Business school rankings: the love-hate relationship

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Title:	Business school rankings: the love-hate relationship
Author(s):	Della Bradshaw, (Business Education Editor, Financial Times, London, UK)
Citation:	Della Bradshaw, (2007) "Business school rankings: the love-hate relationship", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 26 Iss: 1, pp.54 - 60
Keywords:	Business schools, Journal publishers, Measurement characteristics, Newspaper publishers, Performance measures
Article type:	Viewpoint
DOI:	10.1108/02621710710720095 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract:	Purpose – The paper seeks to describe the rationale behind the Financial Times business school rankings and some of the problems inherent in developing and publishing them. Design/methodology/approach – The rationale behind the Financial Times business school rankings is discussed, as are the ways in which business schools use the rankings. Findings – Business schools have an ambivalent relationship to business schools rankings, openly criticising them but using favourable aspects of the rankings in their schools' marketing. Originality/value – Business school rankings are probably here to stay. Most business schools are developing ways of using them for their own purposes.