The globe-trotting executive MBA is facing a stress test. For years, business schools have sold international mobility as central to the degree’s value, rotating modules across cities such as London, Singapore and New York, often in partnership with other institutions.
But flaring geopolitical tensions and tightening travel restrictions in key markets are forcing the model to bend.
Maria T Carmona is unequivocal that it should indeed bend. The Venezuelan entrepreneur, who graduated from Chicago Booth’s Sokolov EMBA in May, says the international rotation of the programme — named for Konstantin Sokolov, private equity executive and Booth alumnus and donor — sealed her decision.
“Geopolitics is making global EMBAs more relevant and not less,” argues Carmona. “Programmes in a single location prepare people for a world that no longer exists.”
Geopolitics is making global EMBAs more relevant and not less
