September / October 2016 Issue

It Takes a Village to Raise a Start-Up

Venture advocates are a necessary component in entrepreneurial success.

Conversation Better Than Social Media

Consumers are more influenced by face-to-face than online recommendations.

Don't Ignore Mean Tweets

Companies that respond well to online criticism see better performance, according to a recent study.

Who Should Be on the Virtual Team?

It's important to mix "carefree" and "busy" individuals.

Attracting Attention with Tuition

The Tippie College of Business experiments with tuition perks to bring the best students to campus.

Virtual Impressions

Barney School of Business uses a virtual reality tour of campus to entice accepted students to enroll.

Art for Business' Sake

Workshop and mentoring program at Audencia turns artists into 'artrepreneurs."

Tracking Faculty Contributions

Documenting faculty contributions in impact, engagement, and innovation.

YOUR TURN

Can 'Close' Ever Be Too Close?

Close corporate relationships help us develop what we teach, guide future research, and provide students with opportunities to hone their skills through internships and classroom projects.

Career Boosters: Professional Development Programs for Students

While a career center can offer students pointers on crafting résumés and acing interviews, students might benefit even more from classroom experiences that show them what life will be like in the working world.

The Next Phase of Management Education

Business schools may be entering maturity, but they need to lead change more than ever.

The Case for Doctoral Reform

Why it’s time for business schools to radically reconsider their PhD model.

Focus on Faculty

Adjusting for Adjuncts

Whether they teach one class a year at three different institutions or have longstanding appointments at a single university, adjuncts play an important, complicated, and quickly changing role at today’s business schools.

Focus on Faculty

All Facets of Faculty

Few professors can be devoted to research, inspired by teaching, committed to service, and driven to lead—but all have different talents to contribute to an institution’s mission. That’s why business schools are adopting more formal, flexible, and comprehensive frameworks that enhance and reward all of the strengths they bring to the table.

The Silver Lining of Bad Behavior

When some employees misbehave, colleagues work even harder.

Finding Admissions Fraud

B-schools admit they don’t have processes in place to help detect untruthful applicants.

How Developing Countries Can Convince Students to Stay

Institutions must improve perceptions of their offerings to keep students close to home.

The Workplace Reprecussions of Volunteering

Workers who volunteer for the right reasons will benefit on the job.

Wharton Conference Examines Effects of Analysis

A look at how companies will use customer data in the future.

What We Don't Know About Body Language

Scholars call for more research on the impact of body language in the workplace.

Blockchain for Shareable Credentials

MIT and Learning Machine use blockchain technology to create a secure network for sharing educational information.

Credit for MOOCs

FutureLearn offers MOOCs for credit toward certifications and degrees.

IESE Partners with Fuel Freedom

The goal is to reduce energy poverty in developing nations.

Serving Online Students

How Indiana’s Kelly School provides professional development to students in its online MBA.

Playing to Learn

Leavey School professor Hersh Shefrin uses a self-created simulation to help students improve their decision-making skills.

Business School Deans Step Up As Provosts and Presidents

More business school deans are moving up the administrative ladder to become university provosts and presidents. What can they expect as they take on these new roles? How can they prepare for the next level of responsibility?

Focus on Faculty

Adjuncts by the Numbers

The use of adjunct and non-tenure-track faculty has clearly been on the rise at American business schools, as shown by data drawn from AACSB International’s Salary Surveys.

Focus on Faculty

Non-Tenure-Track Faculty On What It's Like in the Field

The word “adjunct” can be used to describe very different types of faculty members, from those who teach a handful of classes at multiple schools to those who have long-term appointments at single schools to those who teach one or two classes a year.

Focus on Faculty

How Schools are Deploying Non-Tenure Track Faculty

A closer look at how the five schools profiled here make use of their part-time and non-tenure-track faculty.

Focus on Faculty

A Broader Look at Adjunct Faculty

How adjunct faculty are deployed in the university and how that affects student learning.