Business Schools Respond to New Global Realities, According to Survey by World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute; Stanford University's MBA Program Ranks #1 in Beyond Grey Pinstripes Survey

Business Wire, Oct 19, 2005

Academic Leadership: Richard Locke

Alvin J. Siteman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Political Science and Director of the Sloan School's Global Entrepreneurship Laboratory, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

External Impact: Sandra Waddock

Professor of Management and Senior Research Fellow at The Center for Corporate Citizenship, Carroll School of Management, Boston College

Institutional Leadership: Kellie McElhaney

John C. Whitehead Faculty Fellow of Corporate Responsibility and Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Business, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Institutional Leadership: Luis Felipe Machado do Nascimento

Professor of Management, Coordinator of Graduate Program, and Director of Socio-Environmental Management Discipline, Escola de Administracao, Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Rising Star: Erica Plambeck

Associate Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Lifetime Achievement: C.K. Prahalad

Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Faculty Pioneers were nominated by their peers and selected by a panel of corporate judges.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives. For more than a decade, WRI's Sustainable Enterprise Program (www.wri.org/sep) has harnessed the power of business to create profitable solutions to environment and development challenges.

The Aspen Institute's Business and Society Program (www.aspenbsp.org) is dedicated to developing leaders for a sustainable global society. Through dialogues and research we create opportunities for executives and educators to explore new pathways to sustainability and values-based leadership.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Issued jointly by World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute. For graphics, journalists may visit Pinstripes in the News at www.BeyondGreyPinstripes.org.