London Business School
Highest salary rise for London Business School’s MBA
The School’s programme ranked fourth in the Global MBA Rankings 2012, in the top five with Stanford (1), Harvard (2), Wharton (3) and Columbia (5). The rankings are calculated from data going back three years.
Lessons for leaders from Davos
Prof Gratton, one of four of the School’s faculty attending the World Economic Forum, moderated a number of panels at Davos and found that two emerging themes which stood out beyond the “normal leadership rhetoric”.
Diane Morgan appointed to vice-chair of Forte Foundation
The Forte Foundation is a consortium of leading business schools and multinational companies which aims to provide and enhance the tools and resources for women to achieve successful leadership careers within business.
“Redefining the State: an imperative for exiting the Crisis”
The event, which took place in Athens on Wednesday 18 January, was hosted by London Business School and co-organised with its Hellenic Student Club in collaboration with the School’s Hellenic Alumni Association in Greece.
An agenda for Davos
The theme for the 2012 meeting is “The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models” and taking part in the debates will also be Sir Andrew Likierman, Lynda Gratton and Francesca Cornelli.
It’s good for business for business to be good
Speaking at the 2nd annual Pears Business Schools Partnership lecture, Sir Andrew Witty, Chief Executive Officer of GlaxoSmithKline, made a powerful case for businesses to connect more strongly with society and its values and reap the business benefits of doing so.
Setback in 2011, but smaller companies way ahead over 2000–2011
In 2011 investors in smaller companies experienced disappointing returns in 28 out of 29 countries, according to research from London Business School professors Elroy Dimson and Paul Marsh.
Khalifa Fund CEO gives students strategic insights
H.E Al Darmaki, who has held a number of leadership positions with government and private organizations in the United Arab Emirates, spoke with students for over an hour about the strategic planning and management processes that ensures his company is aligned with Abu Dhabi government’s objectives.
Healthcare Insights in the Middle East
The event took the format of a panel discussion, bringing together leading healthcare specialists and London Business School students and alumni working in, or looking to pursue a career in, the healthcare industry.
London Business School sees MiM graduate employment rate rise
While a rate of 95% was recorded among last year's class of 100, the 2011 class of 140 has achieved a rate of 96% - these figures are based on the full-time employment status of students three months after they originally graduate from the course.
Likierman appointed chair of National Audit Office
Speaking in the House of Commons on 7 December, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Sir Andrew, currently the NAO's acting chairman, was a "distinguished public servant" with extensive knowledge and experience of business and public service.
Maria Correia, Irem Tuna and Scott Richardson pick up best Best Paper Award at RAST Conference
The conference, one of the most prestigious in Accounting, was held at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Professor Correia explained how a value investing approach could be applied to credit markets. Using a combination of market and accounting data it is possible to build default forecasting models that can, in turn, be used to identify mispriced credit securities. The paper was chosen by conference participants to receive the BlackRock Best Paper prize.
Award of £70,000 to Paolo Surico from the Leverhulme Trust
Paolo's research measures the effectiveness of monetary and fiscal policies to control inflation and stimulate economic growth, with particular emphasis on the impact across households, banks and companies with different economic and demographic characteristics. A major goal of the research will be to consider the variety and state-dependence in the transmission mechanism of stabilization policies and how this sheds new lights on long-standing questions in macroeconomics.
Accolade for Coller Institute of Private Equity's Findings
Private Equity Findings, the global publication of the Coller Institute of Private Equity at London Business School, has received a High Commendation in the Corporate Communication Awards 2011.
Employment rise for London Business School’s MBA graduates
Ninety-three percent of this year’s MBA graduates from London Business School found employment within three months of leaving.
Award of £120,000 to Derek Bunn from the UK Energy Research Centre
UKERC was established by the UK Research Councils in 2004 to undertake activities aimed at improving the cohesion of the UK’s overall energy research effort and to conduct a programme of interdisciplinary research.
Xerox Corporation chief talks business transformation
As part of London Business School’s Business Leaders Series, ‘Leading Business Transformation in Uncertain Times’, introduced by the School’s Professor Julian Birkinshaw, Ms Burns also shared insights about engaging employees in large-scale change and the pitfalls and opportunities that accompany transformation.
London Business School alumnus Mistry to take reins at Tata Group
Mr Mistry, who graduated from the School’s International Executive Masters Programme (now the Executive MBA) in 1996, will succeed Ratan Tata, who retires after running one of India’s biggest business groups for two decades. With a 50,000-strong workforce spanning telecommunications, engineering, materials, services, energy, consumer products and chemicals, Tata’s companies operate in every major international market and include Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley.
Commenting on Mr Mistry’s appointment, Sir Andrew Likierman, Dean, London Business School, said: “We are delighted that Cyrus Mistry will be taking on this important position. We’re very proud that the School’s links with India have grown steadily over the years. These are through our faculty and research, our current students, as well as our alumni.
