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	Rank '08	Rank '07^[1]	Rank '06^[1]	3 yr. rank^[1]	Business school name	Country^[1]	Preparation^[2]	Course design^[3]	Materials^[4]	Faculty^[5]	Participants^[6]	New skills^[7]	Follow-up^[8]	Aims achieved^[9]	Food^[10]	Facilities^[11]	% Women^[12]	Intl. part.^[13]	Growth^[14]	Intl. location^[15]	Partners^[16]	Fac. diversity^[17]
	1	1	-	-	Harvard Business School	U.S.A.	4	4	1	2	1	1	10	1	5	2	19	4	33	31	10	24
	2	3	1	2	University of Virginia: Darden	U.S.A.	3	1	2	1	10	4	17	3	3	3	25	26	5	47	43	40
	3	5	10	6	IMD	Switzerland	7	12	6	11	6	16	16	6	2	1	16	2	24	34	15	1
	3	2	3	3	Stanford University GSB	U.S.A.	1	6	3	4	2	7	15	2	1	9	21	4	50	25	15	26
	5	7	7	6	IE Business School	Spain	16	10	19	17	17	5	1	10	26	7	39	9	6	5	6	5
	6	6	5	6	Center for Creative Leadership	U.S.A. / Belgium / Singapore	8	2	4	3	18	14	5	5	13	19	37	23	25	9	32	18
	7	8	2	6	Iese Business School	Spain	11	19	17	25	27	18	3	13	16	14	39	7	8	2	2	2
	8	13	12	11	Columbia Business School	U.S.A.	13	5	12	6	3	8	30	9	12	24	22	10	44	10	25	8
	8	11	18	12	UCLA: Anderson	U.S.A.	2	3	7	13	11	2	13	4	21	28	38	29	32	47	43	14
	10	18	17	15	University of Western Ontario: Ivey	Canada / China	12	15	11	9	21	24	12	15	14	26	40	3	14	1	19	12
	11	4	9	8	University of Chicago GSB	U.S.A. / U.K.	5	14	8	16	13	9	14	18	7	27	20	20	2	32	20	27
	12	18	-	-	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	U.S.A.	15	24	9	7	4	11	23	7	10	23	30	19	20	40	20	34
	13	20	13	15	London Business School	U.K.	14	16	13	12	5	23	20	8	29	10	22	6	29	24	25	10
	13	8	3	8	Northwestern University: Kellogg	U.S.A.	17	8	10	8	9	17	31	11	4	25	31	14	23	45	15	20
	15	17	19	17	Fundação Dom Cabral	Brazil	9	7	14	26	26	10	9	16	15	4	21	43	21	7	7	37
	16	14	7	12	Insead	France / Singapore	20	18	18	15	7	29	27	14	34	12	19	1	22	8	5	4
	17	15	21	18	Queen's School of Business	Canada	24	26	20	22	22	31	2	21	11	17	34	27	4	12	24	11
	18	23	33	25	SDA Bocconi	Italy	21	9	16	14	36	20	6	23	18	5	38	38	46	37	32	9
	19	22	22	21	MIT: Sloan	U.S.A.	19	21	5	5	8	22	48	24	23	37	17	16	12	38	20	31
	20	-	35	-	Ceibs	China	23	29	24	29	23	19	24	25	37	22	27	36	9	26	3	6
	21	26	26	24	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	10	13	15	18	34	12	39	19	17	43	49	48	39	17	32	17
	22	10	11	14	Babson Executive Education	U.S.A.	30	25	23	10	20	25	33	33	9	11	42	15	40	27	29	30
	23	12	6	14	Duke University: Fuqua	U.S.A.	6	11	27	21	15	21	47	31	8	13	22	20	48	35	32	39
	23	21	15	20	Ipade	Mexico	22	28	30	30	33	3	8	20	24	21	17	38	34	11	25	45
	25	30	31	29	Essec Business School	France / Singapore	28	32	25	39	29	13	7	30	43	16	42	20	19	6	14	23
	26	27	23	25	HEC Paris	France	26	23	31	24	28	6	22	12	49	31	29	11	30	21	29	13
	27	34	38	33	ESCP-EAP European School of Management	France / U.K. / Germany / Spain / Italy	35	20	26	28	38	15	25	17	47	8	34	12	28	19	12	22
	27	28	13	23	University of Michigan: Ross	U.S.A.	31	17	28	23	12	27	28	26	31	29	31	17	47	4	36	43
	29	25	20	25	Cranfield School of Management	U.K.	37	33	32	27	19	26	4	22	38	6	28	31	31	36	39	40
	30	28	26	28	University of Wisconsin-Madison	U.S.A.	27	22	22	20	37	28	18	28	6	39	37	50	16	47	43	47
	31	23	25	26	Universität St.Gallen	Switzerland	18	35	29	33	32	35	21	29	33	35	20	29	13	13	31	29
	32	31	30	31	Esade Business School	Spain	41	41	43	42	41	30	11	40	28	18	35	24	10	3	4	21
	32	33	26	30	IAE Management and Business School	Argentina	32	40	40	37	42	40	19	35	27	15	25	17	11	16	1	15
	34	31	26	30	Vlerick Leuven Gent	Belgium	25	30	34	40	40	37	29	32	30	34	31	42	18	30	8	19
	35	37	35	36	Henley Management College	U.K.	42	31	37	32	16	32	43	34	25	36	38	34	41	41	39	43
	36	41	-	-	Macquarie Graduate School of Management	Australia	33	27	21	19	25	34	45	27	45	50	43	43	49	29	43	36
	37	35	42	38	EM Lyon	France	38	34	33	38	44	36	26	38	50	33	30	25	45	20	8	27
	38	39	38	38	University of Pretoria: Gibs	South Africa	36	49	36	46	39	38	44	42	22	20	38	45	27	33	25	15
	39	40	42	40	Helsinki School of Economics	Finland / S. Korea / Singapore	29	37	38	44	48	33	36	36	32	41	35	48	17	21	39	50
	39	38	35	37	York University: Schulich	Canada	40	36	35	35	35	43	50	47	19	49	42	34	26	21	11	7
	41	-	-	-	University of Oxford: Saïd	U.K.	45	47	45	36	14	42	46	41	40	32	27	8	42	14	13	35
	42	42	34	39	Ashridge	U.K.	44	43	44	41	24	47	32	44	36	38	33	13	37	43	43	3
	43	44	45	44	Melbourne Business School	Australia	47	38	42	31	31	45	38	39	39	44	28	27	15	47	15	37
	44	46	-	-	Catholic University of Portugal	Portugal	34	42	39	47	43	39	35	45	42	30	34	32	38	38	36	46
	45	42	40	42	Stockholm School of Economics	Latvia / Russia / Sweden	39	39	46	43	45	44	37	37	35	40	46	45	36	28	43	48
	46	45	41	44	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	43	44	41	45	49	41	34	43	46	46	19	45	1	46	39	49
	47	35	31	38	Australian Graduate School of Management	Australia	46	46	48	34	30	50	41	46	41	48	41	37	43	44	43	31
	48	50	-	-	Lagos Business School	Nigeria	49	45	49	48	46	48	42	49	44	45	26	40	7	42	20	31
	49	-	-	-	NHH/AFF	Norway	50	48	50	50	50	49	40	50	20	42	26	40	3	15	36	42
	50	46	-	-	USB Executive Development Ltd	South Africa	48	50	47	49	47	46	49	48	48	47	34	32	35	18	43	24
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Table notesAlthough the headline ranking figures show changes in the data year to year, the pattern of clustering among the schools is equally significant. Some 280 points separate the top school from the school ranked number 50. The top 16 schools, from Harvard Business School to Insead, form the elite group of providers of open enrolment programmes. The second group runs from Canada's Queen's School of Business to Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School ranked 34. Sixty-six points separate these two schools. The third group is headed by Henley Management College which scored 110 points more than the school ranked 50.

Footnotes

1. These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

2. The provision of advanced information on programme content and the participant selection process.

3. The flexibility of the course and appropriateness of class size, structure and design.

4. Contemporary and appropriate teaching materials and a suitable mix of academic rigour and practical relevance.

5. The quality of the teaching and the extent to which teaching staff worked together to present a coherent programme.

6. The extent to which other participants were of the appropriate managerial/academic level, the international mix of the class and the interaction between course participants.

7. The relevance of new skills to the workplace, the ease with which they were implemented and the extent to which the course encouraged new ways of thinking.

8. The level of follow-up offered after participants returned to their workplace and networking opportunities with other participants.

9. The degree to which participant and company expectations were met.

10. The quality of food and accommodation.

11. The quality of teaching accommodation and IT and library facilities.

12. The percentage of female participants.

13. Amalgamates the percentage of participants from outside the business school's base country and its region (e.g. North America, Europe, Asia etc.).

14. Amalgamates growth in income and percentage of repeat business.

15. Programmes run outside the business school's base country and its region.

16. The quantity and quality of programmes taught in conjunction with other business schools.

17. The mix of faculty by nationality and gender.

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