Degree-awarding Universities

 

The Executive MBA (Global) is the product of a powerful partnership between two prestigious Business Schools: The Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and the WU Executive Academy at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. This partnership brings together leading perspectives from both sides of the Atlantic.

Vienna University of Economics and Business Founded in 1898 and with about 25,000 (24% international) students, the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, or WU Wien) is Europe's largest educational institution for business and economics, business law, and social sciences.
The WU offers top-class facilities, renowned faculty (over 500 academics), international connections (over 215 partner universities worldwide), top quality research, and innovative teaching methods. The focus on the use of new technologies and practice-oriented academic and executive education programs ensure the University’s extraordinary appeal – and in many fields make it a universally recognized pioneer.
Detailed information can be found on the WU-website.

 

EQUIS Accreditation
As the first Austrian University, WU received an international EQUIS accreditation. With this, WU officially belongs to only four business universities in the German-speaking world (Universität Mannheim, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Universität St. Gallen) and is the largest public university in the European Union to be accredited by EQUIS.
EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) is an internationally recognised accreditation system offered by the European Foundation of Management (EFMD).


WU Executive Academy
The WU Executive Academy combines business know-how and the resources of WU Wien to offer specialized continuing education for managers. The mission of the WU Executive Academy is to advance individual careers through high quality continuing education programs, and to provide ongoing support of our client firms’ human resource development strategies. We strive to offer knowledge that is of immediate practical relevance and is continually updated by faculty that brings research-led teaching capabilities to the classroom.

Rankings

The list below details the Carlson School's current placement in external rankings.

 

Executive MBA

• 18th in the nation (U.S. News & World Report, 2009)

• 42nd in the world (Financial Times, 2007)

 

Executive MBA (China)

• No. 1 Joint Executive MBA Program in China
• Top Executive MBA Program with Global Vision
• Top Executive MBA Program Highly Ranked by Graduates

Academic Directors

Prof. Michael J. Houston, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, Carlson School of Management
Ecolab-Pierson M. Grieve Chair in International Marketing and
Associate Dean of International Programs
Carlson School of Management, 3-171
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN  55455, USA
Phone: 612-625-2075
E-Mail:  mhouston@csom.umn.edu

Prof. Bodo B. Schlegelmilch, Ph.D., D.Litt
Dean, WU Executive Academy
Chair, International Marketing and Management
Academic Editor, European Business Forum (EBF)
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Augasse 2-6, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 (1) 31336-5103
E-Mail: bodo.schlegelmilch@wu.ac.at

Find detailed information about Professor Bodo Schlegelmilch here.

Faculty

The Executive MBA Faculty is comprised of top faculty from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, the Vienna University of Economics and Business, as well as exceptional faculty from other renowned universities across the globe.

Prof. Charles Caliendo
Accounting

• MBA, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 1993
• LL.M., University of Richmond, School of Law, 1992
• BS, City University of New York
  

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Prof. Rajesh Chandy

Strategies for a Global Company

• PhD, Business Administration, University of Southern California, 1996
  
• MBA, Michael Price College of Business Administration, University of Oklahoma, 1993
  
• Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Madurai Kamaraj University, India, 1990
  

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Prof. Engelbert Dockner

Financial Management

• Dr. techn., Mathematical Economics, Vienna University of Technology, 1984
• Dipl.-Ing., Mathematical Economics, Vienna University of Technology, 1981

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Prof. Mario F. Bognanno

Negotiations and Conflict Management

• Ph.D., Economics (1968) and M.A., Economics (1965), University of Iowa
  
• BS., Foreign Service School, Georgetown University (1962)
  

Prof. Christos Ioannidis

Business, Government and Macroeconomics 

• University of Bath, United Kingdom
• Professor of Economics & Finance

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Prof. Chuck C.Y. Kwok
Advanced Financial Management for Global Markets

• Ph.D., International Business, University of Texas at Austin, 1984
• Master of Social Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1981
• Bachelor of Social Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1979

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Prof. Christopher Nachtsheim
Data Analysis and Decision Making

• PhD, Operations Research, Univ. of Minnesota, 1979
• MS, Operations Research and Statistics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1974
• BA, Mathematics and Quantitative Methods, College of St. Thomas, 1973

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Prof. Leyland Pitt
Marketing Management

• PhD, Marketing, University of Pretoria, 1986
• MBA, University of Pretoria, 1976
• BCom(Hons), Marketing, University of Pretoria, 1974
• MCom, Business Administration, Rhodes University, 1991

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Prof. Dileep Rao

Strategies for a Global Company 

• Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Minnesota, 1975
  

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Prof. Johnny Rungtusanatham

Operations Management

• Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Minnesota,  1995
• B.Sc., Business Administration, Birmingham-Southern College, 1989

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Prof. Bodo B. Schlegelmilch
Managing Globalization

• Ph.D., University of Manchester (UMIST), 1983
• M.Sc., University of Manchester (UMIST), 1981
• B.Sc., Fachhochschule Köln, 1979

Find out more about Professor Bodo B. Schlegelmilch here.

Prof. Arnold Schuh

Economies in Transition I & II

• PhD, Economic and Social Sciences, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, 1986
• MBA, Business Administration, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, 1982

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