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MBA job trends: Students’ career interests continue to diversify — Susan KlineWhile many graduating MBA students are still heading to traditional sectors like finance, consulting and technology, one of the biggest trends among top business schools is an increase in the diversity of students’ career interests. Perhaps it’s related to fallout from the financial crisis or even a generational trend, but more and more students are pursuing positions in a broader array of areas. At MIT Sloan, about 60% of our MBA graduates in the past few years have gone to those traditional areas. Among our other MBA students, we are indeed seeing this trend toward diverse interests. Strong areas of focus for that group include: entrepreneurship; sustainability; energy; social enterprise; health care; operations and supply chain management; and entertainment, media and sports. This diversification of student interests also is apparent within traditional areas. In the finance sector, we’ve seen more attention on areas like private wealth management, asset management and … Read More »The post MBA job trends: Students’ career interests continue to diversify — Susan Kline appeared first on MIT Sloan Experts. Read the full post > |
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Don’t blame Apple — Charles KaneFrom MarketWatch The media spotlight has recently been on Apple Inc. AAPL +0.52% for shifting profits overseas to avoid U.S. taxes. In its international tax strategy, though, Apple is no different from other American technology companies, which (like Apple) began moving manufacturing overseas starting in the early 1980s. Initially, U.S. technology firms that went abroad during this period were drawn by the lower labor, sourcing, and procurement costs. They also found they could eliminate exchange-rate risk by producing and selling in the same currency. But these companies soon discovered another important advantage of being global: favorable taxation. Read the full post at MarketWatch. Charles Kane is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.The post Don’t blame Apple — Charles Kane appeared first on MIT Sloan Experts. Read the full post > |
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