Many of the best and the brightest in the field of business can be found teaching at universities around the world. Besides enrolling in one of these schools, you can reap the benefits of their knowledge by visiting their blogs where they discuss the topics that they know best. From management to marketing and everything in between, these blogs by business professors offer a wealth of information for anyone to take just by stopping by for a read.

Technology

These professors write about the impact of technology on business in these blogs that offer topics on sustainable technology, innovation, and more.

1. The Impact of Information Technology (IT) on Businesses and their Leaders. Written by Andrew McAfee, a professor at Harvard Business School, this blog features technology as it pertains to business.
2. Harga-Blog. Andrew Hargadon writes about technology innovation and management with an emphasis on sustainable technology. Recent topics include innovation and entrepreneurship, smart design, and a discussion of what makes a good idea.
3. Technology and Organizations. Terri Griffith, from Santa Clara University, takes a look at technology and its application in organizations in her blog.
4. Eric Goldman. This law professor writes about technology and marketing on his blog, which covers Internet law and news, copyright and technology, and more.
5. Open IT Strategies. Joel West writes about IT and business with a focus on creating business models.
6. Karim R. Lakhani’s Infrequent Musings. This Harvard professor blogs about technological innovation here.
7. billso.com. Read about "management, mobile computing, and information systems" in this Hawaii Pacific University professor’s blog. Recent posts have included Google apps, time management, and Scrabulous on Facebook.

Management

Whether managing individuals or managing the business of business, these professors’ blogs share their insight and knowledge on the field of management.

8. Random Rantings. Freek Vermeulen, from London Business School, writes on strategy, competition, and more as it pertains to management.
9. Robert Salomon. This professor from Stern School of Business features posts on corporate strategy, the economy, and more.
10. Tom Davenport The Next Big Thing. A professor at Babson College, Tom Davenport blogs about management innovations.
11. Gary Hamel. This professor has two landmark management books on the market and blogs about that topic here.
12. Bob Sutton: Work Matters. This writer and professor blogs about management and leadership.
13. Management Professor Notes II. Read Sandy Piderit’s posts about management and the workplace.
14. Work-Related Blogs and News. This lecturer at Heriot-Watt’s School of Management and Languages writes about the workplace and blogging. He also includes an impressive list of workplace blogs organized by profession.
15. Management R&D. This blog is co-written by two professors who look at management strategy, economics, and more.
16. The Business of America is Business. Starling David Hunter blogs about various topics as they relate to American business practices. Some recent posts have covered leadership retreats, Wal-Mart, divorce, gas, and farmer’s aid.

Economics and Finance

From the economy of sports to the impact of traffic on the economy, these blogs offer a wide range of information from some of the best professors in the field.

17. Grasping Reality with Both Hands: The Semi-Daily Journal Economist Brad DeLong. This popular blog, written by an economy professor from U.C. Berkeley, features posts about the economy with a heavy dose of politics.
18. Financial Literacy and Ignorance. Annamaria Lusardi at Dartmouth writes about personal finance and how much (or how little) most people know about it.
19. Pat Utomi’s Musings. Running for President of the African Democratic Congress, this professor at Lagos Business School-Pan African University writes about economics as well as discusses his platform.
20. Professor Andrade’s Comments on Business, Economics, and Finance. This professor discusses the trade deficit, tax cuts, and more on this blog.
21. ProfessorVC. This professor of entrepreneurial finance blogs about business and other interests.
22. Carpe Diem. Mark J. Perry writes about gas prices, real estate bubbles, and more on this popular blog.
23. Division of Labour. This collaborative blog is written by several professors and focuses on economics.
24. The Transportationist. David Levinson and the Nexus Research Group on Networks, Economics, and Urban Systems write about topics such as traffic congestion, economic impact of traffic improvements, and bridge safety.
25. Organizations and Markets. Four professors from America and Europe collaborate on this blog which touches on various aspects of economics.
26. Conservation Finance. The title says it all for this blog written by Lars Christian Smith.
27. CoreEconomics. Written by Melbourne Business School’s Joshua Gans, this blog looks at economics and a few other topics as well.
28. The Wages of Wins Journal. These three professors of economics look at the economics of sports in this blog, which is a companion piece to their book The Wages of Wins.
29. The Borjas Blog. Professor George Borjas specializes in labor economics and blogs about immigration and labor around the world.
30. Economist’s View. Mark Thoma writes such topics as economic growth, financial markets, speculation and bubbles, and more on his economy blog.

Marketing

From India to France to America, these marketing blogs focus on the effects of marketing on global business.

31. John Quelch Marketing KnowHow. This professor from Harvard Business School discusses global marketing.
32. Marketing Practice. This marketing professor in India blogs about Indian brands.
33. Dr. Neil Hair. This professor writes about marketing and the Internet and also has some lectures on his blog.
34. Cyberstrat. Polish up on your French before visiting this blog by Professor Jean-Claude Morand where he writes about marketing, and particularly how it pertains to and the Internet and technology.
35. Ping!. Yuping Liu teaches marketing at Old Dominion and uses this blog to discuss how marketing, technology, and consumer psychology work together.
36. Marketing Profs Daily Fix. This collaborative blog discusses topics that range from social media, to Starbucks to stevia.

Strategy, Leadership, and Innovation

Professors sharing their knowledge and ideas about strategy, leadership, and innovation in these blogs from professors at some of the top schools in the world.

37. Rita McGrath Dynamic Strategies. This professor from Columbia Business School looks at innovation and entrepreneurship on her blog.
38. John Sviokla The Near Futurist. Management and innovation feature highly in this blog by a professor from Kellogg School of Management.
39. Stew Friedman Better Leader, Richer Life. Leadership is the topic on this University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School professor’s blog.
40. Michael Watkins The Leading Edge. From IMD in Switzerland, this professor looks at leadership and strategy in his blog.
41. Professor Michael Roberto’s Blog. This professor from Bryant University focuses on leadership in his blog with topics such as global vs. local, airline services, and Anheuser Busch.
42. Ed Batista. This leadership coach at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business writes about leadership and management with a good dose of technology.
43. Outlook for Change. Change management is the focus of this blog that takes a look at innovation among businesses and organizations.

Blogs on Various Topics

These blogs range from sustainable business to international subjects and all offer the wisdom and experience of the professors who write them.

44. BizDeans Talk. These deans of business school write about business school education in this collaborative blog.
45. Chris Knudsen on Life and Business. This adjunct instructor at Westminster College blogs on several aspects of business, as well as his family.
46. Kellogg Insight. This blog features the latest research of the professors at Kellogg School of Management.
47. sustainable business design. Written by N.E. Landrum, this blog approaches business from the perspective of sustainability and shows how this type of business makes good sense economically and socially.
48. B V Krishnamurthy Bangalore Calling. This professor from India discusses international business with a strong emphasis on India and the U.S. on this blog.
49. Santiago Iniguez. The dean at the international IE Business School blogs about the the school and education in this blog with posts in both English and Spanish.
50. Yoko Ishikura’s Blog. This professor in Japan writes about business in the global community. Her blog is in Japanese as well as English.

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