The MBA Core Curricula of Top-Ranked U.S. Business Schools: A Study in Failure?

A web-based survey of the MBA core curricula of top-ranked U.S. business schools lends some support to the continued existence of a traditional but frequently criticized “functional silo,” “dominan...

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