Search Results for: london business school (3422 results found) 2024 Bloomberg Businessweek MBA Ranking: Stanford Makes It Six In A Row (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: September 24, 2024 For the sixth time in a row, Stanford Graduate School of Business not only sits at the very top of the 2024 Bloomberg Businessweek MBA ranking. It demolishes its chief rivals, with Harvard Business School in sixth place and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in seventh. After its East Coast rival Harvard was ranked… Biggest Myths About Your Favorite Business Schools (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: September 24, 2024 Babson College has long been synonymous with entrepreneurship. That comes with its pros and cons. Stand out in one key facet, the business gurus say, and you’ll forever differentiate yourself. The downside, of course, is the risk of being pigeonholed as a specialist. To an outsider, the Olin Graduate School of Business is a startup… Ten Biggest Surprises In Businessweek’s 2024-2025 MBA Ranking (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt & John A. Byrne | Last Updated: September 24, 2024 Bloomberg Businessweek's 2024 MBA ranking is chock full of surprises. Though all rankings seem to contain at least an element of the unexpected, both less than apparent and the obvious. That Stanford's MBA program is deemed the best in the U.S. will hardly surprise many. That Harvard deserves to languish in sixth place, behind Chicago, Northwestern,… Former IE Business Dean Moves To Hult (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 1, 2024 Martin Boehm, who spent nearly 16 years at IE Business School rising to dean for five years from 2017 to 2021, has joined Hult International Business School as executive vice president and global dean of undergraduate programs. Since departing IE in Madrid, Boehm served as Rector at EBS University in Germany. A former chair of… Meet the MBA Class of 2025: Jessica Confalone, Ivey Business School (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 8, 2024 Jessica Confalone Ivey Business School at Western University “An engineer focused on building relationships, problem solving, bridging creativity with the technical every day.” Hometown: Oakville, ON Fun Fact About Yourself: I have created my own furniture and always have one creative (wood, art, sewing, etc.) project on the go. Graduate School and Major: Undergraduate –… Meet the MBA Class of 2025: Daniel Zahradnik, Ivey Business School (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: November 14, 2025 Daniel Zahradnik Ivey Business School at Western University “Naturally curious individual who is ambitious to make a positive change in the world.” Hometown: Peterborough, Canada Fun Fact About Yourself: I fell off a chairlift near my hometown and was airlifted in a helicopter to a nearby hospital. Undergraduate School and Major: Trent University, Bachelor of… Meet the MBA Class of 2025: Christina Gucciardi, Ivey Business School (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 8, 2024 Christina Gucciardi Ivey Business School at Western University “A resilient go-getter eager to make a meaningful impact in the field of healthcare.” Hometown: Mississauga, ON Fun Fact About Yourself: Once upon a time, I was in a music video. Lately, I’ve been learning how to master my grandmother’s traditional Italian pastries. The coolest thing I’ve… Meet the MBA Class of 2025: Oyinda Giwa, Ivey Business School (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 8, 2024 Oyinda Giwa Ivey Business School at Western University “Curious, creative thinker with a friendly, approachable demeanor, passionate about learning and enabling others' success.” Hometown: Oakville, Ontario Fun Fact About Yourself: I love reading fiction, I read about 200 books each year. Undergraduate School and Major: McMaster University, Chemical Engineering Most Recent Employer and Job Title:… Meet the MBA Class of 2025: Carmichael Norton, Ivey Business School (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 8, 2024 Carmichael (Carr) Norton Ivey Business School at Western University “Ex-professional athlete, founder of a sustainable fashion startup, twin, and public speaker. I aim to be a renaissance man.” Hometown: Toronto, ON Fun Fact About Yourself: I’m a scratch golfer (+0.6 handicap). I co-founded a sustainable fashion non-profit that will be featured on national news in… Meet the MBA Class of 2025: Sara Harper, Ivey Business School (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 8, 2024 Sara Harper Ivey Business School at Western University “Passionate about sustainability, education, and social impact, with a love for outdoor adventures and sports.” Hometown: Whitby, ON Fun fact: When I graduated from university, my first job was as a Water Slide Tester (it’s a real job). The coolest slide I commissioned was “Vinter Rytt” at… Meet the MBA Class of 2025: Folahan Ajayi-Femi, Ivey Business School (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 8, 2024 Folahan (Fola) Ajayi-Femi Ivey Business School at Western University “I am someone who finds opportunities in every situation.” Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria. Fun Fact About Yourself: I used to be a sprinter, I ran 200 metres and 400 metres in secondary school until university. Undergraduate School and Major: University of Lagos, Major (Sociology). Pan-Atlantic University, Major… Meet the MBA Class of 2025: Mackenzie Fulton, Ivey Business School (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 8, 2024 Mackenzie Fulton, M.Sc., P.Eng., DASM Ivey Business School at Western University “I’m a candidate for the Ivey MBA 2025 Cohort, and a Professional Engineer that loves large-scale infrastructure projects.” Hometown: Tisdale, Saskatchewan Fun Fact About Yourself: Despite being from the Northeast corner of Saskatchewan, I’ve been downhill skiing in the Rocky Mountains every winter since… Meet the MBA Class of 2025: Mayeesa Shamiha, Ivey Business School (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 8, 2024 Mayeesa Shamiha Ivey Business School at Western University “I sprint through small challenges and marathon through life, always embracing 'mind over matter' spirit!” Hometown: Waterloo, ON Fun Fact About Yourself: My favorite way to travel is by running marathons in new cities which combines my love for running and travel. Undergraduate School and Major: Civil… Meet the MBA Class of 2025: Sarvie Golestaneh, Ivey Business School (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 8, 2024 Sarvie [Sage] Golestaneh Ivey Business School at Western University “An ambitious creative who wants to make a positive impact through design.” Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario Fun Fact About Yourself: I’m a piano player and earned up to Grade 8 of Royal Conservatory of Music certificates Undergraduate School and Major: Carleton University, Majored in Architectural Conservation and… Meet the MBA Class of 2025: Nuria Teodorescu, Ivey Business School (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: November 14, 2025 Nuria Teodorescu Ivey Business School at Western University “I value time with family & friends. Ambitious in all aspects – from sports to career!” Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario Fun Fact About Yourself: I was a competitive horseback rider growing up, and still ride recreationally! Spending time at the stables is one of my favorite ways to… 30+ Schools Join The Fall 2024 CentreCourt MBA Admission Festival (NEWS) By: Ursula Balent | Last Updated: October 10, 2024 Discover the endless possibilities an MBA can offer! Join John A. Byrne and Matt Symonds for valuable insights into career trends and application strategies. Our panels will explore essential topics like the application process, personal development, and career outcomes, helping you navigate your path to your dream job and beyond. An MBA Student Journey At… Meet the MBA Class of 2024: Jack Davies, IMD Business School (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 13, 2024 Jack Davies IMD Business School “Reflective and excited about the role of investment and entrepreneurship in driving the sustainability transition.” Hometown: London, UK Fun Fact About Yourself: At a recent wedding, I was asked to give the best man’s speech with no prior warning whatsoever! Thankfully, with all the public speaking practice we have gotten… Meet IMD Business School’s MBA Class Of 2024 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: January 20, 2025 Niche gets a bad rap. To many, niche translates a specialized approach geared to a small audience and a narrow outcome. Don’t tell that to IMD Business School. Here, niche takes on an entirely different meaning: unconventional and forward-thinking. It is an MBA program that balances intensive self-analysis with deep dives into tomorrow’s driving forces.… The P&Q Interview: ESCP’s Dean On The French B-School’s Unique Value Proposition (NEWS) By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: October 14, 2024 Shortly after a fire drill on a recent morning, as a few hundred students, staff and faculty made their way back into ESCP Business School in Paris, Léon Laulusa stepped into a crowded elevator with three excited undergrads. Laulusa asked them where they were from, and each answered in turn, happy to be taking a… With A Focus On ‘Future-Fit’ Business, France’s ESSEC Launches Grand New Strategy (NEWS) By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: October 18, 2024 In summer of 2017, Vincenzo Esposito Vinzi sat down to write a sort of legacy document for the incoming dean of Essec Business School. The French B-school was facing a bit of a leadership vacuum. Dean Jean-Michel Blanquer had been recruited as France’s Minister of National Education in President Macron’s first administration. Vinzi, then dean… MBA Roundup: Inside Harvard Business School’s Global Field Courses (NEWS) By: P&Q Staff | Last Updated: October 30, 2024 Inside Harvard Business School’s Global Field Courses Boston, MA: “Kate Mitkevicius has just arrived in Mumbai after an 18-hour journey from Boston. It’s midnight, and in 10 hours she’ll head out to tour four companies’ headquarters before flying to Bangalore that evening. That’s where she and Professor Vikram Gandhi will visit two more organizations and… On The Rise: How Marquette’s B-School Is Making A Name For Itself, In The Midwest & Beyond (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: November 8, 2024 In February 2020, the unthinkable happened at Marquette University: Joe Daniels, the James H. Keyes dean of the College of Business Administration, was killed crossing the street near campus. He had been elevated to the top job just a few weeks earlier. The sudden and tragic loss of a dean would have been enough to… Ranking: 2024’s Top 40 Business Schools For Sustainability (NEWS) By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: November 8, 2024 A day after Americans voted to send Donald Trump back to the White House, American University’s Kogod School of Business Dean David Marchick wrote an email to his colleagues. “I am struck that our work in academia is more important today than it was yesterday,” he wrote. “If you believe we need to address the… Research Ranking: The Most Influential Business Schools (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: November 15, 2024 It’s too narrow and too dry. It’s written by academics for academics. It’s all theory that no one uses in the real world. Too much DEI – not enough ROI. Yeah, business research gets a bad rap from the c-suite to the cube farm – and every home office in-between. ‘Publish or perish’ may sound… HEC Paris Raises Over €213 Million, The Most Ever By A French School (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: November 26, 2024 HEC Paris today concludes its five-year fundraising campaign having raised more money than any French institution of higher learning in history — an important milestone for an independent business school that is not attached to a larger university system. The elite business school raised more than €213 million through the "Impact Tomorrow" campaign that began… Ranking: INSEAD Breaks Through As The Financial Times’s Top European B-School (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: December 2, 2024 When INSEAD launched a master in management program in 2019, it put the Fontainebleau, France-based business school on a path to rankings glory. That journey came to a successful conclusion today (December 1), as INSEAD was named No. 1 for the first time in The Financial Times's annual ranking of European business schools. INSEAD jumped… The P&Q Interview: David Sluss & ESSEC Business School’s Reimagined Global MBA (NEWS) By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: December 8, 2024 In 2022, when David Sluss stepped up to become academic director of the Global MBA of ESSEC Business School, he figured he’d be shepherding an already strong, boutique program ideally located in Paris’ La Défense, the top business district in Europe. But as he dug in, he realized that while the program had strong bones,…