1)You go to a top B-School 2) make a million in a year 3)engineer or trade a CDO based on the ability of a poor bus driver to pay his mortgage 4) you do not know that he actually can not afford his over-priced property 5) you know nothing about the real world you never really contributed to 6) you contribute to the downgrading of your so called "top-tier" business school 7) you lose ur one-million job and the us tax payer's money.

just be cool and enjoy ur studies. any school in top 20 will be good and it is what u make out of the whole academic and practical input. I personally did a 720 in gmat, which is by no means an indicator of practical reality and real life insight. IE was my first application because my girlfriend is living there and i want to learn spanish (this might be the last chance to acquire a new language, my 5th one). I have owned a restaurant and produced food and now wanna go to fmcg. Whatever their marketing strategy was, the people at IE were nice and modest. They did not mean to accentuate this "spiritual" aspect of "leadership". Just be a good manager!

Making a high six-digit is not sustainable anyway because u will either lose ur job or ur family&friends on the longer term. So, enjoy ur life.

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IE Business School

IE Business School (IE), based in Madrid and one of Europe’s premier business schools was not only ranked as the top school in that region in the Beyond Grey Pinstripes 2008 report, but also offers over 60 courses that relate to corporate responsibility and sustainability. According to the school, these courses “address triple-bottom line [people, planet, profit] issues on a horizontal basis (finance, accounting, marketing, operations management, etc.) but also vertically, bringing added depth thorough elective courses.” Specialized courses include “Business, Government and Society” and “Eco-Intelligent Management.” Much of the dedicated CSR research comes under the umbrella of the Social Impact Management department, supported by the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, a full professor of social enterprise and the Director for the Center for Eco-Intelligent Management, among others. Students may also concentrate on a specific social entrepreneurship track. The upcoming fourth annual IE Social Responsibility Forum, scheduled for November 2009, is the school’s largest student-led event and attracts global experts and opinion leaders in sustainability and social innovation. IE also has a dedicated chair in ethics and the Corporate Governance Center, both of which serve as hubs for research and on-the-ground CSR-related activities. 

 

ESADE

ESADE, based in Barcelona, Spain, considers itself at the forefront of corporate social responsibility: “As a pioneer in corporate social responsibility, we strongly believe that beyond generating profits, sustainable businesses also need to contribute value towards society.” The school incorporates CSR-related material throughout the curriculum; and about 90% of ESADE’s MBA core courses include some social or environmental content. Dedicated courses include “Managing CSR: from Theory to Practice,” “Global Context of Management,” and “Social Marketing”. Through ESADE’s Institute for Social Innovation, students can work on research projects related to applying CSR in multinationals' corporate strategies.  Ranked by the Financial Times as one of the top schools in corporate social responsibility, ESADE boasts 23 core courses featuring CSR. The school is also home to the Institution for the Individual, Corporations and Society, which studies socially responsible investment, CSR policies and the environment, and companies and human rights. ESADE also offers a number of courses and activities focusing on entrepreneurship, including the Creapolis, a business park centered on cross innovation that allows start-up companies to take advantage of the ESADE community's experience and knowledge base.

IE is not in the same league as IMD. IMD is far better. IE is good in España if you want to live and work in España. Internationally - look elsewhere, the careers department won't help you (although they may try... they are pretty understaffed) unless you're looking to get a job in Spain.  They have a nice network here.

It really depends on what you want. Look past the marketing hype of IE, all the multimedia sites they put on their website, etc. A lot of it is (and I'm sorry to say this) farcical. Once you are a student you are no longer of interest to the school. You have paid your fees and are nothing but a cost to them. Since you won't be a repeat customer they don't care about you after tuition is posted.