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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Preface | |
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| The Economist Intelligence Unit ranking | |
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| The Economist Intelligence Unit rankings | |
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| Why rank? | |
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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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| Results | |
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| Methodology | |
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| Regional rankings | |
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| Why you need an MBA today | |
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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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| Which programme? | |
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| What should be in an MBA programme? | |
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| Reacting to world events | |
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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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| Choosing a full-time programme | |
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| The classic two-year programme | |
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| The one-year-plus programme | |
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| Choosing a part-time programme | |
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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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| How does a distance learning programme work? | |
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| Which school? | |
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| The top ten criteria for choosing a school | |
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| Aim for the top | |
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| The top 10 criteria | |
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| Accreditation | |
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| Admissions | |
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| Admissions procedure | |
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| Tough for applicants | |
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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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| Applications 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 admissions tests | |
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| The GMAT | |
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| TOEFL | |
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| Finance: the cost and rewards | |
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| The financial costs and benefits of an MBA | |
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| Counting the cost | |
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| The financial rewards | |
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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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| Education and personal development | |
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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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| Faculty quality | |
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| Language training | |
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| Students and socialising | |
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| The students | |
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| Social life | |
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| New career opportunities | |
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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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| Changes in MBA recruitment | |
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| Which career? | |
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| Finance | |
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| Marketing | |
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| General management | |
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| Management consulting | |
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| Accounting | |
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| Operations and logistics | |
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| Information technology/MIS | |
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| Human resources/organisation management | |
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| Life as alumni | |
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| The alumni network | |
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| Not the end but the beginning | |
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| How schools keep in touch | |
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| Why alumni are important | |
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| Continuous improvement | |
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| Keeping your MBA up-to-date | |
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| What do graduates want? | |
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| Refresher courses: what are schools doing for graduates? | |
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| Executive education | |
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| Directory | |
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| Using the directory | |
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| List of schools | |
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| Comparative tables | |
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| Asia and Australasia (including South Africa) | |
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| Europe | |
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| North America | |
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| List of advertisers | |
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| List of boxes | |
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| Which MBA online | |
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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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| Survey of distance-learning programmes | |
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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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| Some international bodies that provide scholarships | |
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| Social activities at business school | |
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| Small schools pool resources | |
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| Networking with headhunters | |
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| List of tables | |
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| Global ranking, 2003 | |
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| Proportion of responses required from students and recent graduates | |
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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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| Hall of fame: world leaders with an MBA | |
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| Selected distance-learning programmes | |
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| Factors considered most important by distance-learning students | |
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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: student rating by region | |
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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 2003 | |
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| Accommodation costs around the world, 2003 | |
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| Average starting salaries of recent graduates from selected schools | |
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| How students finance their MBA programmes | |
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| Financial aid available for MBA students | |
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| Language training | |
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| Student quality rating | |
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| Student diversity rating | |
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| Schools by percentage of women students | |
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| Student and graduate ratings of careers services | |
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| Student and graduate ratings of diversity of recruiters visiting their school | |
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| Students accepting firm job offers that came directly or indirectly through the school | |
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| General job areas for which respondents recruit | |
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| Student and graduate ratings of alumni network | |
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| Alumni at selected schools | |
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| Alumni branches at selected schools | |