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（Fontainebleau） and two centres in the Middle East （Israel and Abu Dhabi）
is well placed to offer a global perspective on business knowledge。 Its
Knowledge website （h。。p：//knowledge。insead。edu/home。cfm） has links
to its Video Vault and Podcast series of lectures and talks by faculty and
visitors。 You can watch Carlos Ghosn； CEO of Renault； Nissan discuss
‘The transcultural leader’ or listen to Soumitra Du。。a； the Roland Berger
Chaired Professor in Business and Technology； discuss his study showing
that so。。ware assets represent enormous hidden value for the firm。 You
can also read over 800 working papers （‘Cultural Myths and Leadership
in Russia’ and ‘International Assignments as a Career Development Tool’
are examples）； or 200 journal articles。 You have to register to access some
information； but registration is free。
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The Indian School of Business （India）
The school runs in conjunction with Wharton the website India Knowledge
（h。。p：//knowledge。wharton。upenn。edu/india）； which； as well as having its
own distinctive media material； links back to the main Wharton database。
Manchester Business School （UK）
MBS （mbs。ac。uk/research/workingpapers/index。aspx） provides all
its Working Papers； typically work by the school’s academics on research
topics prior to publication in mainstream journals。 Specialist subjects
such as ‘Managing petitive Advantage： Clustering in the Singapore
Financial Centre’ are listed by year and main subject area – accounting；
marketing； strategy； innovation； people； management and organization
– alongside more general topics； ‘Managing Post…Acquisition Cultural
Change： An Acquired pany’s Perspective’； for example。
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
（United States）
Through MIT OpenCourseWare （h。。p：//ocw。mit。edu） the university provides
free web…based publication of virtually all MIT course content；
permanently updated； covering over 1；800 undergraduate and postgraduate
programmes。 Launched in 2001； the initiative is supported by a number of
charitable foundations and corporate sponsors； including Google Grants。
MIT’s Sloan School of Management （h。。p：//ocw。mit。edu/OcwWeb/Sloan…
School…of…Management/index。htm） has full course materials； including
lectures； notes and exams on over 100 business subjects in the following
areas：
。 accounting；
。 munication；
。 corporate strategy and policy；
。 finance；
。 health care management；
。 history； environment and ethics；
。 industrial relations and human resource management；
。 information technologies；
。 international management；
。 law；
。 leadership；
。 managerial economics；
。 marketing；
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。 operations management；
。 operations research/statistics；
。 organizational studies；
。 system dynamics；
。 technology； innovation and entrepreneurship。
Each MIT course published requires an investment of 10；000 to 15；000
to pile course materials from faculty； ensure proper licensing for open
sharing； and format materials for global distribution。 Courses with video
content cost about twice as much。 MIT OpenCourseWare is a publication
of the course materials that supports an MIT education fully； but it is
not a degree…granting or credit…bearing initiative。 However； using MIT
OpenCourseWare to support your own learning alongside the material in
this book would provide the opportunity to learn everything that an MBA
student from one of the top 10 business schools could learn。
Yale University （United States）
Yale University School of Management （h。。p：//opa。yale。edu/netcasts。aspx）
provides Netcasts in MP3 format in 15 different series for download and
listening via iTunes and mon RSS Feed aggregators。 The State of Private
Equity； Social Entrepreneurship in Singapore； and Corporate Leadership is
Going Green are examples of the content provided by faculty from the Yale
School of Management； distinguished visiting scholars and leaders from
the world of business and management。
Wharton University of Pennsylvania
（United States）
Knowledge Wharton （h。。p：//knowledge。wharton。upenn。edu） is the business
school’s way of delivering on a mitment to sharing its intellectual
capital。 It provides free access online to over 1；500 articles and hundreds of
podcast interviews with industry leaders and faculty as well as an analysis
of current business trends。 Selling in China； Creating the Optimal Supply
Chain； and The Importance of Procurement in a Global Environment are
examples of the topics covered。
THE WORLD’S BEST MANAGEMENT
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
You might think that the top business schools are the top places for management
development； that is； shorter training programmes ranging from a
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few days to a few months in duration； but that would be a mistake。 According
to the Financial Times’ three…year average ranking； while Wharton and
Columbia are in the top three business schools for their MBAs； they rank 12th
and 11th respectively for their management development work。 Oxford’s
Said Business School es 19th in the MBA ranking but doesn’t feature at
all in the management development ranking。 Ashridge is the opposite – it
doesn’t get a position in the top league of MBAs but scores well otherwise；
as does IAE Management and Business School； Argentina。 Some business
schools – Cranfield； University of Michigan （Ross）； for example； rank in
much the same position in both top leagues。 The sources of information on
these respective rankings are given later in this appendix。
While you could go anywhere to get trained up； there are three advantages
in going to a business school in the top rank for its management
development work。 In the first place； you will be a。。ending one of the very
few courses that are independently validated。 Sure； all the other providers
have their success stories and their feedback sheets； but they don’t count
for nearly as much as being externally assessed。 Second； the school’s star
professors WILL teach you； that is always part of the deal。 The economics
of running a business school usually mean that； despite the high MBA fe