INSEAD Keeps Growing Despite Tough Economic Times

Professor Peter Zemsky, the Deputy Dean of Degree Programmes and Curriculum at INSEAD, the international graduate business school. He discusses: -- If enrolment for MBA programmes have dropped as a result of the global slowdown and if B-School applications are directly proportionate to economic health -- Which countries the applicants of the MBA programmes are they coming from, at which level of their career, and the average age of applicant -- If MBAs and salaries matchup in Asia, and specifically Malaysia -- How the new Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) has exceeded its expected number of admissions by 40% for the upcoming academic year -- The importance of Asia to the GEMBA programme -- How big the executive education business is for INSEAD -- Why INSEAD chose to introduced a new Singapore-designed admissions exam the first time this year as an alternative to the Graduate Management Admission Test -- How INSEAD maintain its rankings -- The challenges the school faces in getting the right faculty members and how its working to develop local teaching talentSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.