While recent work shows that characteristics of managers influence firm performance, evidence regarding the selection of managers into firms is scarce. This paper uses novel data from the labor market for MBA graduates to understand how these individuals search and compete for jobs. I find that...

Moving towards the entrepreneurial society requires an entrepreneurship capital, which consists of individuals who intend to take risk of creating new firms. The business-graduates can be considered as such capital who have self–efficacy for as well as positive attitudes towards...

The importance of business ethics as a subject in management schools has its roots in the study published by Paul (1987). Time and again the importance of value-based education is realized and perceived to be necessary for conducting ethical business practices. The main aim of education is to...

This study examines the relationship between students' perception of pre-lecture videos and learning outcomes and assessment of teaching effectiveness for a full-time master of business administration (MBA) corporate finance core class. I compare students' perceptions on pre-lecture videos...

Entrepreneurship is a mindset that encourages creativity and innovation and differentiates from the general population. Entrepreneurial intentions are based on perceived viability and desirability of entrepreneurship as a career and a significant part of the career formative years are spent in...

This paper describes skills that today's accounting and business students must acquire to achieve success in the corporate world. Students without these skills may get jobs but will ultimately find themselves underemployed in dead-end jobs. Although specialized knowledge in a discipline is...

This paper examines whether international students affect domestic enrollment in graduate education, focusing on a unique boom and bust in international enrollment at US universities from 1995-2005. Increases in international students expand domestic enrollment. These expansions arise from...

The objective of the study was to examine the perceptions of business students on their employability skills at the point of graduation. The study was partially driven by past research which identified lack of soft skills as one of the main contributing factors in younger workers' dismissal from...