Business school rankings: the love-hate relationship

Author: Bradshaw, Della

Source: The Journal of Management Development, Volume 26, Number 1, 2007 , pp. 54-60(7)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Abstract:

<B>Purpose</B> - The paper seeks to describe the rationale behind the <IT>Financial Times</IT> business school rankings and some of the problems inherent in developing and publishing them. <B>Design/methodology/approach</B> - The rationale behind the <IT>Financial Times</IT> business school rankings is discussed, as are the ways in which business schools use the rankings. <B>Findings</B> - Business schools have an ambivalent relationship to business schools rankings, openly criticising them but using favourable aspects of the rankings in their schools' marketing. <B>Originality/value</B> - Business school rankings are probably here to stay. Most business schools are developing ways of using them for their own purposes.

Keywords: Business schools; Journal publishers; Measurement characteristics; Newspaper publishers; Performance measures

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1108/02621710710720095

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