Behind Wharton and Kellogg, companies surveyed ranked the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business as the top program in overall quality, followed by Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the University of Michigan's Ross School.

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It places the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School at the top, followed by Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, New York University's Stern School of Business, the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and Harvard Business School.

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Lewin, a professor of strategy and international business at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

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Duke University's Fuqua School of Business also sees significant demand for its three-week language and culture primer.

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Duke University's Fuqua School of Business in November announced it would launch a Master of Management Studies in Dubai this spring.

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He also teaches at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

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Rick Larrick, a professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, says consumers would be better served if the government and auto makers simply junked the miles-per-gallon measurement altogether.

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Northeastern Ivy League schools still score higher, but the programs at Duke (Fuqua), University of Virginia, (Darden), and many others are gaining ground and respect.

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Duke University is setting up a campus in Kunshan, near Shanghai, and its Fuqua School of Business is slated to be the first to offer programs there.

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