Blog: Archive for the “Stanford University (Stanford Graduate School of Business)” Category

Thanks in part to a $105M gift from Nike founder and chairman Phil Knight (MBA ’62), the Stanford GSB is constructing a new $350M campus. The 360,000 square foot campus of the Knight Center, expected to open in 2011, will expand the school’s existing campus footprint by 100,000 square feet. The extended campus is intended … Read More  

When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment, but are also making a commitment to a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life “beyond the MBA classroom” at a top business school. Founded by a Stanford Graduate School of Business student in 1984, Challenge for Charity (C4C) … Read More  

Close to Silicon Valley, which is arguably the technology capital of the world, the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) is well known for developing leaders in the field of technology and for its tech investment. However, the GSB is not as well known for its investment in resources dedicated to the manufacturing sector, which … Read More  

After losing Dean Ted Snyder to Yale and Rose Martinelli to its parent institution, Chicago Booth is back to adding staff. Today, in an email to students and alumni, the school announced that it has hired Stanford professor Sunil Kumar to assume the role of Dean, as of January 1, 2011. Kumar, an operations expert, … Read More  

Before we even begin our analysis, the following quote from Stanford Assistant Dean and Director of MBA Admissions Derrick Bolton bears repeating and is important for you to keep in mind with respect to your essays for Stanford or any other school: “Because we want to discover who you are, resist the urge to ‘package’ … Read More