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Yasheng Huang: Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Women Initiative will help train the next generation of Chinese entrepreneurs

March 8, 2012 – 10:18 am

I am just back from an exciting weeklong trip to China to meet applicants for a new program MIT Sloan is helping develop at Yunnan University for women entrepreneurs. The program is part of Goldman Sachs’s 10,000 Women Initiative. Goldman’s initiative is a $100 million campaign designed to provide business and management education to promising […]

By pjdenning | Posted in Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized | Also tagged 10000 Women Initiative, Beijing, company culture, consulting, curriculum, customer service, employees, Goldman Sachs, government, high tech management, household cleaning, ICRW, MBA, MIT Sloan, networking, service sector, Shanghai, software, women entrepreneurs, Yasheng Huang, Yunnan Province, Yunnan University | Comments (1)

S.P. Kothari: India’s Faltering Boom, and How to Revive It

October 13, 2011 – 10:21 am

From Forbes.com As the U.S. and Europe teeter on the edge of a devastating double-dip recession, India’s economic boom—once considered a bright spot in an otherwise bleak global financial landscape—is also showing signs of weakness. The International Monetary Fund recently cut its growth projection for India, warning that the country was perilously close to double-digit […]

By mitsloanexperts | Posted in Economics | Also tagged bribery, corruption, entrepreneurship, FDI, global economy, IMF, India, inflation, information technology, Infosys, infrastructure, literacy, MIT India Conference, MIT Sloan, Narayan Murthy, pharmaceuticals, S.P. Kothari, tourism, Wal-Mart, Wipro | Comments (0)

Jackie Wilbur: MBA job offers back to pre-recession numbers

October 11, 2011 – 11:09 am

Despite the ongoing economic turmoil, the job numbers for our MBA class of 2011 are very strong. In fact, we’re back to the same offer rates we saw before the recession. As of this writing, 94% of the class has an offer. This is up from 81% last year and closely matches the 93.4% we […]

By mitsloanexperts | Posted in Labor | Also tagged capital markets, consulting, energy, financial sector, financial services, global economy, innovation, Jackie Wilbur, jobs, Master of Finance, MBA, MIT Sloan, MIT Sloan Sustainability Certificate, recession, recruiting, Singapore, student clubs, supply chain management, Susan Hockfield, sustainability, water | Comments (1)

Yasheng Huang On China’s growth

July 29, 2011 – 8:42 am

From Forbes India There’s news of widespread corporate fraud among companies listed on overseas stock exchanges, even as the macroeconomic picture gets worrisome It is dizzying how fast and how far the sentiments about China have changed. In the wake of the 2008 Great Recession, Western analysts then hailed Chinese response as daring, visionary and […]

By mitsloanexperts | Posted in Economics | Also tagged corporate fraud, Fareed Zakaria, Great Recession, high speed rail, macro economics, Nicholas Kristoff, President Obama, Sino Forest, structural reforms, Thomas Friedman, Yasheng Huang | Comments (0)

LinkedIn: When the party ends–MIT Leadership Center director discusses recent IPO

June 1, 2011 – 11:21 am

From the Washington Post LinkedIn’s recent IPO is generating tremendous buzz in the world of high-tech and the financial markets. Doubling your stock price doesn’t happen every day, so company euphoria is completely understandable. In fact, passing around the champagne and caviar is a good thing. Company employees should be able to party when good news […]

By mitsloanexperts | Posted in Leadership | Also tagged Andy Grove, Deborah Ancona, Google, high tech, IPO, leadership, LinkedIn, MIT Leadership Center, public company, Silicon Valley, social media, Steve Pearlstein, stock price, Washington Post | Comments (0)