Archive for January 7th, 2013

WSJ: “Smaller Paycheck Awaits M.B.A.s”

January 7, 2013

Don’t fret, MSBers.

Today’s WSJ article — which quotes MSB prof Brooks Holtom (below) — portrays a dismal ROI picture for the typical MBA … but points out that the economic crunch is not as severe for prestigious school grads (think, MSB).

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Debt-to-compensation ratio

First the numbers.

The WSJ tracked the average comp levels of young MBAs and matched it against their school debt loads.

The conclusion: an average young MBA has carries a school debt roughly equal to 1-years gross compensation … call it about 2 years of after-tax comp.

Note that the gross comp to student debt ratio was about 4-to-1 in 2001 … during the dotcom land rush.

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So, what’s going on?

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What does this map represent?

January 7, 2013

Take a guess …

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No good reason for anybody to know.

It’s a mapgraphic depicting the 1,540 Walmart stores in 1990.

So what?

Here’s what makes it interesting.

For a cool, dynamic visual showing how & where Walmart has grown over the years, click the link to view FlowData.com’s Walmart growth map.

The content is interesting, and it’s a nice way to present geo-time series data over time.

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Posted in Big data, Data analysis, Data base marketing, Statistics - Probabilities, Visualizations | 1 Comment »