There was a time when Google had no profits. It was madly searching for sources of revenues. Then in 2003 they hit upon the AdWords gold mine and as of Dec 2011, Total Ad revenue stood at $ 36.5 Billion (Google’s total revenue was $ 37.9 Billion). As per Google’s 2011 SEC Filing, “The goal [...]
“In the long history of humankind those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” – Charles Darwin My fellow MBA students by now know that I am a big fan of Social Media and believe in its impact on businesses. ‘Social’ and ‘Web 2.0’ are ubiquitous terms which have entered dining-table talk. [...]
Not really! I have not read that book. If you really want to read those 300 pages to understand that life is a function of random events, go ahead. We have been given a gift by MBA office today – the gift of Sunday being off (this is the end of Core Block II) and [...]
Amidst GE-Mck framework, non-market forces, carry trade, guest lecture on ‘merger arbitrage strategy’ and trying to answer the question ‘Whether pension funds should be allowed to invest in equities & hedge funds’, we had a 12 hour Managerial Communication workshop. Of course it is spread over 5 weeks to have visible impact in participants. One [...]
It took a little more than a month to make me appreciate (& love) the sounds of deadlines passing by. I must say it literally has been an accelerated journey; one can’t afford to miss anything in between. So we are now done with Core 1 and I can say with 95% confidence level that it [...]
FT has released the rankings for Masters in Management. University of St. Gallen (HSG) SIM program has been ranked # 1. University Teams are also working on further evolving the MBA program. Hope to see the results of their unrelenting efforts very soon. http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-management-2011 And so I think, how many students will make decisions based [...]
Planning for a higher education in Business Administration? Thinking of an MBA from a leading B-School? I hope that you know what you are getting yourself into! MBA has become one of the most used term (& most abused at the same time) in the education industry. Thus it becomes very important that prospective students [...]
So the first fortnight is over. HSG-MBA started with an orientation program. School took us to the city tour, helped us in registering at Canton office and with the basic stuff (housing, insurances, storage etc). HSG MBA building is separated from the main university campus by a few flight of stairs. So the university is [...]
