"Schools used to have a lock on faculty, " says Kannan Ramaswamy, a management professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management.

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Nick Petrie is a senior faculty member with the Center for Creative Leadership, a top-ranked, global provider of leadership education and research.

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By opting for a full-fledged campus branch rather than a joint venture with a local institution, "We have all the problems and all the opportunities of any global business, " says Hal Gregersen, senior affiliate professor of leadership and a resident faculty member in Abu Dhabi.

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