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Managing the Future: From Factories to Flexibility

When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer banned telecommuting earlier this spring, she sparked a lively conversation about the tension between efficiency gains and the inherent value of in-person collaboration. Many industry observers raised concerns that the technology giant was eliminating important gains in employee rights, sending modern companies back to the management structure of the early twentieth century. This debate followed Mayer to a recent Wired conference where she emphasized that the Yahoo move was “the right thing for us right now.”

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Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Most of us think of entrepreneurs as lone operators, men and women with the energy, drive and passion to build empires…people like Walt Disney, Coco Chanel, and Steve Jobs. In many ways, the country was created by such independent thinkers. Some of our most famous entrepreneurs were college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates—many didn’t even go to school. Yet, there’s been substantial growth in the study of entrepreneurship in higher education over the past 40 years.

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Pursuing an MBA Degree? There are Apps for That.

Smartphones and tablets have become staples in our modern world, giving access to emails while we are on the road, providing navigation to meeting locations in unfamiliar cities, and keeping us updated on flight statuses. It seems that there is an app for just about everything, business-related and otherwise.

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Why I chose Midland for my MBA

Meet Debbie Vacha: Working Professional, Mother, Wife, and Soon-to-be-MBA-Student. In between her multitude of responsibilities, Debbie was kind enough to make some time to tell us why she is pursuing her MBA, why she chose to do so at Midland, and how she feels as she embarks upon her MBA studies.

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Convenience AND Quality - The Advantages of a Hybrid MBA

Students attracted to the convenience of a hybrid learning model often ask an important and legitimate follow-up question: “Will I learn as well as I did in the classroom when I’m away from it?”

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Location for in-person MBA classes announced!

The Midland MBA is proud to announce that we have formed a partnership with Children's Hospital & Medical Center to deliver in-person classes at their Omaha campus.

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In Pursuit of an MBA Degree....and Work-Life Balance

In a recent U.S. News and World Report blog post, MBA students are reminded that achieving work-life balance while pursuing an MBA degree is difficult, but doable.

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Managing the Future: From Factories to Flexibility

Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Pursuing an MBA Degree? There are Apps for That.

Why I chose Midland for my MBA

Convenience AND Quality - The Advantages of a Hybrid MBA

Location for in-person MBA classes announced!

In Pursuit of an MBA Degree....and Work-Life Balance

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