THE MAKING OF THE GLOBAL INDEX

Eligible schools

A school is eligible for the Global Business School Index as long as it is ranked in the top 50 of the Financial Times MBA ranking, or alternatively, if it is considered one of the world's leading institutions in teaching global management.**

Criteria Global MBA class (25%) Student Global Diversity (60%) International faculty (40%) Globally relevant curriculum and knowledge (25%) International program (20%)

Description

A combined score of: 1) the % of international students, taken from the Financial Times MBA, and 2) the % of Minority students in American bschools, as reported by the Bloomberg Business Week b-schools profiles Taken from the Financial Times MBA ranking, % of international faculty.

Taken from the Financial Times MBA ranking, this factor measures the degree of international exposure of the MBA curricuum through international study trips, exchange programs, and internships. Number of case studies produced by business school faculty, taken from the ECCH database http://www.ecch.com/educators/ Financial Times research rank

International case studies (20%)

Articles in business peer-reviewed journals (20%)

Google Scholar citations (20%)

Number of citations in the Google Scholar search engine from January 2011 QS Top MBA ranking of best business schools in the field of international management http://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/global-200/2011/specializations/international-management

Reputation in teaching international management (20%) Globally attractive and competitive location (25%)

Global City Index (60%)

Measures to what extent the location is a hot stop for the MBA community. It is a combined score of a set of variables taken from the Global Cities Report of The Economist Intelligence Unit. Our choice of variables to configure the Index has been: 1) Global Appeal (40%), 2) Cultural attractiveness (20%), 3) Human Capital (20%) and 4) Physical Capital (20%). Only schools located in the city or within 20 miles have been given 100% of the score. Schools within less than 50 miles, have been given 90% of the score. The less close to the city, the less weighting. http://www.managementthinking.eiu.com/sites/default/files/downloads/Hot%20Spots.pdf

Globally Competitive Country Index (40%)

Measures if the country's rules and economic environment can be supportive for the postMBA career. It is a combined score of: 1) the World Economic Forum competitiveness index (33.3%), 2) the Country's projected GDP growth, taken from the Economist Intelligence Unit (33.3%), and 3) the number of Fortune 500 companies based in the country (33.3%) http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalCompetitivenessReport_2010-11.pdf http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2011/full_list/

Globally relevant school brand (25%) Global Alumni Status (60%) Taken from the Financial Times MBA ranking (alumni recommend rank), this factor measures each school's reputation among the alumni of the rest of business schools. A combined score of: 1) International mobility rank, taken from the Financial Times MBA ranking, which measures the # of times students have changed from country from before the MBA through 3 years out of the MBA; 2) # of international chapters, taken from The Economist Intelligence Unit MBA ranking; and 3) the # of linkedin groups where the business school name appears on the title and same measure for the parent university. When a school has both, "school" weights 80% and "university" 20%. Source: Linkedin

Global Footprint Index (40%)

The Global Business School Index is edited by Ivan Bofarull*

*Ivan Bofarull holds a leadership position at Esade Business School and is a guest advisor at Georgetown University MSB **this has been the case of Thunderbird, University of Southern Carolina and Temple University, which have been reintroduced in the Index despite not being among the top 50 schools in the Financial Times MBA ranking