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Rankings and tools

Rising in the east

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China is setting the pace in executive MBA programmes as a growing number of managers return to business school

Regular columns

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A pioneering economist showed how the best research can have a global practical impact
– Peter Blair Henry
William Boulding, dean of the Fuqua School of Business ©Charlie Bibby
Bill Boulding is taking the Fuqua School in some surprising directions
– Della Bradshaw
Simon Caulkin ©Ed Robinson
The way to successfully exploit ‘big data’ is to focus on the finer points
– Simon Caulkin
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The rankings: Analysis

School link-ups and Asian programmes top the 2012 EMBA rankings

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Methodology and key: EMBA ranking 2012

The criteria, methods, scores and rules that underpin this year’s ranking. By Adam Palin

Della Bradshaw ©Ed Robinson

From the editor: Flying lessons

A green business education conference in Rio raises questions about schools practising what they preach, writes Della Bradshaw

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MBA Gyms

Is an MBA right for you? Investigate with our interactive workouts

Interview
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Family fortunes

How an executive MBA helped Thai businessman Kobchai Chirathivat to fulfil his ambitions for global expansion

Features

Upton Ebden Feature of the Week

What every inventor needs – an EMBA

It was strategy rather than quantitative analysis that sparked the imagination of one entrepreneur

Elena Barsheva ©Oksana Yushko

Sponsorship: Because you’re worth it?

It is expensive to sponsor a rising star for an EMBA – but it can be good value too, says Ian Wylie

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Balancing act

An executive MBA plus work plus family requires a network of support, says Sarah Murray

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High flyers

EMBAs can offer US officers a way up – or out, says Rebecca Knight

Hopes and fears

A Rolls-Royce opportunity

Antony Szafranek took some valuable insights back to Rolls-Royce from business school in Singapore

Business school profiles
From BUSINESS SCHOOL PROFILES

School profile: Ceibs

No longer just a Shanghai institution, the China European International Business School is growing strongly in Beijing, says Della Bradshaw

From BUSINESS SCHOOL PROFILES

Cambridge University, Judge

New thinking in an ancient setting is the key to degree programmes at the University of Cambridge, writes Charlotte Clarke

From BUSINESS SCHOOL PROFILES

School profile: MIT Sloan

MIT Sloan puts a strong emphasis on hands-on learning, says Rebecca Knight

Reviews

Technology: sound and vision

New thinking is driving up the audio quality of tablets and smartphones

Books: quiet radicals

The best chief executives are not always those who first spring to mind