Welcome to the Financial Times 2019 Global MBA ranking. As the FT’s new Work & Careers editor, this has been my first experience of seeing how much work — and careful checking and rechecking — goes into compiling these tables. We hope we can make them even more useful and relevant for you this year.When the idea of the FT’s business education rankings was conceived in the late 1990s, they reflected a different, largely pre-internet world, dominated by a few business schools and where an expensive business education was for the privileged — overwhelmingly white, male — few.Two decades later, a one- or two-year MBA remains the flagship course for business schools. The top 10 schools for global MBAs in 2019 are still dominated by long-established US and European institutions — the top three this year are Stanford, Harvard and Insead — but the business beyond the traditional big brands has been transformed.More than 150 schools submitted … [Read more...] about As business schools rethink what they do, so must the FT
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FT 2018 Americas and Asia-Pacific top 25 business school rankings
This is the second time the FT has ranked the top schools in the Americas and Asia-Pacific. These top-25 tables reflect both the quality and breadth of business schools offerings. The FT measured performance in the main 2018 rankings: MBA, executive MBA, Masters in Management (MiM) and the two rankings for executive education. The tables use the same methodology as for Europe; the exception is that placings for the Americas do not include the MiM as too few schools participate It has been a torrid few years for the US business education market. Most schools have suffered declining application volumes for the past four years, according to data from the Graduate Management Admission Council, administrator of the business school entry exam. Some of the biggest declines have been for two-year, full-time MBA courses, the foundation stone of the US business school market.The FT’s ranking of the top 25 schools in the Americas — based on their performance in other FT rankings … [Read more...] about FT 2018 Americas and Asia-Pacific top 25 business school rankings
Why Amazon wants to conquer India
With a prize of 1.3bn customers, the battle to convert consumers to online is hotting up, say Brad Stone and Saritha Rai.Like many neighbourhood stores in India, the Sri Lakshmi Venkateshwara kirana is tiny and cramped.Single-rupee shampoo packets and bags of potato crisps hang from ceiling hooks. Jars full of colourful sweets and sesame brittle sit on the counter. Sacks of rice and lentils are stacked waist-high, occupying nearly every square inch of the floor.It may not look like it has much merchandise, but this kirana, in the southern village of Madikere, sells practically everything. Last year, the shop’s 27-year-old owner, Gangadhar, joined thousands of other small Indian retailers in partnering with Amazon. While cows and roosters ramble outside on the dirt lane and women walk by with bales of hay balanced on their heads, Gangadhar uses a smartphone to display Amazon’s selection to villagers and show them how to find things and get the best prices.“I’m … [Read more...] about Why Amazon wants to conquer India
Harvard Law School’s ‘Program on Negotiation’ returns to Dublin
Last year, 47 participants from a diverse pool of disciplines attended the three-day Dublin instalment of the Program on Negotiation (PON) Global programme. This was the first time that the PON designed programme was delivered in Ireland. In doing so, senior Irish leaders working in areas ranging from mediation to corporate business were afforded the opportunity to benefit from a proven executive course that has provided world-class negotiation training to global professionals since its founding in 1983. The intensive three-day programme intends to mould participants into cutting edge negotiators through a combination of theory and practice delivered from a classroom instructor, real life Harvard case studies, dynamic negotiation exercises, and videoconferences with the PON faculty at Harvard. PON is universally recognised as a world leader in the field of negotiation research and is a consortium programme of Harvard, MIT, and Tufts University. At the heart of PON’s mission … [Read more...] about Harvard Law School’s ‘Program on Negotiation’ returns to Dublin
Hong Kong business schools face China threat
In 1980s mainland China, everything “Hong Kong” was coveted: its fashion, its books, cassette tapes of its music. Its education was, too. Mainland Chinese students began flocking to Hong Kong universities after economic reforms were instituted, particularly in business and finance. Non-Chinese foreigners also began seeking business education in the then British colony as it sharpened its status as an international finance hub.Now, however, China’s economic impetus has swung to the mainland. As a result, more students are opting for a mainland education, with which they can build the personal and professional connections that are so valuable in business. “While Hong Kong continues to enjoy a global reputation for finance, mainland Chinese business schools are becoming more attractive due to the rise of Shanghai that now rivals Hong Kong as the business and finance capital of the wider region,” says Mike Bastin, a senior teaching fellow at the University of … [Read more...] about Hong Kong business schools face China threat