A business school is a university-level institution or professional school that teaches courses leading to degrees in business administration or management. A business school may also be referred to as school of management, management school, school of business administration, or colloquially b-school or biz school. A business school offers comprehensive education in various disciplines related to the world of business, including business administration, business analytics, business strategy, marketing, sales, entrepreneurship, accounting, finance, economics, banking, insurance, human resource management, supply chain management, logistics management, operations management, management information systems, international business, organizational psychology, organizational behavior, public relations, research methods, real estate, and other pertinent subjects.
A Master of Business Administration is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounting, applied statistics, human resources, business communication, business ethics, business law, strategic management, business strategy, finance, managerial economics, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, supply-chain management, and operations management in a manner most relevant to management analysis and strategy. It originated in the United States in the early 20th century when the country industrialized and companies sought scientific management.
The University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) is a public research university in Kansas City, Missouri. UMKC is part of the University of Missouri System and has a medical school. As of 2020, the university's enrollment exceeded 16,000 students. It is the largest university and third largest college in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".
The Singapore Management University (SMU) is a publicly-funded private university in Singapore. Founded in 2000, SMU is the third oldest autonomous university in the country, and models its education after the Wharton School. It is also the only university in Singapore with a city campus. The university was also awarded triple accreditation by AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA.
The QUT Business School is one of six faculties at the Queensland University of Technology. It is home to the QUT Graduate School of Business, as well as four-discipline focused schools; the School of Accountancy, the School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, the School of Economics and Finance, and the School of Management. In 2015, the QUT Business School had enrolled a total of 8,971 students across the faculty, including 2,962 international students.
SDA Bocconi School of Management was founded in 1971 and is the graduate business school of Bocconi University. It is the leading business school in Italy and is consistently ranked as one of the world’s best business schools. SDA Bocconi is accredited by AACSB, EQUIS, and the AMBA. The main campus of SDA Bocconi is located in Milan, Italy.
Henry Wollman Bloch was an American businessman and philanthropist who was the co-founder and the chairman emeritus of the American tax-preparation company H&R Block. He and his brother, Richard Bloch, founded H&R Block in 1955 in Kansas City, Missouri.
The University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Business is a graduate and undergraduate public business school that spans across four campuses, with the main campus located in Storrs, Connecticut.
University Academy is a Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade college-preparatory charter public school in Kansas City, Missouri.
Hotelschool The Hague is a single sector university of applied sciences in the Netherlands. It was founded and funded in 1929 by the hospitality industry. In 2010, Hotelschool The Hague founded its university wide Research Centre, focusing on interdisciplinary research with a strong practice-oriented focus.
The University of Sydney Business School is the business school and a constituent body of the University of Sydney. It was established in January 2011 and formed from the School of Business within the previous Faculty of Economics and Business. The former combined faculty itself descended from the original Faculty of Economics founded in 1920, which was the first faculty of its kind in Australia.
The University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law is the law school of the University of Missouri–Kansas City. It is located on the university's main campus in Kansas City, Missouri, near the Country Club Plaza.
EU Business School is a private business school with campuses in Geneva (Switzerland), Barcelona (Spain), and Munich (Germany). It is a member of OMNES Education Group since 2022.
The University of Akron College of Business is a dual accredited AACSB business school of the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. The college has a total enrollment of nearly 1,700 undergraduate students and 217 graduate students. All of the college's programs are accredited by AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The college currently uses two buildings, the first which was opened in 1991, is a four-story, 81,000-square-foot (7,500 m2) structure with 19 classrooms. In 2020, it was expanded with an newly built professional development building, increasing both the number of classrooms and office facilities. In addition, the college's marketing department is housed in the Polsky building, where it occupies the fifth floor.
Kozminski University is a private, nonprofit business school in Warsaw, Poland; according to the Financial Times, it is considered to be "Poland’s highest rated private university". It was established in 1993 and named after Leon Koźmiński, a Polish professor of economics and entrepreneurship, and also the father of Andrzej Koźmiński, the founder and the first rector of the school. It is one of the top business schools in the world, contains the Central Eastern campus of ESCP as of 2015, and the only institution of higher education in Poland, holding the "triple accreditation ". Less than 1% of business education providers worldwide hold these three major international quality accreditations. The Financial Times named the university as the best business school in Poland and Central Europe.
Nicholas C. Peroff is an American political scientist, public administrator and professor in Native American studies and Complexity Theory at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, he formerly held teaching positions in Taiwan, South Korea and South Africa.
Jered Byron Carr is a political scientist, professor of urban policy and a former Policy analyst for the Florida State Legislature in the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability.
The Journal of Product Innovation Management is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Product Development and Management Association. The current editors-in-chief are Jelena Spanjol (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität) and Charles H. Noble.
Barbara A. Bichelmeyer is an American educator, university administrator, and the current provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Kansas. Most recently she was provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, a position she held from July 2015 to January 2020. Prior to serving as the provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Bichelmeyer primarily served as executive associate vice president for university academic affairs and senior director of the Office of Online Education at Indiana University Bloomington.
Anthony J. “Tony” Luppino is an American attorney, legal scholar, and author. A law professor at the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law since 1991, he is the Rubey M. Hulen Professor of Law and Urban Affairs, Director of Entrepreneurship Programs, and Senior Fellow with the UMKC Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. He is particularly active in the areas of entrepreneurship and business law, and cross-disciplinary studies and programs connecting them.
