The high-value decision maker of the future has to be conceived, prototyped, nurtured. In a word—designed.

One-year B-school programs, a mainstay in Europe, are getting a second look in the U.S.

Devotion to traditional subjects means leadership, social responsibility, ethics, and a global view get short shrift in the MBA curriculum.

More MBA students are interested in social responsibility, but a well-paying job is more important, according to a new study.

The number of schools offering online MBAs has risen sharply in recent years. But do these distance learning programmes carry the weight of their full-time counterparts and how are they perceived by potential recruiters?

The following panel of experts answered your questions about online and distance learning MBAs: Clive Holtham, professor of information management and director of Cass Learning Laboratory, Cass Business School, London; Matty Smith, director of learning and teaching services at Henley Management College; and Linda Anderson, business education editor of the Financial Times.

At a time when business schools are looking to diversify their applicant pools and to meet expectations from employers for more creative business leaders, growing numbers of institutions across the globe are accepting GRE(R) General Test scores for admission to graduate business school and MBA studies.

Quit worrying. If you're choosing among the 25 schools in this guide, you're going to get a great education. These schools attract the best of the best: The professors are top-notch, and the students are superachievers. The academic programs are rigorous, and the classrooms, with few exceptions, are the glitziest around. Arming yourself with an MBA from any one of these schools will open doors for you.

So let's not fret about which of these business schools is the "best" by some objective standard. Miles of bookstore shelves are filled with guides that rank the schools by various data points and reputation. Rather than doing another ranking, our aim is to evaluate the student experience at the top schools. This guide will help you figure out which one will work best for you--which one fits your interests, your lifestyle, your personality. After all, you're probably going to shell out at least 70 grand to earn your MBA--you might as well enjoy the experience.

This site by China Economic Review, which claims to be the premier English-language China business magazine, offers regularly updated news on MBA related issues in China, a China MBA guide, and B-school profiles.

If you've been turned down by a top program, you're not alone. Here's how to cope, and how to reapply.

University of Oregon's Randy Swangard talks about how to win that business plan competition -- what to keep in mind before you apply, and why it's sometimes better to come in second.