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Enrolments under scrutiny

Business schools are nervously watching corporate training budgets, writes Della Bradshaw in her introduction to the Executive Education 2008 special report, whose articles are listed below. See also the interactive ranking of Custom courses, the Open ranking and combined ranking

Ask the experts: Executive Education Q&A

Your questions on executive education courses answered by a panel of experts

John Ryan: Leaders need precision and practice

Linda Anderson talks to the head of CCL, the non-profit leadership school

Post-MBAs: Back to school for lessons on leadership

Former students are returning to the classroom, reports Andrew Baxter

John Hoke: Stanford helped to make Converse star

Childhood sketches gave a foot in Nike’s door, says Matthew Garrahan

Francesco Perrini of Bocconi University

Adrian Michaels meets an expert on corporate social responsibility

SMEs: Entrepreneurs go academic

Linda Anderson looks at the programmes on offer for smaller companies

Dean profile: George Yip of the Rotterdam School of Management

The dean’s Dutch, British and US nationalities is fitting for a school which accepts students from those countries and many more

Where real life is used in role-play

Driving into the Q Center near St Charles, Illinois, feels like entering a small liberal-arts college in remote countryside. Although it is only about 40 miles...

Dean’s column: Kai Peters of Ashridge Business School on Sir Tim Berners-Lee

While the concept of hyperlinks dates back to 1945, it was in 1990 when Sir Tim Berners-Lee the changed the world with the birth of the world wide web

Overview: In-house executive training comes of age

Introduction: Short course rankings enjoy 10th birthday

Analysis: Duke strengthens its claim to the throne

Faculty: Diverse styles important for short programmes

Course design: Students learn best through experience

Analysis: The meat of the course matters

Methodology: How to read the 2008 FT rankings

Back to the future

School profile: Fundação Dom Cabral