MBA blog http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog MBA students blog about their experiences for the Financial Times Fri, 25 May 2012 15:38:45 +0000 en hourly 1 Working together as a team http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/2012/05/25/working-together-as-a-team/ http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/2012/05/25/working-together-as-a-team/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 15:38:45 +0000 Lucky Sigbenu http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/?p=58481  

While soccer lovers, the world over were gearing up for the UEFA champions league finals between Germany’s Bayern Munich and the UK’s Chelsea FC, we the first year MBA students were slugging it out on the soccer pitch with the second year MBA students for a place in the finals of the dean’s cup soccer competition.

]]> http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/2012/05/25/working-together-as-a-team/feed/ 0 M&A and an ethical dilemma http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/2012/05/23/ma-and-an-ethical-dilemma/ http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/2012/05/23/ma-and-an-ethical-dilemma/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 13:46:59 +0000 Mark Partridge, University of Washington http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/?p=58411 Recently, I took part in a group project where we negotiated a merger between AT&T and Seattle-based McCaw Wireless. It was a fascinating experience, not only for the lessons about valuation.

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]]> http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/2012/05/21/the-second-half-of-the-global-mba-programme/feed/ 0 Two decades of promoting sustainabilty http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/2012/05/18/two-decades-of-promoting-sustainabilty/ http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/2012/05/18/two-decades-of-promoting-sustainabilty/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 13:58:23 +0000 Ernest Kwame Gyimah, European School of Management and Technology http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/?p=58021 The year 2012 marks 20 years since CB Bhattacharya began his professorial career. As the dean of international relations at the European School of Management and Technology and E.ON chair professor in corporate responsibility, CB is sure that businesses can do both good and do well at the same time.

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]]> http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/2012/05/15/the-kellogg-india-business-conference/feed/ 0 How little has changed over a quarter of a century http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/2012/05/15/how-little-has-changed-over-a-quarter-of-a-century/ http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/2012/05/15/how-little-has-changed-over-a-quarter-of-a-century/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 10:04:09 +0000 Kamal Nagi http://blogs.ft.com/mba-blog/?p=57481 As he approaches the end of his MBA programme one blogger believes that his time at school will define his life more than any other event

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