Business School Rankings and Business School Deans: A Study of Nonprofit Governance |
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| Authors: | C Edward Fee Charles J Hadlock Joshua R Pierce |
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| Institution: | Assistant Professor of Finance at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI;Associate Professor of Commerce at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA;student in Finance at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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