This is not an independent study or a "white paper". This is marketing for Identified. The study may be right or it may be wrong. But one thing is for sure: Identified has a vested interest to attract hackers to become members of Identified. So they publish headlines like this to make their way on to places like HN in the hopes it gets attention, and results in a membership bump. And by the 180+ upvotes I see as I type this, it's working.
You can trust that had the study resulted in MBAs being more likely to build and run companies, that this study would never have seen the light of day on its blog.
You can trust that had the study resulted in MBAs being more likely to build and run companies, that this study would never have seen the light of day on its blog.