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Companies routinely battle for customers and talent. They want to be the first and the best – the most profitable and the most respected. And they’re always seeking out those small edges.See a gap? Fill it. Identify a trend? Project it. Smell weakness? Exploit it. Frame, plan, invest, recruit, and train. Reality is, the underlying fundamentals haven’t changed much. In every business failure, the same theme emerges time after time: the biggest threat is a failure of imagination.Business schools face the same issues. In business analytics, the question remains: how do you collect the right data to find the right patterns so you can take the right actions? With Artificial Intelligence, leaders are wrestling with how it works and how fast and how far to take it. Then, there are the timeless questions. When do you follow the pack – or strike out on your own? Where do you devote the most resources for the biggest return? Of course – how do you structure your operation to focus on the best opportunities?

In today’s fast-paced global business environment, business schools play a pivotal role in shaping tomorrow’s leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators. With over 16,000 business schools worldwide, the challenge of standing out in a crowded field has never been greater. Institutions constantly strive to enhance their visibility, credibility, and reputation to attract top students, forge academic and corporate partnerships, and establish their global presence.To address these challenges, Times Higher Education (THE) and Poets&Quants (P&Q) have joined forces to launch THE Business School Register. This groundbreaking initiative offers business schools a platform to bolster their legitimacy, expand their reach, and connect with a global network of stakeholders. Designed to reward quality and inclusivity, the register recognizes institutions that positively impact their local, regional, and international communities.

When INSEAD launched a master in management program in 2019, it put the Fontainebleau, France-based business school on a path to rankings glory.That journey came to a successful conclusion today (December 1), as INSEAD was named No. 1 for the first time in The Financial Times‘s annual ranking of European business schools. INSEAD jumped an incredible 17 places from last year as its MiM program, launched in 2019, was factored into its overall score for the first time, giving the French school programs in all categories in the magazine’s ranking.HEC Paris fell out of first place in the Euro B-school ranking for the first time in six years, dropping to second. London Business School slipped to third from second, IESE of Spain dropped to fourth from third, and ESCP, which has multiple campuses around Europe, dropped to fifth from fourth.

Hamid Rafieian already had solid entrepreneurship experience when he enrolled in EDHEC Business School’s Global MBA Class of 2024. He is co-founder and CEO of Karafs, Iran’s leading digital healthcare company. Along with Luna, another digital health startup Rafieian founded, his ventures have attracted more than 8 million users in his country.But he wanted more international training, exposure, and contacts — the things an MBA can provide. He chose EDHEC’s program based in part on the chance to network with successful entrepreneurs from around the world, while getting support to develop a business plan, go-to-market strategy, and business forecasting for the next venture he is cooking up.