Harvard Business School Examines Its Failure


	Harvard Business School Examines Its Failure

Joshua Zumbrun

4-2-2009 4:07 PM

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harvard, business, school, mba, financial crisis

Joshua Zumbrun says:

I find it hard to imagine there's really much soul-searching in many MBA programs. Is the metric they focus on still salary-upon-graduation? Where's the incentive there not to chase and inflate the next bubble?

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