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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Preface | |
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| The Economist Intelligence Unit ranking | |
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| The rankings | |
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| Why a new ranking? | |
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| How is the Economist Intelligence Unit ranking different? | |
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| How did we choose the top 100? | |
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| How to use and interpret the rankings | |
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| Results | |
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| Methodology | |
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| Regional rankings | |
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| Which programme and which school? | |
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| What an MBA does and who should take one | |
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| What an MBA aims to do | |
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| Who recruits MBA graduates? | |
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| What sort of people should take an MBA? | |
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| Why people want an MBA | |
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| World leaders | |
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| What should be in an MBA programme? | |
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| The core | |
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| Electives | |
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| Projects | |
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| Soft skills | |
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| Languages | |
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| Contact with executives | |
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| Pre-programme courses | |
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| The MBA alternatives | |
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| The final choice | |
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| Full-time programmes | |
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| The classic two-year programme | |
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| The one-year-plus programme | |
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| Part-time programmes | |
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| The part-time option | |
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| The modular MBA | |
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| The consortium MBA | |
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| The company MBA | |
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| The executive MBA | |
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| Distance learning | |
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| Options available around the world | |
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| How does a distance-learning programme work? | |
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| The top ten criteria | |
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| Aim for the top | |
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| The top ten criteria | |
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| Accreditation | |
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| Admissions | |
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| Admissions procedure | |
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| Competing for a place | |
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| Getting into the school of your choice | |
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| What is the school looking for? | |
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| Apply early | |
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| Application forms, references, essays and interviews | |
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| Application forms | |
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| Making the most of references | |
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| Essay questions | |
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| Interviews | |
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| The GMAT and other tests | |
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| The GMAT | |
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| TOEFL | |
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| Paying for it | |
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| The cost of an MBA | |
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| The cost/benefit analysis | |
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| Factors affecting the cost of an MBA | |
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| How to pay for your MBA | |
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| Savings and loans | |
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| Scholarships | |
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| Sponsorship | |
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| Earning and studying | |
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| The MBA experience and life thereafter | |
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| Teaching | |
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| Hard work and high pressure | |
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| Case studies | |
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| Projects and groups | |
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| Measuring results | |
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| Students and socialising | |
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| The students | |
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| Social life | |
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| Post-MBA: trends in recruitment | |
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| Boom and gloom | |
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| Salary stagnation | |
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| Learning how to get a job | |
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| Tapping into the old boy network | |
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| How the job search works | |
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| Careers services | |
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| Campus visits | |
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| Other ways to find a job | |
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| What companies want from MBA graduates | |
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| Directory | |
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| Introduction | |
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| European schools | |
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| List of schools | |
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| Regional introduction | |
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| Directory | |
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| Summary tables | |
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| North American schools | |
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| List of schools | |
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| Regional introduction | |
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| Directory | |
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| Summary tables | |
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| Asian and Australasian schools | |
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| List of schools | |
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| Regional introduction | |
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| Directory | |
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| Summary tables | |
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| List of advertisers | |
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| List of boxes | |
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| Other rankings | |
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| Customise the rankings online | |
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| Whitehead Mann's comments | |
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| The MBA--some history | |
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| Checklist for an MBA programme | |
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| Types of MBA programme | |
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| Selected admissions essay questions | |
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| How the GMAT works | |
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| Sample GMAT questions | |
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| Social activities at business school | |
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| List of tables | |
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| Global ranking | |
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| Summary of ranking criteria and weightings | |
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| Schools by region | |
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| Principal recruiters of MBA graduates | |
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| Average age of MBA students | |
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| Why did you decide to study for an MBA degree? | |
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| CEOs with an MBA degree | |
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| Schools offering distance-learning programmes | |
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| How did you choose the school where you are taking or took your MBA? | |
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| Student and graduate ratings of programme content | |
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| What students think of the faculty: student rating by region | |
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| Student and graduate ratings of faculty | |
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| Student and graduate ratings of quality of student body | |
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| What students think of the quality of the student body | |
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| Student and graduate ratings of back-up and facilities | |
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| Schools by percentage of foreign students | |
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| Foreign students by region | |
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| Student and graduate ratings of internationalism | |
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| Schools by percentage of foreign faculty | |
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| Foreign faculty by region | |
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| How difficult was it to get into your school? | |
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| Average GMAT scores of students (world) | |
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| Average GMAT scores of students by region | |
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| Average GMAT scores, 1993, 1997 and 2002 | |
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| Average starting salaries of recent graduates from selected schools, at PPP | |
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| How students finance their MBA programmes | |
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| Financial aid available for MBA students | |
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| Schools by percentage of women students | |
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| Student and graduate ratings of careers services | |