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Here are five choice articles from the business press to start off your workweek. I'm pointing you to articles about business schools and their future, boutique bankers, Lee Scott, and Jerry Yang.

From Business Week: Financial Crisis: Blame B-schools
"Business schools are largely responsible for the U.S. financial crisis. Pro or con?"

Wally's Comment: This comes from the "Debate Room" at Business Week. Read the starter comments and the comments of readers.

From HBS Working Knowledge: Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
"The MBA industry is in turmoil. Many business schools are revisiting their offerings to see if they still have relevance in the 21st century. And HBS is using its centennial year to convene worldwide experts on business education and plot its directions for the next 100 years."

Wally's Comment: I hope the "experts on business education" include more working managers than academic theorists. I also hope they read the Business Week debate.

From Crain's New York Business: Boutique bankers make hay
"For Greenhill and nearly a dozen other Manhattan-based investment banking boutiques, these are truly the best of times."

Wally's Comment: Some of those big banks you figured would always be strong turned out to have feet of clay. But that provides opportunities for others.

From the Economist: From bad to great
"Lee Scott is stepping down having revived Wal-Mart’s share price—and its reputation."

Wally's Comment: Lee Scott did nothing less than a terrific job at Wal-Mart. Read the details here.

From Bloomberg: ‘Chief Yahoo’ Yang May Make New CEO’s Task Difficult
"-- Yahoo! Inc., whose shares fell 60 percent since spurning Microsoft Corp.’s $44.5 billion takeover bid, may find hiring a replacement chief executive officer more difficult while “Chief Yahoo” Jerry Yang works down the hall."

Wally's Comment: If you're a regular reader of this blog, you know that I think Jerry Yang is a spoiled brat, playing at being CEO while his company's value plummets and Yahoo may become a smoking hole in the economic ground. Having the founder CEO ensconced down the hall and able to meddle isn't a good idea under the best of circumstances, but it's even worse when the founder is both selfish and clueless.

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