Goizueta Business School
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Goizueta Business School (pronounced goy-swet-ah) is a private business school of Emory University located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is named after Roberto Goizueta, a former president of The Coca-Cola Company. The school is considered a top business school, ranked in the top 20 overall and first in leadership by BusinessWeek in 2004. The school's undergraduate Bachelor of Business Administration program ranked fourth in the nation according to BusinessWeek in 2007, up one spot from the previous year.
The school offers a wide range of specializations, including Finance, Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Management.[3][4] Degrees are offered from the undergraduate through doctoral levels, in addition to executive education.
Seven degree programs are offered:
- Undergraduate business degree
- Two-year full-time MBA
- One-year full-time MBA
- Weekend Executive MBA
- Modular Executive MBA
- Evening MBA
- PhD in Business program
Many professors at the school are highly accessible to students and are considered world-class in their field. The Goizueta Business School also houses the Emory Brand Institute, an innovation research group that develops next practices (vs. best practices) in branding through a global network of scholars and partner firms. The business school has established an academic partnership and exchange programme with the prestigious Cass Business School in London.
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[edit] Notable faculty
- Jimmy Carter - Former US President and Distinguished Professor
- Narasimhan Jegadeesh - Dean's Distinguished University Chair in Finance
- Ajay Kohli - Isaac Stiles Hopkins Chair in Marketing
- Benn Konsynski - George S. Craft Distinguished University Professor of Decision & Information Analysis
- Jeffrey Rosensweig - Director, Global Prospectives Program
- Jay Shanken - Goizueta Chair in Finance
- Rajendra Srivastava - Roberto C. Goizueta Chair in Marketing
- Jagdish Sheth - Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing
[edit] Notable alumni
- Michael Cascone - COO of Howstuffworks, previous EVP of Homestar Runner
- John Chidsey - CEO of Burger King
- Marvin Ellison - Executive Vice President, The Home Depot
- Duncan Niederauer - CEO of NYSE Euronext
- Lado Gurgenidze - Prime Minister of Georgia
- Alan J. Lacy - Former Chairman and CEO of Sears, Roebuck and Company
- Paul S. Amos II - President, Aflac; Chief Operating Officer, Aflac U.S.
[edit] See also
- Emory Brand Institute
- List of United States business school rankings
- List of business schools in the United States
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