POSTED BY Ian Hawkings

The wranglings of MBA rankings

The BusinessWeek MBA rankings came out last week to the usual hubbub about what they mean, how accurate they are and what their limitations may be. This year commentators were talking about how BusinessWeek had changed their methodology – and how this had led to some surprising results. Chief amongst these being Harvard’s relegation from second place two years ago to eighth this - the first time the venerable Cambridge institution had dropped out of the top five.