INSEAD News

INSEAD Ties for Second in Global CEO Count

INSEAD leads non-US business schools in CEO count among FT500 companies and comes second worldwide, according to analysis by the FT. Almost a third of chief executives currently in charge of the biggest global companies enhanced their careers with an MBA.  Harvard had the most with 24 FT500 chief executives, and  INSEAD tied with Stanford

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Knowledge innovation

Fontainebleau, France In 2013 INSEAD ranked #1 globally based on the number of publications in the nine top management journals, as reported by the University of Texas, Dallas Top 100 World Ranking of Business School’s. Also in 2013 four INSEAD professors were recognized as Thinkers Top 50, seven more were nominated for the

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INSEAD Healthcare Awards 2013 Highlight Alumni Contribution to Industry

The INSEAD Healthcare Awards, inaugurated this year, are intended to help recognise the many contributions of INSEAD alumni working in the global health industry. INSEAD Dean Ilian Mihov said: “Business is a force for positive social change. Nowhere is this more true than in the field of healthcare, where our alumni are spurring innovation that saves lives and improves the quality of living for millions around the globe.”

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INSEAD’s Mauborgne and Kim Win 2014 Carl S. Sloane Award

Joining the ranks of former winners of the Carl S. Sloane Award, such as Clayton Christensen (2013), Gary Hamel (2012), and Jim Champy (2010), are INSEAD’s W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, co-directors of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute. The two won the award this year for their “innovative thinking and fresh perspectives

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European Business Schools Gear Up Fundraising Ops

As European schools gear up to compete with elite institutions overseas, they are expanding alumni-relations offices to forge stronger ties to graduates and build fundraising operations that the schools hope eventually will bring in steady, significant gifts, reports the Wall Street Journal. In earlier times Europe’s subsidized schools had little incentive to build endowments,

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Hal Gregersen on Executing on Disruption

INSEAD Professor of Leadership Hal Gregersen, coauthor with Clay Christensen and Jeffrey Dyer of The Innovator’s DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators and recently shortlisted for the global Thinkers50 2013 “Innovation Award”, explains in this video what sets disruptive leaders do to develop new ideas for their businesses.

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INSEAD is Tops for MBA Return on Investment

“When it comes to return on investment, grads at European schools have [US b-schools ] beat,” writes Forbes contributor, Matt Symonds of MBA50.com. Every two years, Forbes ranks the world’s business schools based on their return on investment. This year, the publication compared the earnings for the Class of 2008 in their first five years

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Ilian Mihov appointed next Dean of INSEAD

Message from Franz Humer, Chairman of the INSEAD Board On behalf of the INSEAD Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce that Ilian Mihov has been appointed as the next Dean of INSEAD. He will take office as of October 1, 2013, moving from his successful role as co-Interim Dean since March

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