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sean

Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:15 AM
Hi, I am Sean. Would you please advise me about the matter below ;
I am thinking of doing a MBA at Babson, Baruch, Fordham, Thunderbird, or GW. Which MBA school would you choose among 5 schools mentioned above if you were in my case? I have been working in fashion industry for 4 years and I am planning to work in luxury brand management field in US after pursuing a MBA. Please advise. Thanks.

[Edited by sean on 30 Apr 2007]
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masterXX

Joined: 26 Oct 2006
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Thu May 03, 2007 04:05 PM
Hi Sean,
there is a quite detailed discussion Baruch, Fordham you might want to read in the following thread on this board:
www.find-mba.com/board/2112/2 and
www.find-mba.com/board/2112/3

You should not take it all that seriously... but there are some interesting infos too.
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copernicus


Joined: 25 Mar 2007
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Thu May 03, 2007 05:40 PM
Hi, I am Sean. Would you please advise me about the matter below ;
I am thinking of doing a MBA at Babson, Baruch, Fordham, Thunderbird, or GW. Which MBA school would you choose among 5 schools mentioned above if you were in my case? I have been working in fashion industry for 4 years and I am planning to work in luxury brand management field in US after pursuing a MBA. Please advise. Thanks.


If you are truly interested in pursuing a career in this field, and want to get international experience look at the International University of Monaco.

Also the best schools in luxury brand management are in France....

going to any of the US schools you had mentioned will not help you in this field.
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laurentGRAILLE

Joined: 25 Aug 2006
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Fri May 04, 2007 09:43 AM
If we talk about France too, I can add some info. In fact you'll find some schools offering specialized MBA in exactly the field you want to continue your career:

At ESSEC in Cergy-Pontoise you can do an MBA in International Luxury Brand Management.
Plus some other schools do so, which I haven't heard of before, such as IEMI - somebody else knows that school?

An interesting extra for you would be to study in Paris (or very near by like Cergy-Pontoise), where you have this high density of companies and activity of the fashion and luxury industry. You'll be able to make good contacts..

[Edited by laurentGRAILLE on 04 May 2007]
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LaVoz de Galicia


Joined: 13 Dec 2005
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Sat May 05, 2007 05:22 PM
According to an article by the Wall Street Journal the following business schools should be considered if you want to focus on luxury brand management:

- Harvard
- NYU,
- Columbia
- HEC Paris
- the International University of Monaco
- SDA Bocconi in Italy
- IESE in Spain
- Tsinghua University in China (co-operating with HEC Paris)

However, ESSEC in Cergy-Pontoise actually seems to be the only MBA program fully devoted to (international) luxury brand management.

www.careerjournal.com/columnists/mbatrack/20060613…

[Edited by LaVoz de Galicia on 05 May 2007]
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LaVoz de Galicia


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Sat May 05, 2007 05:36 PM

Also the best schools in luxury brand management are in France...


If you take into account that Paris and Milano are probably the fashion and luxury goods capitals of the world HEC Paris, ESSEC and SDA Bocconi may the best options locationwise. Of course, New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo are not to be neglected in this regard, but it looks like of these places only New York can offer you advanced business studies related to luxury brands. In any case, I would take a close look on the schools' websites to see how strong their industry links really are.
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york

Joined: 22 Jul 2006
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Mon May 28, 2007 09:27 AM
If you already know what kind of luxury goods interest you, you should take that into account too. As you will know, Switzerland is strong in high-end jewelry products, Germany and Italy are known for their luxury cars. SIMT (Stuttgart) and HHL (Leipzig) have some ties with luxury car makers such as Mercedes (DaimlerChrysler) and Porsche, which are both based in Stuttgart. Students at HHL in Leipzig (where the Porsche Cayenne is build) have done internships at Porsche, Mercedes and Audi:
www.hhl.de/index.php/Internship/122/0/
www.uni-simt.de/Career_Center.53.0.html

For everything related to fashion, France and Italy will surely offer you the best environment for an MBA in the field of luxury brand management. Italian luxury fashion brands are said to be the most highly regarded internationally.

[Edited by link updater on 04 Sep 2007]
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york

Joined: 22 Jul 2006
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Mon May 28, 2007 09:44 AM
...Switzerland is strong in high-end jewelry products...


International University in Geneva ("watch capital of the world") offers a specialization in Luxury Management, but I am not sure whether this option is available within the MBA program.
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El Procastinator

Joined: 18 Jun 2007
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Tue Jun 19, 2007 03:48 PM
In one word: L'Oreal.
I work in brand management and in luxury brand management (yes, both at once), and will not take an MBA because it focuses on brand management.

Any top MBA should help you land a job at the likes of L'Oreal. Look where the company recruits, this should give you an idea of which schools to target. If you're more interested in real luxury, a la couture brands etc, consider schools with good entrepreneurship programs.

In the US: Any top 10, preference for H, Columbia and Kellogg.
In Europe: Insead, LBS and IESE are where the brats hang out. ;-)
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laurentGRAILLE

Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Posts: 23
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Wed Jun 20, 2007 04:03 PM
Hello, I'm not surprised by what you say. So it's better to go for a good MBA than for the one with concentration in that field, but unknown otherwise.

I'm curious, did you do an MBA to build up your career in that sector? Would you say that it's helpful to be in the fashion capitals, Paris, and Milano? (I was just wondering, because I came up with this advice)
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Concern MBA


Joined: 25 Jan 2009
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Sat May 02, 2009 07:26 AM

www.hhl.de/index.php/Internship/122/0/
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This is not working!!
It is going to fees and financing
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