HEADHUNTERS CHOOSE: IAE, Di Tella, UCEMA, UBA and ITBA topped the MBA, Economics, Finance, Legal and Technology programs’ ranking.

The benefits provided by graduate degrees to a management career include an edge when professionals apply for executive jobs. However, recruiters value universities granting those degrees differently.
To probe management recruiters’ preferences, iEco conducted a new edition of its university survey. In this case, an expanded questionnaire was used, and 34 headhunters were asked to choose not only the best schools to enroll in for an MBA, but also for other graduate programs associated with corporate issues: economics, finance, legal affairs, and technology. A ranking based on study findings was topped by universities offering specific M.A. programs for each specialty –most of them with a track record spanning over five years.
In the “MBA Programs” category, there were no surprises: once again, IAE ranked at the very top (…).
 
ANALYSIS.  Understanding study findings
In addition to participating at iEco’s new University ranking edition, it is interesting for us respondent headhunters to discuss survey findings.

Figures show that IAE has further consolidated its reputation among recruiters and business companies.

For sixth consecutive year, IAE has ranked as Argentina’s leading business school, according to Apertura’s 2007 MBA ranking.
The magazine’s study was based on feedback from 155 Human Resources managers, headhunters and CEOs at top-tier business companies.
Survey respondents were provided with a questionnaire focusing on six major criteria: best business school, curricula, teaching methodology, faculty quality, interaction with companies, and quality-price ratio. IAE topped the overall ranking, with a score that outdid its competitors by over 190 points and a specific 87-point difference in the attribute referring to interaction with companies. 

For eight consecutive years, IAE has ranked among the world’s leading business schools according to the Financial Times’ yearly Executive Education ranking.
In 2007, IAE ranked 22nd in the overall listing and number one in the International Clients category on a worldwide basis. This category refers to the number of multinational companies retaining IAE services for their executive education programs. In the Partner Schools category, measuring schools’ international networking based on the number of programs delivered jointly with other institutions, IAE ranks fourth in the world.
IAE’s customized programs especially tailored for individual companies have ranked 16th in the world, while its after-program support for participants and its ability to work with companies in program design have earned it the 6th position in this segment.
IAE shares this year’s FT ranking with renowned business schools throughout the world, including Harvard Business School, Duke University, IMD, Stanford University, IESE Business School, INSEAD, and London Business School, among others.
This Executive Education ranking is based on information collected from business schools and program participants’ feedback, as well as assessments and views shared by general managers and HR heads from companies that have conducted specific programs at these schools.

IAE ranks among Latin America’s top ten business schools.
IAE ranked sixth in continuing education for executives, according to América Economía magazine. This ranking compares the performance of foreign and Latin American business schools in executives programs for executives from regional companies. Four criteria were used to assess business school performance: corporate network, international scope, expert resource availability, and expertise.
IAE also ranked eighth in this magazine’s ranking for top Latin American business schools.