Signature programmes include Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a global data base and report card on MBA business education, and the Corporate Values Strategy Group, a forum for business leaders to promote change in policy and business practice in pursuit of long-term value creation.

FORBES: Social Intrapreneurs: Disruptive Innovators on the Inside

The University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business has claimed top spot in the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2007 ranking of full-time MBA programmes ( full report and methodology).

ECONOMIST: Which MBA?

Warwick Business School, on the other hand, insists on the same rigorous academic entry criteria for all its MBA programmes, whether distance learning, full- or part-time.

ECONOMIST: Should an MBA be open to anyone?