Business School Rankings and Business School Deans: A Study of Nonprofit Governance

We examine the relation between business school dean turnover and MBA program rankings from 1990-2002. We find little evidence that dean departures are related to changes in a school's overall rank in the US News & World Report rankings. However, dean turnover increases following drops in t...

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Published in:Financial management 2005-03, Vol.34 (1), p.143-166
Main Authors: Fee, C. Edward, Hadlock, Charles J., Pierce, Joshua R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business education
Business metrics
Business schools
Corporate governance
Correlation analysis
Empirical evidence
Employee turnover
MBA
MBA programs & graduates
Nonprofit organizations
Performance metrics
Polls
Private schools
Ratings & rankings
School administration
School effectiveness
Statistical median
Students
Studies
Success
Variable coefficients
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Summary:We examine the relation between business school dean turnover and MBA program rankings from 1990-2002. We find little evidence that dean departures are related to changes in a school's overall rank in the US News & World Report rankings. However, dean turnover increases following drops in the Business Week rankings and deterioration in the student placement score as measured by US News & World Report. These results are significant in both a statistical and economic sense. Our findings suggest that schools react either directly to the rankings or to information that is reflected in the rankings.
ISSN:0046-3892
1755-053X
DOI:10.1111/j.1755-053X.2005.tb00095.x