Kristy Bleizeffer

1 week ago | poetsandquants.com | Kristy Bleizeffer

It was the silence that most struck Yifei Chen on her first visit to Schalke, the poorest district in Gelsenkirchen which is, in turn, one of the poorest cities in Germany. It’s a neighborhood defined by contrasts. While Schalke is home to one of Germany’s largest and most popular football clubs – the Schalke 04 – signs for the club were old and faded. While Gelsenkirchen was once considered the most important coal mining town in Europe, it now has the highest unemployment rate in Germany.

1 week ago | poetsandquantsforundergrads.com | Kristy Bleizeffer

When Sankar Sivarajah became the new head of Kingston Business School in London, he was given an opportunity not afforded to many incoming deans: to redefine what a business education should be. Since September, Sivarajah has been working with senior leadership to create a new identity for Kingston Business that both builds upon its entrepreneurial foundation and prepares its graduates for the future of work.

2 weeks ago | poetsandquantsforexecs.com | Kristy Bleizeffer

If all business is global, then certainly a premier business education must be global as well. Take Tom Taiyi Yan 闫太一, an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior who teaches global leadership at University College London School of Management. Yan grew up in Beijing, then lived on a farm in Eastern Tennessee where he attended a Southern Baptist high school and learned to speak English. His hint of a Southern drawl sometimes confuses the MBAs he now teaches in London.

2 weeks ago | poetsandquants.com | Kristy Bleizeffer

“In January 2025, Muir was awarded the biennial Fischer Black Prize in recognition of his individual financial research. The prestigious award honors the top finance scholar under 40 who best exemplifies namesake Fischer Black’s commitment to rigorous research that significantly influences the practice of finance. Muir’s work in the areas of asset pricing, financial intermediaries and financial crises has made critical advancements in the field.

2 weeks ago | poetsandquants.com | Kristy Bleizeffer

“One of the most memorable aspects of her class was the final project, where she assigned students into two opposing teams to debate growth strategy recommendations for a case company. Each team had to defend a different strategic path—whether to expand aggressively or take a more measured approach—forcing us to analyze every angle, anticipate counterarguments, and refine our strategic reasoning in a high-pressure debate setting.