The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania,a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. The school was established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton. Considered one of the most prestigious business schools in the world,the Wharton School is the world's oldest collegiate business school.
Michael Eugene Porter is an American academic known for his theories on economics,business strategy,and social causes. He is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School,and was one of the founders of the consulting firm The Monitor Group and FSG,a social impact consultancy. He is credited for creating Porter's five forces analysis,which is instrumental in business strategy development at present. He is generally regarded as the father of the modern strategy field. He is also regarded as one of the world's most influential thinkers on management and competitiveness as well as one of the most influential business strategists. His work has been recognized by governments,non governmental organizations and universities.
The Darden School of Business is the graduate business school of the University of Virginia,a public research university in Charlottesville,Virginia. The Darden School offers MBA,PhD,and Executive Education programs. The school was founded in 1955 and is named after Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr.,a former Democratic congressman,governor of Virginia,and former president of the University of Virginia. Darden is on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. It uses the case method as its sole method of teaching. The dean of the school is former McKinsey &Company executive Scott C. Beardsley.
The Fuqua School of Business is the business school of Duke University,a private research university in Durham,North Carolina. It enrolls more than 1,300 students in degree-seeking programs. Duke Executive Education also offers non-degree business education and professional development programs. Its MBA program was ranked the 9th best business school in the US by The Economist in 2019,and 13th in the US by The Financial Times in 2022.
Robert F. Bruner is University Professor at the University of Virginia,Distinguished Professor of Business Administration,and Dean Emeritus of the Darden School of Business. He was the eighth dean of Darden and has been a faculty member there since 1982. He teaches and conducts research in finance and management at the University of Virginia and has won numerous teaching awards.
Cambridge Judge Business School is the business school of the University of Cambridge. The School is a provider of management education. It is named after Sir Paul Judge,a founding benefactor of the school.
Rajendra K. Srivastava is Novartis Professor of Marketing Strategy and Innovation at the Indian School of Business. He has been a tenured professor and an academic administrator and has worked in the United States,Singapore,and India. He has been listed in the Forbes's Tycoons of Tomorrow 2018. He is also a member of the board of directors of Happiest Minds,a publicly listed company in India.
Robert Edward Freeman is an American philosopher and professor of business administration at the Darden School of the University of Virginia,particularly known for his work on stakeholder theory (1984) and on business ethics.
Edward Adams "Ted" Snyder is currently the William S. Beinecke Professor of Economics and Management at Yale School of Management. He has held two other business school deanships and was Senior Associate Dean at University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
Matt Symonds is a British entrepreneur and author.
Samuel E. Bodily is the John Tyler Professor of Business Administration at Darden School of Business,University of Virginia. He has Ph.D. and S.M. degrees from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.S. in physics from Brigham Young University. He teaches strategy and decision analysis in Darden's MBA and Executive Education programs. Professor Bodily's area of research is decision and risk analysis,strategy modeling and analysis,forecasting and lifetime consumption and investment planning.
Sachin H. Jain is an American physician who held leadership positions in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). From 2015 to 2020,he served as president and chief executive officer of the CareMore Health System. In June 2020,it was announced that he would join the SCAN Group and Health Plan as its new President and CEO. He is also adjunct professor of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a Contributor at Forbes. In 2018,he was named one of American healthcare's most 100 most influential leaders by Modern Healthcare magazine (#36).
A massive open online course or an open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web. In addition to traditional course materials,such as filmed lectures,readings,and problem sets,many MOOCs provide interactive courses with user forums or social media discussions to support community interactions among students,professors,and teaching assistants (TAs),as well as immediate feedback to quick quizzes and assignments. MOOCs are a widely researched development in distance education,first introduced in 2008,that emerged as a popular mode of learning in 2012,a year called the "Year of the MOOC".
Coursera Inc. is a U.S.-based massive open online course provider founded in 2012 by Stanford University computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. Coursera works with universities and other organizations to offer online courses,certifications,and degrees in a variety of subjects. In 2021 it was estimated that about 150 universities offered more than 4,000 courses through Coursera.
Jeanne M. Liedtka,is an American strategist and professor of business administration at the Darden School of the University of Virginia,particularly known for her work on strategic thinking,design thinking and organic growth.
Geoffrey G Parker is a scholar whose work focuses on distributed innovation,energy markets,and the economics of information. He co-developed the theory of two-sided markets with Marshall Van Alstyne.
Shane S. Dikolli (Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor of Accounting at University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. He was ranked 4th overall and 1st in accounting in Bloomberg Businessweek Most Popular Business School Professors Among Top 30 Business Schools Rankings. Dikolli was also named Professor of the Week by the Financial Times in August 2011.
Professor Vijay Sethi is an Indian scientist teaching Information Technology &Operations Management (ITOM) at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He has been named Business Professor of the Year by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for being the world's best business educator. He has held a number of leadership positions at the school,including director of international business competitions,coordinator of India strategy,and dean of business program.
The R.B. Pamplin College of Business,is Virginia Tech's business school. Founded in 1965,it has more than 41,000 alumni. The current Dean is Robert Sumichrast. In 1986 the college was renamed following a donation from alumnus Robert B. Pamplin and his son Robert B. Pamplin Jr.
Chen Ming-jer is a Taiwanese business and management academic. He is the Leslie E. Grayson Professor of Business Administration at University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
