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Published · transcript-backedBen Thompson: belief
24 Oct 2018 Conversations with Tyler Ben Thompson on Business and Tech
“I think a lot of MBAs get a bad rap, deservedly so, for thinking they know everything when they’ve just read a few case studies.”
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- 24 Oct 2018
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Are MBAs overrated or underrated? It depends on how you think about it. From an intellectual pursuit, probably a little overrated, and I say this as someone who benefited tremendously from an MBA. I had no sort of formal business background. It turned out I had a good understanding of how this stuff worked, and the MBA gave me the language to put around these sorts of things. That said, are you going to get an MBA and become some sort of strategic maven? No, I don’t think so. I think a lot of MBAs get a bad rap, deservedly so, for thinking they know everything when they’ve just read a few case studies. On the other side, I think MBAs do do wonders for your salary, and I think that’s very well documented. It certainly paid off for me in that regard. If one is trying to learn or understand business strategy, do academic economists have anything to offer?…
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