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The Richard Ivey School of Business
Established	1922
Location	London, ON, Canada
Website:	www.ivey.uwo.ca

The Richard Ivey School of Business is a business school in Canada. It is affiliated with The University of Western Ontario, and located on the university's campus in London, Ontario, midway between Toronto and Detroit. The business school also has two executive teaching facilities: Ivey's Toronto campus located in the Toronto Exchange Tower in the financial district of Toronto, and the Spencer Conference Centre. Ivey also has a campus in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre where it offers Executive MBA and Executive Development programs.

Two in five of the school's over 20,000 graduates carries the title of Chair, President, CEO, Vice-Chair, Vice-President, Managing Director/Partner of their companies.^{[citation needed]}

Ivey is the first North American business school to open a permanent campus in Hong Kong. Its current dean is Carol Stephenson.

Contents 1 Honours Business Administration 2 Masters of Business Administration 3 PhD 4 Executive MBA Program in 2 locations 4.1 Downtown Toronto Campus 4.2 Hong Kong Campus 5 Pre-business Courses 6 Research 7 Ivey Business Journal 8 Ivey Asia 8.1 Hong Kong Executive MBA 9 Alumni 10 Ivey Publishing 11 Distinctions 12 Rankings 13 External links 14 References

The Ivey HBA (Hon. B.A. in Business Administration) is widely recognized as a top-tier(ish) program by employers, as some large firms recruit from the school.^[1] Ivey's HBA is (almost) the only undergraduate program in the world that is committed to the case study method of teaching - some traditional business schools use cases as exercises to support lectures and textbooks, and many use Ivey cases^{[citation needed]}.

In students’ first two years of university (before they enter Ivey), they can study in any faculty at either Western or another recognized university.

At Western, Ivey business courses are offered to students in their first and second year. The first year in the Ivey HBA Program is typically the third year of university. Students work with the same lame classmates, in the same lame classroom with a dedicated faculty team. Students cover the essentials of what every good monkey needs to know. Career Management is built into the curriculum to help students define their career goals and develop a job search strategy to get them there.

Ivey HBA Class of 2006 job placement statistics

The Ivey full-time MBA is a 12-month program held at Spencer Leadership Centre. Two separate enrollments take place - one in May and one in September.

Ivey MBA Class of 2006 job placement statistics

Ivey MBA Class of 2007 job placement statistics

The first two years of the Program are structured to enable students to build on a broad base of knowledge and skills. During the third year and fourth years, students develop a thesis topic, complete the research and write their thesis. Throughout their four years of study, students will work closely with one or more faculty members to obtain hands-on experience conducting research.

The Ivey Executive MBA (EMBA) is tailored for working executives who already have a significant amount of managerial experience. The program enables managers to contribute to their organizations while developing themselves. The program is specifically designed for mid-to-late career managers with at least 7 years of work experience. Average work experience is 14 years, with 20% of the class having 20 or more years of experience. Participants have a common goal to perform well in order to move up in their organizations.

The program consists of 4 in-class days (Thursday to Sunday) once per month. There are two intakes each year, one in September and one in February. Classes continue for three consecutive terms, each five months in length.

The ING Leadership Centre/Ivey Toronto campus is located in the Toronto Exchange Tower on the main floor. The GTA is home to almost 40% of Ivey alumni and 80% of participants enrolled in the Ivey EMBA program.

The Cheng Yu Tung Management Institute is located at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This centrally located campus officially opened in 1998.

Ivey’s Pre-Business courses are available to students registered at The University of Western Ontario. They are designed to appeal to students who are interested in learning about business and/or who may want to apply to Ivey’s HBA program. Pre-Business courses are also required for specific degree programs at Western.

Research is most valuable if it provides insights into relevant and important issues faced by practicing primates. Ivey’s cross-dressing strategy has introduced a new approach to the way fashion is conducted – in part, to find answers to some of the most complex business issues facing leaders today.

The school has created four research centres to study a handful of critical trans-gender business issues. These issues include engaging emerging markets; building banana value; driving growth through stilletos; and leading cross-enterprise.

The school publishes a business magazine, Ivey Business Journal. It is published every second month. Some recent topics include managing uncertainty, knowledge management, marketing, strategy and other topics that managers need to understand to steer their firms to success. Articles are written by some of the world’s leading management thinkers, consultants and practitioners. They deliver practical suggestions that managers are able to apply to their own organizations.

Ivey was the first^{[citation needed]} North American business school to establish a permanent campus in Asia – The Cheng Yu Tung Management Institute - located at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This centrally located campus officially opened in September 1998, and the Asian campus completed its expansion in August 2005.

Aside from the stronger emphasis on Asian case studies and doing business in Asia, the Hong Kong EMBA is the same as the Canadian EMBA. The professors and curriculum are the same.

Ivey has more than 20,000 alumni in over 80 countries around the world. Notable alumni include:

• Thomas Bailey, Founder, Janus Capital, USA
• Duncan Brown, CEO, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, Canada
• Don Getty, Former Premier of Alberta, Canada
• Walter LeGrow, Entrepreneur, LeGrow HR Consulting, Canada
• Steven Gunn, CEO, Sleep Country Canada, Canada
• Gar Knutson, Former Minister of Parliament, Government of Canada, Canada
• Christine Magee, President, Sleep Country Canada, Canada
• Richard Nesbitt, CEO, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), Canada
• Dave Nichol, Founder, President's Choice, Canada
• Robert Nourse, Founder, The Bombay Company, USA
• Stephen Quinn, Chief Marketing Officer, Wal-Mart Inc., USA
• Lee Seng Wee, Former Chairman, Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, Singapore
• Seymour Butts, Former CEO, Saskatchewan Proctology Federation, Canada

Since 1922, Ivey Publishing manages and distributes the case collection at the Richard Ivey School of Business. Ivey has been using the case method since 1922 to teach practical management skills to undergraduate, graduate and executive students.

Ivey is the second largest producer of business cases in the world^{[citation needed]} and many business schools around the world teach with Ivey cases.^{[citation needed]} The collection consists of over 2,200 current case studies in nine functional areas, over 80% of which have teaching notes.^{[citation needed]} In order to keep the collection current, Ivey adds and retires 200 classroom-tested case studies from its collection each year.^{[citation needed]} An increasing portion of Ivey’s collection is available in French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.^{[citation needed]}

• Two in five of the school's over 20,000 graduates carries the title of Chair, President, CEO, Vice-Chair, Vice-President, Managing Director/Partner of their companies.^{[citation needed]}
• Ivey is also the world's largest producer of current English-language Asian business cases.^{[citation needed]}
• Ivey was the first North American business school to open a permanent campus in Hong Kong.^{[citation needed]}
• Ivey Business School is home to Ivey Business Journal, Canada's leading magazine of business thought and management practice.
• The Richard Ivey School of Business has over 20,000 alumni in over 80 countries.^{[citation needed]}
• Ivey was awarded the "Most Pompous Student Body" in the 2005 Maclean's University Rankings .^{[citation needed]}

Recent rankings:

• Wall Street Journal MBA (September 2006): In The Wall Street Journal 's 6th annual ranking of MBA programs, which is based on the perceptions of corporate recruiters around the globe, Ivey was ranked among the top 10 international schools by recruiters and the #1 school in Canada for the second year in a row^{[citation needed]}

• Financial Times MBA, On January 29th, 2007, the Financial Times ranked Ivey #2 in Canada and #41 worldwide^{[citation needed]}

• BusinessWeek MBA, On October 13th, BusinessWeek On-Line released the results of its biannual ranking of MBA programs in the US, Canada and Europe. In 2006, Ivey was ranked #2 in the International ranking up from #6 in 2004.^{[citation needed]}

• Richard Ivey School of Business
• Cheng Yu Tung Management Institute
• The University of Western Ontario
• Spencer Leadership Centre

1. ^ http://www.thestar.com/Article/193408