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Barbara Bierach - 09-22-2010
The latest MBA ranking from the Intelligence Unit of the British magazine “Economist” contains a serious error, which has resulted in an incorrect ranking for Melbourne Business School. According to the “Economist”, MBS sits at number 46 internationally. It should be positioned considerably higher, finds the school itself. MBS had a rank of 26 in 2008 and 17 in 2009 in the Economist’s list.
Chicago’s BoothSchool of Business ranks top
10-02-2010
American Business Schools rule the roost in this year’s ranking of full-time MBA programmes published by the “Economist”. The clear winners have been North American schools. It is not just that they occupy seven of the top ten places, including the first four slots. It can be found further down the table, where middle-ranking American schools have leapfrogged their European counterparts.
Executive MBA on the rise
Barbara Barkhausen - 11-22-2010
Not even ten years ago the Executive MBA (EMBA) world was quite different from today. Multi-school, multi-campus programs were rare, their development even endangered when - after the terrorist attacks of September 11 - travelling on international routes became less desirable. Despite those poor beginnings the EMBA programs have grown strongly ever since. The Financial Times reports that between 2001 and 2010 the number of courses in its league table has doubled, from 50 in the original classification to 100 in 2010.