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Prentice Chronicle Commentary: Happiness, Not Money is How We Should Judge MBA Programs

November 12th, 2009 · Filed under: Opinion · Top Stories

Posted by Rob Meyer

The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 8, 2009
By Robert Prentice, professor of business law at the McCombs School of Business
Any sensible person would rather be happy than rich, although many people often confuse the two—business students among them. Those who choose to attend business school on the assumption that an M.B.A. will help them change [...]

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Konana: Wall Street Should Aim for Wealth Creation, Societal Impact

September 11th, 2009 · Filed under: McCombs in the Media · Opinion

Posted by Tracy Mueller

Internet gains vs. Wall Street Innovations
The Hindu, Sept. 9, 2009
Prabhudev Konana is the William H. Seay Centennial Professor and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
There are contrasting value systems at play in the universally beneficial development of the world wide web and the skewed financial [...]

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