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Harvard Business School (HBS) in conjunction with the Harvard Business School India Research Center (IRC) today announced plans to offer its first executive education program in India in February 2008. The first-of-its-kind, Building a Global Enterprise in India will be taught by HBS senior faculty in Hyderabad and is specially designed for senior executives from India and around the region. The program is based on 10 years of extensive, on-the-ground HBS research in India. It uses cases tailored to the specific needs of companies operating in India and incorporates examples from companies in the region that have addressed similar challenges facing

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest Reinhardts course on the energy industry come away with a quite different perspective on the strategic and management challenges confronting energy executives today. As demand continues to soar, where will new oil reserves be found? What bets are to be placed by industry leaders on alternative energy sources such as solar and wind? How will local residents feel about

The first-of-its-kind, Building a Global Enterprise in India will be taught by HBS senior faculty in Hyderabad and is specially designed for senior executives from India The program is based on 10 years of extensive, on-the-ground HBS research in India. It uses cases tailored to the specific needs of companies operating in India and incorporates examples from companies in the region that have addressed similar challenges facing Indian companies today. This program was designed to address emerging challenges in the Indian business landscape as companies seek to manage and sustain growth in India, said Professor David Yoffie, Senior Associate Dean and Chair

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Wey of Needham, Mass., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Susan M. Wey, to William Colyer Crum, son of Prof. and Mrs. Colyer Crum of Weston, Mass., and Sunapee, N.H. A September wedding is planned in Needham. Miss Wey, an engineer at Honeywell Electro-Optics Operations in Lexington, Mass., was graduated cum laude from Wellesley College and next month expects to receive an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University. Her father is with the trust department of Hale & Dorr in Boston. Mr. Crum, who is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, is a

Senior executives give MBA courses mixed review U.S. executives are generally positive about the way business schools prepare MBA graduates for the real world, according to a new survey -- but the approval is some way short of a grade A. Overall, 69% of business executives felt MBA courses did a good job educating students to succeed in corporate life, said the study carried out for Graziadio School of Business and Management, part of Pepperdine University in Los Angeles. However, only 7% rated the business schools job as excellent, and 21% marked them down as only fair. More: edition.cnn.com

Harvard Business School unveiled an initiative today that will conditionally guarantee college undergraduates a place in its MBA program. The initiative, which the school described as a first-of-its-kind deferred MBA admissions program, is called HBS 2+2, and its designed to reach out to qualified college students, especially those who may not typically consider business as a career path, the school said. HBS 2+2 will give undergraduates a guaranteed place in a future Harvard Business School MBA class, contingent upon their graduation from college and the successful completion of two years of approved work experience, the school said. More : boston.com

IIM-C offers new course for executives In sync with its philosophy of continuous innovation in management education the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta has introduced a new one-year diploma course called the Post-Graduate Programme for Executives (PGPEX). This is the first year for the programme which already has 39 students from both the country and the international arena. Those interested to get an admission into this programme have to get a relatively high GMAT score. Selection will also be made based on academic background, a five-year professional experience, personal interview, statement of purpose and recommendation letters from two referees who hold

The admissions process for the third batch of IIM-As Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) is now complete. IIM-A received 1352 applications this year, which is an increase of about 60% over the previous year. IIM-A is targeting a batch size of 80 with one section. The average GMAT score for the entering batch of 2008 is a high 731. This is amongst the highest in the world. For instance, the entering class of 2006 at Harvard Business School had an average GMAT score of 707, and Wharton had an average GMAT score of 713. More : mbauniverse.com

MITs Sloan tops Harvard among recuiters Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Sloan business school ranked higher than Harvard Universitys business school in a survey published in Wednesdays Wall Street Journal. The research, conducted by the WSJ and Harris Interactive, examined what recruiters think of the nations top M.B.A programs. The rankings measured how appealing the business schools were to the corporate recruiters who hire their M.B.A. graduates. MITs Sloan ranked tenth while Harvard was placed at 14. Recruiters surveyed said Harvards shortcomings include an arrogant culture and graduates excessive salary demands. More : boston.bizjournals.com

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kislik New York and Waccabuc, NY, have announced the engagement of his daughter, Wendy Jo Kislik to Dr. Peter David Blanck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Blanck of Roslyn, LI A wedding is planned June New York. Miss Kislik for the study is the conclusion of an MBA at New York University, Harvard College and was at the University of Rochester. His father, president of WH Smith Publishers, publishers of New York and London, England, was previously chairman and president of intext Corporation, publisher of book learning Scranton, Pa. Mr. Blanck, a Post-Doc-Fellow of psychology and social

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