Posts by Maggie Boccella

This post has been republished in its entirety from its original source, metromba.com. María Belén Muñoz Toro, a Chilean student who will enter Oxford University’s Saïd Business School in January 2016, was awarded the second Oxford Executive MBA Scholarship for Women. Oxford Saïd offers the scholarship in association with the 30% Club, an organization that works to promote gender diversity on corporate boards. Toro is a product supply manufacturing site leader and initiative manager at Proctor and Gamble’s Prestige Fragrances. Read more

This post has been republished in its entirety from its original source, metromba.com. UCLA Anderson School of Management MBA program grad Brian Thomas was still a student when he raised the money to start his business, Clutter, a self-storage company that offers a mobile app and customized packing and delivery services. Thomas has described Clutter to be “as convenient as pizza delivery.” Thomas and his partner Ari Mir recently raised $9 million in order to take the company from a local venture to a nationwide business, as noted in a recent Wall Street Journal article. Read more

This post has been republished in its entirety from its original source, metromba.com. UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has become the 28th member of the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM), an initiative launched at Yale University School of Management that connects students and faculty to peers across the world. Launched by Yale School of Management Dean Edward Snyder in 2012, GNAM offers members the opportunity to learn and to network in a global community. Read more

This post has been republished in its entirety from its original source, metromba.com. The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School recently released its annual MBA Class of 2015 Career Report--a breakdown of the industries, functions and locations graduates headed to upon graduation. An impressive 98.4 percent of students reported full-time job offers. Read more

This post has been republished in its entirety from its original source, metromba.com. As part of its annual MBA Launch program, Oxford University’s Saïd Business School recently hosted a debate between faculty members that addressed whether corporations are responsible for practicing social responsibility as part of their business models. Oxford alumni accompanied debaters Oren Sussman, reader in finance, and Richard Barker, professor of accounting, in the discussion. Sussman’s assertion was that corporations should use their resources to focus on making money rather than filter them into working toward change in areas such as the climate crisis and social inequality. Barker’s team held the opposing opinion that while corporations should obviously function for profit, responsibility toward such societal issues can and should be integrated into their practices to achieve a greater goal. Read more

This post has been republished in its entirety from its original source, metromba.com. Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), together with the School of Engineering, earlier this month announced the award of the 100th online Stanford Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SI&E) Certificate, part of a unique partnership founded between the two schools in 2012. The honor went to Francisco Santolo of Dubai, a trade marketing manager for the Middle East and Africa. Santolo, who earned an MBA from the Universidad del CEMA in 2012, already had some startup experience but wanted to expand his skills and renew his motivation in forming new businesses. The certificate program gave him the opportunity to connect with other entrepreneurs and assist them on a pro bono basis. In the process, he was invited to return and co-teach a course at his business school alma mater. Read more