Ones You Might Have Missed...

The 10 most-discussed Knowledge@Wharton articles from 2008

this one is a must read...
Will Its 'Chrome' Web Browser Put a Shine on Google's Long-term Strategy?

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

Interesting article from Harvard Business School Working knowledge

"For the school that so boldly launched the MBA 100 years ago and went on to become the bluest of blue-chip brands in business education, it seemed only fitting that Harvard Business School should mark its centennial year by examining the future of the degree it invented" more...

SubPrime Primer

excellent primer about sub prime for the finance novice...

Stories by Googlers

Interesting interview with several long-time googlers.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/417237385/stories-by-googlers.html

Will the Levee Break?

Analogy about current global credit crisis from Knowledge @ Wharton article,
"an ill-constructed levee, filled to the brim with bad debt and breaching under the pressure of massive over-leveraging"

As per the panel fo Wharton finance professors, the real risk is overseas, particularly in Europe. If things turn sour for Switzerland's two big banks, UBS and Credit Suisse, a cascade effect across the global markets could have implications that are impossible to assess. Because the value of the assets held by those banks is six times the gross domestic product of their home country.

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PGSEM vs Other MBAs

This blog from Prof. DVR Seshadri is a reality check for PGSEM aspirants. From personal experience as a teacher at both IIM Bangalore and at IIM Ahmedabad.

Reflections on PGSEM vis-a-vis other MBA programs for people with work experience in India

Google Chrome

Google's open source browser is here http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome

I found this Google Chrome comic book very interesting

Google Chrome Comic Book

"All Marketers are Liars" - Seth Godin speaks at Google

MIT OpenCourseware

I came across this excellent course on algorithm analysis

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-046JFall-2005/CourseHome/

The Secret History of Silicon Valley

Steve Blank will talk about how World War II set the stage for the creation and explosive growth of Silicon Valley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFSPHfZQpIQ

SQL for Web Nerds

fantastic book by Philip Greenspun

Originally written to offer a SQL course at MIT

Managing Humans

This book isn't just about management, it's about creating places where people can comfortably build stuff. It's about what to do during the first ninety days of your new gig, and explains why you should pick a fight, because bright people often yell at each other

watch the slide show at http://www.managinghumans.com/

Google Tech Talk on SCRUM

Google Tech Talk on SCRUM from Ken Schwaber

Scrum is an amazingly simple process that causes many, many changes when it is implemented. This seminar presents the basic framework of Scrum and some of the implementation issues associated with it.