If you’re in an MBA program, you probably already have access to the advice and guidance of some really great business professors. Yet when it comes to getting the best business education possible, there’s no such thing as reading too much or connecting with too many professors and professionals in the field. That’s why the web can be such an amazing tool in your path to an MBA. There are dozens of blogs written by MBA professors that can let you see into their professional lives, get commentary on the latest news, and even find advice for starting a career in business. We’ve listed just a few of the best here to get you started.
General Business
These blogs touch on a wide range of business issues, from mergers and acquisitions to executive training.
Fascinated by mergers and acquisitions, deal-making, and negotiations? Then head to this blog, full of the latest business news and commentary from professor Steven Davidoff.
Few people can offer more expertise in the world of supply chain management than this professor, who not only teaches the subject but also edits the journal on the matter, and also heads up the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative.
With more than a dozen academic contributors, this blog covers a wide range of business and economic topics, often highlighting some particularly interesting tidbits of news.
Author, chair in entrepreneurship, and Professor of Technology Management at the Graduate School of Management at University of California Andrew Hargadon shares some really great posts on entrepreneurship and business on this blog.
Professor Freek Vermeulen at the London Business School uses this blog to expose the real, often uncouth business world that lies just below the surface.
Andrew Gelman, Bob Carpenter, Aleks Jakulin, and Phillip Price co-author this blog that takes a statistical look at just about everything, including business.
There are whole hosts of complicated legal issues that surround securities. You can learn a bit more about them by reading this excellent business law blog from professor Barbara Black.
Use this blog, written by a group of business law professors, to learn more about legal matters that will concern you as an entrepreneur or a business leader.
On this blog, a group of law professors and economists share their knowledge about business law, covering issues like antitrust laws, industrial organization, and corporate governance.
Students, professionals, and professors work together to pen this blog, documenting some of the changes they feel need to be made in regulating and monitoring corporations in the U.S.
Can’t get enough of accounting? Then head over to this blog for some great reading on all things financial from David Albrecht, a professor at the University of South Carolina-Upstate.
Professor Brad DeLong, an economist at Berkeley, posts amazing analyses of the current markets and financial health of leading world economies on this blog.
Touching on both economics and finance, Professor Mark J. Perry examines important issues like energy, spending cuts, real estate, and much more on his blog.
Professors from the Kellogg School of Management’s finance department contribute to this blog, which shares some great commentary on a number of current economic issues.
Professor Gary Becker and U.S. Circuit Court Judge and U of Chicago Law School professor Richard Posner collaborate on this blog that addresses a wide range of economic, political, and business issues.
Here you’ll find a number of professors and academics talking about the intersection of business and economics. Topics range from strategic management to innovation to the history of science.
Marketing
These professors share some excellent insights into marketing, branding, and reputation management.
Author of Marketing White Belt Christopher S. Penn offers up amazing content on this blog for anyone hoping to learn more about marketing, business, and the digital world.
Based on a book of the same name by Professor Daniel Diermeier, this blog touches on issues of reputation management, especially how corporations can successfully navigate a major crisis.
Dr. Hair is a professor of marketing at Saunders College of Business, and through his blog he shares professional opportunities for students and his own insights in to the world of marketing.
A professor of management at Bryant University, Michael Roberto shares lessons on entrepreneurship, leadership, and of course, management through this blog.
Explore the relationship between management and economics on this blog written by professors Luke Froeb and Brian McCann, who literally wrote the book on managerial economics.
Harvard Business School professor Bill George comments on the latest business news here, with a special focus on management and leadership, his area of expertise.
Check out this blog to learn more about operations management, with a special focus on new strategic and tactical developments making waves in the field right now.
Check out this multi-author blog to gain a better understanding of organizational theory, a fundamental facet of management all MBA students should explore.
Technology
The modern business simply can’t operate without technology. These professors address a number of key issues that arise from the intersection of business and technology.
Professor Joel West teaches management and leadership, but his blog is about much more than that, focusing on using open IT strategies to build a better business.
John Gallaugher is a professor at the Carroll School of Management, but this blog offers much more than management advice. In fact, the bulk of the posts are related to tech and how it plays into business strategy, something any budding business major needs to learn more about.
Head to Professor Andrew McAfee’s blog to learn more about the business impact of IT, something that this academic is an expert on, having co-written a book called Race Against the Machine.