term focus, greed and unethical behaviour, but how could they be otherwise?

Most jobs for MBAs in healthcare are in the functional areas of companies, such as marketing, operations, technology, strategy and finance.

But, years later I had four Harvard MBAs working for me, and several Stanford graduates too.

I am always astonished at how huge US corporations, like Enron and leading investment banks, can hire go-go MBAs as their CFOs.

Our analysis of 1, 109 chief executives from 1995 to 2009 found that those with MBAs performed, on average, better than those without.

No management programmes and no MBAs.

In the future, China's leaders will have PhDs and MBAs from American universities, he predicted.

At Shanghai business school Fudan, the school is seeing an increasing demand for MBAs who speak Mandarin.

A sluggish job market often leads to more people taking MBAs.

The Curtin Master of Business Administration is of world-class quality having been internationally accredited by the association of MBAs.

Even Westerners with top-class MBAs are finding it tough.

Recruitment in private equity firms is also popular with MBAs.

Mr Adler says this is particularly true of newly minted MBAs, or entry-level positions for recent college graduates.

These days, almost half of Sloan MBAs participate in G-Lab.

Susan Amey, director of the MBA career management centre at the school, says there is strong demand for MBAs in all sectors.

They used to lament that the MBAs never paid attention to them in class.

However, what is clear is that other university-based business schools with one-year MBAs will be scrutinising the scheme.

In fact, companies come to campus because of the talent, experience and culture of MIT Sloan MBAs.

Qualifications such as MBAs could be the basis for entry into management.

The question he puts to them is: "How do you want to package your ideas and get them disseminated through all our MBAs and alumni? "

Helen: Yeah, but there are too many MBAs out there these days.

Not all MBAs are created equal.

We see a lot of people doing MBAs in Russia, but they're not customised exactly to our needs.

One problem is that these changes add to the already exorbitant costs of MBAs.

Its MBAs could expect a basic salary of $107, 000, a 65% increase on their pre-degree earnings.

Twenty per cent of the school's part-time MBAs have PhDs.

Part-time programmes saw an increase of 47 per cent and executive MBAs of 50 per cent, according to the statistics.

The odd thing is that MBAs still claim the experience was worth it.

Happily, there are signs that the job market for MBAs is picking up.

For example, MBAs are increasingly offered as joint or double degrees with other subject areas or business schools.

3. MBAs who are not from a top 10 school don't increase their earning power.

And MBAs usually have a lot of management theory content.

Online MBAs, which not only reduce costs but also allow students to continue working, are proliferating.

"The hedge fund is appealing because they [MBAs] can see the results. "

The three MBAs were first drawn to each other because they share the same entrepreneurial dream.

How do you handle people who are sniffy about MBAs?

Healthcare is a social good and I think a lot of young MBAs realise they can do good but also have a more stable career in the future.

Is it simply MBAs saying: 'I need a job so I'll take healthcare? '

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At the last count, this is slightly fewer Harvard MBAs than took the oath when it was introduced last year;