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Released: 6-Nov-2009 11:00 AM EST
Babson College To Launch Blended MBA Program In San Francisco
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Babson College’s Fast Track San Francisco MBA is an accelerated, part-time 24-month program designed for experienced professionals who want to advance their careers while earning their degree.

Released: 30-Oct-2009 8:45 AM EDT
More Than 90 New Ventures Presented At Babson College’s 10th Annual Rocket Pitch Event
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More than 90 new venture ideas - each pitched in three minutes or less by Babson alumni and students – are featured at Babson College’s 10th Annual Rocket Pitch Event on Friday, October 30, 2009 on the Babson College campus.

Released: 23-Oct-2009 11:30 AM EDT
Babson College Graduate School Celebrated By Aspen Institute Beyond Grey Pinstripes Ranking
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The F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College has demonstrated significant leadership in integrating social, environmental and ethical issues into its MBA program, according to the Aspen Institute’s 2009-2010 edition of Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools. The school has ranked #26 (up from # 31 in 2007) on a list of the Top 100 business schools in the world.

Released: 16-Oct-2009 9:00 AM EDT
Babson College Hosts Ideas Into Action Business Plan Competition
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Babson College hosts the Ideas Into Action Business Plan Competition on October 16, 2009. Prizes totaling over $30,000 will be awarded following 6-minute rocket pitches by three finalists at the 8th Annual Babson Forum on Entrepreneurship.

Released: 9-Oct-2009 10:15 AM EDT
Babson College Graduate Program Featured In The Princeton Review's "The Best 301 Business Schools: 2010 Edition"
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Babson College’s Graduate School is an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the school in the new 2010 edition of its book, "The Best 301 Business Schools."

Released: 2-Oct-2009 10:30 AM EDT
Babson College Hosts Panel Discussion Featuring Mass-Customization Leaders
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The executive level mass-customization panelists will discuss how mass customization offers individually customized goods and services with high value and production efficiency.

Released: 25-Sep-2009 10:55 AM EDT
Babson Entrepreneurship Forum – “Action Drives Results” - October 16th, 2009
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Babson College will host the 8th Annual Babson Entrepreneurship Forum with the focused theme, Action Drives Results, on Friday, October 16, 2009, at Babson College.

Released: 18-Sep-2009 10:45 AM EDT
Babson College Launches Global Entrepreneurship Program With EMLYON Business School And Zhejiang University School Of Management
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The F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College has announced the official launch of The Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP) — the world’s first global master degree program provided by three leading institutions in Entrepreneurship. Babson GEP students recently began the program’s fall semester in France.

Released: 11-Sep-2009 9:00 AM EDT
Babson College Named Changemaker Campus By Ashoka U -- Will Set Standard For Social Entrepreneurship Education
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Ashoka U has named Babson College to its second Changemaker Campus Consortium.

Released: 4-Sep-2009 10:30 AM EDT
Babson College Launches BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) Program — Students Explore Four Biggest Rising Economies
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Babson College has launched a new overseas program, BRIC: The Cornerstone of the New Global Economy, which immerses students in a semester-long exploration of the economic, cultural, political, and historical dimensions of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China).

Released: 21-Aug-2009 9:30 AM EDT
Babson College Named #1 Undergraduate Program For Entrepreneurship For 13th Consecutive Time
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For the 13th consecutive time, U.S.News & World Report magazine has named Babson the #1 Undergraduate Program in the U.S. for Entrepreneurship.

Released: 14-Aug-2009 9:00 AM EDT
Book By Babson Professors Blends Human Reasoning Into A New Kind of Business Management System
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A new book by two Babson professors blends human reasoning into a new kind of business management system. In Delivering Results, Managing What Matters, Management Accounting Professors Lawrence Carr and Alfred Nanni paradoxically develop a management system built on human rather than quantitative reasoning.

Released: 7-Aug-2009 10:30 AM EDT
Babson College Featured In 2010 Edition Of The Princeton Review"˜s The Best 371 Colleges
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Babson College is one of the country's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review, which features the college in the new 2010 edition of its guidebook, The Best 371 Colleges.

Released: 31-Jul-2009 8:30 AM EDT
Babson College Completes Entrepreneurship Educators Certification Program In Mexico
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The fifth and final module of the Babson Program for Entrepreneurship Educators Certification at Tecnológico de Monterrey was held July 27-30, 2009 at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Guadalajara, Mexico

Released: 24-Jul-2009 11:30 AM EDT
Babson College and Oregon Institute of Technology Launch Pilot Program to Support Green Innovation
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Babson College Fast Track MBA Program and Oregon Institute of Technology's Renewable Energy Engineering Program announce a partnership to explore business application for renewable energy technologies.

Released: 17-Jul-2009 9:45 AM EDT
Babson Freshmen Student Businesses Earned Over $33,000 For Local Charities
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Babson College first-year student earned more than $33,000 for charitable organizations while learning the fundamentals of business as part of the school's required full-year course entitled Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship (FME).

Released: 10-Jul-2009 11:15 AM EDT
23 Student Entrepreneur Teams Grow Businesses In Babson College Summer Venture Program
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Twenty-three teams of Babson College Undergraduate and MBA students have opted to skip vacation this year, and spend 10 intensive weeks in Babson's Summer Venture Program to strategize, shape, and accelerate their entrepreneurial businesses.

Released: 2-Jul-2009 12:30 PM EDT
Babson College And Wellesley Centers For Women Partner To Launch U.S.-Saudi Women's Forum On Social Entrepreneurship
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The Center for Women's Leadership at Babson and The Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College have partnered with two renowned global organizations--Dar Al Hekma College, Saudi Arabia, and ICF International-- to deliver The U.S.-Saudi Women's Forum on Social Entrepreneurship July 13-24, 2009 at Babson College.

Released: 26-Jun-2009 11:30 AM EDT
Babson College Signs On To The Principles For Responsible Management Education
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Babson College has responded to the global call for business schools and academic associations to advance corporate social responsibility worldwide. The school has committed to adhere to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).

Released: 19-Jun-2009 9:30 AM EDT
Electronic Dues Collection Business Wins Babson Undergraduate Business Plan Competition
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EasyDues, which provides Web-based dues collection software for fraternities, sororities, and social organizations, took top honors in the 2009 Babson College Undergraduate Business Plan Competition.

Released: 12-Jun-2009 9:00 AM EDT
Banco de Chile and Babson College Present Chilean Entrepreneurship Educators Program
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Babson College will team up with Banco de Chile to immerse 28 faculty members from 14 Chilean institutions into the rigorous art of entrepreneurship case writing and teaching.

Released: 5-Jun-2009 10:45 AM EDT
Babson Hosts 29th Annual Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference
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The 29th annual Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) is taking place at Babson College through June 6, 2009. BCERC is widely considered the premier conference for entrepreneurship research.

Released: 29-May-2009 10:45 AM EDT
Babson To Hold First Global Academic Summit on Entrepreneurship in Family Businesses
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Babson College will hold its first-ever global summit for the Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices (STEP) Project June 1-3, 2009. The College's partner universities from Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and North America will meet to further explore entrepreneurship in the business family context.

Released: 21-May-2009 5:00 PM EDT
Babson Hosts 2009 Price Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators
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Entrepreneurship educators from around the world will join real-life entrepreneurs to learn about entrepreneurship content and pedagogy at the 2009 Price-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators May 25-29, 2009 at Babson College.

Released: 15-May-2009 11:20 AM EDT
Ray Kurzweil, Erik Weihenmayer To Speak At Babson College Commencement Ceremonies May 16, 2009
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Revolutionary inventor Ray Kurzweil and Erik Weihenmayer, first blind man to climb Mt. Everest, are Babson College's Commencement speakers, May 16, 2009

Released: 8-May-2009 11:20 AM EDT
Ecommerce/Market Research Firm Before The Stores Receives Babson's Student Business of the Year Award
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Babson College undergraduate student business Before The Stores, LLC, has received the Babson Student Business of the Year Award (SBYA).

Released: 1-May-2009 11:15 AM EDT
MBA Business Lazybones Wins Babson College Business Plan Competition
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Babson MBA student business LazyBones, a laundry delivery, dry cleaning, and storage service for college students, is winner of the 2009 Douglass Foundation Entrepreneurial Prize Competition at Babson College.

Released: 23-Apr-2009 2:30 PM EDT
U.S. News Names Babson's MBA Program #1 In Entrepreneurship - 16th Year In A Row
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U.S.News & World Report magazine has ranked Babson College the #1 MBA program for entrepreneurship for the 16th year in a row.

Released: 17-Apr-2009 11:20 AM EDT
Babson Hosts Latin American Entrepreneurship Forum April 24
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The Babson College Latin America Business Club will host the Latin America Entrepreneurship Forum on Friday, April 24, 2009, focusing on promoting entrepreneurship in Latin America, and generating insightful debates about the identification, structuring, and growth process of local business opportunities.

Released: 10-Apr-2009 12:00 PM EDT
Babson College Celebrates Student Venturing April 15-16, 2009
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The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College will host two days of activities and events April 15-16 to honor its legacy of developing students who embody Entrepreneurial Thought and Action.

Released: 3-Apr-2009 10:50 AM EDT
1st Annual Babson College MBA Marketing Case Competition April 17-18
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The F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College will host its first annual Marketing Case Competition, Where Marketing and Entrepreneurship Meet, April 17-18.

Released: 27-Mar-2009 12:05 PM EDT
BIMA's Annual Investment Conference: "The Acute Problem and the Long-Term Perspective"
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The Babson Investment Management Association (BIMA) will hold its annual investment conference, "The Acute Problem and the Long-Term Perspective," Saturday, April 4, 2009, Babson College, 8:30 am - 6:00 pm.

Released: 20-Mar-2009 10:50 AM EDT
Babson's Entrepreneurial Energy Expo Brings Together New England Cleantech Leaders
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The Babson Energy & Environmental Club announces an impressive line-up of keynote speakers, panelists and exhibitors for its fourth annual Entrepreneurial Energy Expo (E3). The conference, to be held on Thursday, March 26, at the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, will provide a forum for education, networking and discussion on how innovation will drive a new era of energy, economics and policy.

Released: 13-Mar-2009 10:55 AM EDT
Babson MBA Students Win Mergers & Acquisitions Case Competition
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A team of MBA students from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College won the ACG CUP (Association for Corporate Growth, Inc.), a regional Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) case competition.

Released: 6-Mar-2009 12:15 PM EST
Babson Executive Education and ECC Partnership Launch New Research on Next Practices in Value Creation
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Babson Executive Education's (BEE) Center for Business Innovation has announced a joint research effort with Experience Co-Creation Partnership, a strategy consulting firm based in Concord, Mass., that will demonstrate how organizations can co-create innovation.

Released: 27-Feb-2009 12:00 PM EST
Businessweek Ranks Babson College #23 In Best Undergraduate Business School Ranking
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Babson has been ranked #23 on the BusinessWeek 2009 ranking of "The Best Undergraduate Business Schools." Babson has moved up 5 spots from #28 in 2008 and 10 total spots in just two years.

Released: 20-Feb-2009 11:55 AM EST
Babson College Signs American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment
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Babson College has signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment. This Climate Commitment is a high-visibility effort to address global warming by garnering institutional commitments to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions, and to accelerate the research and educational efforts of higher education to equip society to re-stabilize the earth's climate.

Released: 13-Feb-2009 9:30 AM EST
Raghu Tadepalli Named Murata Dean of the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College
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Raghu Tadepalli has been named Murata Dean of the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. He comes to Babson after most recently serving as Dean of the Graduate School of Business and Associate Dean of the Williams College of Business at Xavier University in Cincinnati.

Released: 6-Feb-2009 11:00 AM EST
Babson College Receives EQUIS Accreditation From EFMD
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Babson College has received a full five-year EQUIS accreditation from EFMD. Currently, only three U.S. schools are accredited by EQUIS. This action brings the number of accredited schools to 115 across 33 countries.

Released: 30-Jan-2009 11:30 AM EST
Business Summit Smashes Barriers To Innovation
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Babson Executive Education---a top-ranked global executive education provider"”will hold its Innovation 2.0 Summit on March 17-18, 2009. The two-day intensive experience is designed to take innovative thinking to the next level by smashing the barriers that get in the way of how business must be done today.

Released: 23-Jan-2009 11:00 AM EST
Babson Executive Education and The de Bono Group, LLC Collaborate on Innovation Research
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Babson Executive Education's Center for Business Innovation has announced a collaborative research effort with The de Bono Group, LLC,--an international consulting group-- to help business organizations better understand the internal barriers that often prevent real growth and innovation.

Released: 15-Jan-2009 6:20 PM EST
Babson College Partners With Academic Success Program To Recruit Underserved Students
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Babson College and The Academic Success Program (ASP) have partnered to recruit first-generation students from the Dallas, TX region to attend the top-ranked business school for entrepreneurship in the U.S.

Released: 9-Jan-2009 11:30 AM EST
Students Teach Entrepreneurship In Ghana
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A Babson College team of students, faculty and staff are spending winter break in Ghana teaching entrepreneurship and business to high school students and adult learners.

Released: 2-Jan-2009 11:00 AM EST
Two Babson College Undergraduate Teams Receive Honors At Global Innovation Competition
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Two teams of undergraduate students from Babson College won top awards in the Global Innovation Tournament at Stanford University during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Released: 26-Dec-2008 9:30 AM EST
Babson’s Dean Hanno Named to International Leadership Initiative Board
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Babson College Undergraduate Dean Dennis Hanno has been elected to be a board member of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative Foundation (GRLI).

Released: 19-Dec-2008 9:00 AM EST
Tatto Media, Inc. Receives Babson Student Business of the Year Award
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Tatto Media, Inc. has received the Babson Student Business of the Year Award. Tatto Media describes itself as an enterprising online marketing firm dedicated to optimizing revenue generation for both its advertisers and publishers.

Released: 12-Dec-2008 10:30 AM EST
Massachusetts Women CEOs Cultivate New and Current Customers in Down Economy
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In tough economic times, Massachusetts women CEOs rely on solid business basics and strong leadership skills to steer their companies through turbulent times, a new survey by The Center for Women's Leadership at Babson College in collaboration with The Commonwealth Institute has found.

Released: 5-Dec-2008 10:00 AM EST
Babson College Students Develop Rwanda Entrepreneurship Project
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Six Babson College students are part of a Management Consulting Field Experience (MCFE) consulting team that has been selected to work with business executives and the Rwandan government to develop a business plan that will help to develop an English Language and Management Training Institute, initially to be established in Kigali, Rwanda.

Released: 28-Nov-2008 9:00 AM EST
Babson College MBAs Show Off Innovative Products at Design Fair
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Thirty-two Babson College MBA students in Babson's Product Design and Development (PDD) course will showcase their seven new product concepts at this year Babson Design Fair.

Released: 21-Nov-2008 10:30 AM EST
Babson Professor Mark Rice Appointed to National Business Incubation Association Advisory Board
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Babson professor Mark P. Rice has been named to an advisory board of the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA), the world's leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.



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