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Dezsö J. Horváth, C.M.

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Global

Canada’s Global Business School with Global Partnerships and a Global Alumni Network of 32,000+ alumni working and living in over 90 countries.

PartnershipsCampusesRankings

1988

MIT/York Enterprise Forum Established

1988

East/West Enterprise Exchange Program established 1988

1991

York – Wharton – Recanati Program established (first Global Leadership Program)

1996

Second Global Leadership Program established with Denmark

1996

Schulich partners with University of Ottawa and McGill University to establish CIDA-funded Southeast Asia PhD Program

1998

Schulich partners with the World Bank and the Canadian Government to establish the Toronto International Leadership Centre for Financial Sector Supervision

1998

Schulich partners with York’s Faculty of Fine Arts to establish Joint MBA/MFA and MBA/MA degrees

2000

Dual MBA degree established with SASIN, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (SASIN MBA) delivered by Kellogg and Wharton

2001

Joint Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA (EMBA) Program established

2005

Peking University Partnership established for Dual MBA Degree, Undergraduate and Graduate Exchanges and joint Executive Education programs

2007

Schulich partners with Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management to create Dual MBA Degree Program

2008

Scotiabank awards dual MBA degree program between Schulich and Guanghua School of Management at Peking University $1-million endowed scholarship program to create the Scotiabank Scholarships in International Business

2008

Bata Shoe Foundation establishes the Thomas J. Bata Lecture Series on Responsible Capitalism commemoration of the late Thomas J. Bata, a joint annual collaboration between Schulich and Thomas Bata University in Zlin, the Czech Republic

2009

Schulich partners with Scotiabank and HDFC Bank, India’s second-largest privately owned bank, to create loan program for Indian students pursuing a Schulich MBA degree

2010

Schulich and GMR Group sign Memorandum of Understanding to create a Schulich campus in India pending passage of the Foreign Education Institutions Bill and approval by the Boards of York University and GMR Group

2011

Joint announcement with Export Development Canada (EDC): a major new national initiative – an agreement to create a National Curriculum in Integrative Trade for undergraduate business students across Canada. A new undergraduate Certificate Program in Managing International Trade and Foreign Investment will be offered exclusively at Schulich beginning in the 2012-2013 academic year

2013

The Schulich School of Business in collaboration with the Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic, held the third annual Thomas J. Bata Lecture Series on Responsible Capitalism in February 2013, with Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer of Unilever, as the keynote speaker. A commemorative book was subsequently published.

2013

The Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC) and China’s top-ranked Beihang University (BUAA) signed an agreement to offer, starting in 2014, open enrolment and custom executive education programs in China

2017

Schulich and Deloitte announced plans in October to jointly establish the new Deloitte Cognitive Analytics and Visualization Lab

1995

Faculty of Administrative Studies (FAS) renamed Schulich School of Business in honour of Distinguished Benefactor Seymour Schulich, O.C.

1996

Downtown Campus established in 1994 and renamed The Miles S. Nadal Management Centre

2003

Seymour Schulich Building Complex opens

2004

New Schulich Executive Learning Centre

2004

Schulich International Satellite Centre opened in Beijing, China

2005

Schulich International Satellite Centre opened in Mumbai, India, and Seoul, South Korea

2006

Schulich International Satellite Centre opened in Shanghai, China

2011

Schulich International Satellite Centre in Mexico City opens

2012

Schulich International Satellite Centre in São Paulo, Brazil opens

2014

Schulich-GMR Campus in Hyderabad, India opens

2019

The Rob and Cheryl McEwen Graduate Study & Research Building completed. The new building is one of the most environmentally sustainable academic buildings in North America 2018, classes begin in 2019.

Under Dr. Horváth’s leadership, Schulich has risen steadily in various global MBA and EMBA rankings. The following are some ranking highlights from over the past two decades.

2003

Schulich’s MBA program is consistently ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the top 10 two-year MBA programs outside the US since 2003.

2009

Schulich’s MBA program is ranked among the world’s top 10 by The Economist magazine (2009)

2012-2016

Schulich’s MBA program is ranked #1 in the world in the field of Responsible Business by two major global surveys: the Aspen Institute, a Washington, DC-based think tank (2009) and Corporate Knights, one of the world’s largest circulation magazines with an explicit focus on responsible business (2012-2016).

2013

The Schulich School of Business was named one of the “50 Most Beautiful Business Schools in the World” by TopManagmentDegrees.com in 2013.

2013, 2015, 2018

Schulich’s EMBA program is ranked #1 in the world by The Economist (2013) and among the top 10 EMBA programs in the world (2013, 2015 & 2018)

2017

A global survey by eFinancialCareers ranked Schulich’s MBA program one of the best in the word for investment banking. Schulich placed 21st overall and was the only Canadian business school to make the global ranking in 2017.

2018, 2019

The School’s EMBA program is also ranked among the top 10 in the world among joint programs by QS EMBA (#6 in 2018 and #4 in 2019).

2019

Schulich is jointly ranked 2nd in the world by Forbes magazine among all non-US  2-year MBA programs in terms of “Years To Payback” – the length of time it takes a business school’s graduates to recoup their investment in an MBA degree.



Innovative

Chairs & ProfessorshipsCentres of Excellence

1992

Ethics Program and George R. Gardiner Professorship in Business Ethics established

1992

Erivan K. Haub Program and Chair in Business and Sustainability is established

1994

Financial Services Program and CIBC Chair in Financial Services established

1996

Nigel Martin Chair in Finance established

1997

Pierre Lassonde Chair in International Business established

1997

Royal Bank Professorship in Nonprofit Management & Leadership established

1998

Scotiabank Professorship in International Business established

1998

Newcourt Chair in Financial Services established (renamed CIT Chair in 2001)

1999

Anne & Max Tanenbaum Program and Chair in Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise established

2002

Henry J. Knowles Chair in Organizational Strategy established

2003

CTV Chair in Broadcast Management established

2003

Chair in Global Business History established

2003

Hewlett-Packard Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility established

2003

Gordon Shaw Professorship in Management Science established

2004

Newmont Chair in Business Strategy established

2006

Jarislowsky-Dimma-Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance established

2010

Ann Brown Chair established by the Seymour Schulich Foundation

2010

Ron Binns Chair established by the Seymour Schulich Foundation

2011

Export Development Canada (EDC) Professorship in International Business established at Schulich

2011

CGA Ontario Chair in Global Competitiveness for SMEs established

2011

Bob Finlayson Chair established

2013

Kraft Foods Canada Chair in Marketing established

2013

Inmet Chair in Global Mining Management established

2014

Scotiabank Chair in Finance established

2016

Timothy R. Price Chair in Real Estate and Infrastructure established

1995

Centre for Teaching Excellence established

2009

The Hennick Centre for Business and Law established

2012

Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business (COERB) established

2013

Centre for Global Enterprise (CGE) established

2016

Brookfield Centre in Real Estate and Infrastructure established

2019

Centre for Customer Centricity established



Diverse

ProgramsStakeholders

Schulich has one of the most diverse student bodies on any business program in North America with students coming from more than 40 countries. More than 60% of the Schulich Faculty are international, coming from 30 countries and speaking in excess of 35 languages.

1990

Canada’s first International MBA (IMBA) program established

1992

Real Property Program, now Real Estate and Infrastructure established

1992

Direct-entry BBA program established

1996

Masters of Public Administration (MPA) redesigned and offered jointly with the Faculty of Arts

1998

MBA/MFA and MBA/MA established in partnership with the Faculty of Fine Arts (now Arts, Media, Performance, and Design)

2000

CIDA-funded Canada-Russia Program in Corporate Governance established

2000

International BBA (iBBA) Program established

2009

Schulich India MBA Program officially launched in India and Toronto

2013

The Schulich MBA in India program commenced in conjunction with the newly established GMR School of Business

2020

Schulich is home to eight one-year Masters Programs that include: Master of Finance (2009), Master of Accounting (2012),Master of Business Analytics (2012), Master of Management (2016), Master of Real Estate & Infrastructure (2017), Master of Marketing (2018), Master of Supply Chain Management (2019), Master of Management in Artificial Intelligence (2019)

2020

To date, the MBA Program has 18 specializations: Accounting, Business & Sustainability, Entrepreneurial Studies, Financial Risk Management, Real Estate & Infrastructure, Social Innovation & Impact, Health Industry Management, Global Mining Management, Marketing, Organization Studies, Arts, Media & Entertainment Management, Business Consulting, Finance, Financial Services, Global Retail Management, International Business, Operations Management & Information Systems, and […]

Multi-stakeholder perspectives on business and a focus.

2020

Schulich has one of the most diverse student bodies on any business program in North America with students coming from more than 40 countries.

2020

More than 60% of the Schulich Faculty are international, coming from 30 countries and speaking in excess of 35 languages.



Special Moments

AnniversariesEventsAwards

1991

Schulich’s 25th Anniversary Celebrated

2006

Schulich’s 40th Anniversary Celebrated

2016

Schulich Celebrates 50th Anniversary with a World Tour stopping in London, Hong Kong Beijing, New York, Singapore, Toronto

1991

Inaugural “CEO Back to Campus” event held

1992

The Schulich Alumni Recognition Awards are established to recognize the outstanding professional, personal and community achievements of graduates and friends of the Schulich School of Business

2000-2002

“CEO Back to Campus” event celebrated 10th anniversary

2001

Taking the Lead – Schulich in the 21st Century Fundraising Campaign Launched

2004

CONNECT, established in 2004, is a senior alumni conference that brings together Schulich alumni from around the globe for a day of discussion, debate and above all discovery of new ideas and concepts.

2005, 2007, 2010

CONNECT The Schulich Alumni Forum goes global.  Shanghai 2005, New York, 2007 and Beijing 2010

2006

Schulich School of Business hosts 33rd Annual Partnership in International Management (PIM) Conference

2010

Schulich hosts Inaugural Thomas J. Bata Lecture Series on Responsible Capitalism featuring Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Sons Limited

2016

Leading Change Fundraising Campaign Launched

2017

Schulich’s Erivan K. Haub Program in Business and Sustainability celebrated its 25th Anniversary

2019

Schulich’s Arts, Media & Entertainment Program celebrated its 50th Anniversary in April

2019

Schulich’s Brookfield Centre in Real Estate & Infrastructure hosted the inaugural Sustainable Infrastructure Fellowship Program in June, in partnership with Investor Leadership Network, to educate senior-level private and public sector infrastructure professionals from emerging economies on how to address many of the key challenges of 21st-century infrastructure development. Sixteen infrastructure professionals from ten countries took […]

1996

Tanna H. Schulich Chair in Strategic Management established and awarded to Dean Dezsö J. Horváth, C.M.

1997-1998

Schulich East/West Enterprise Exchange Program in 1997 and the Schulich International MBA Program in 1998 wins AUCC-Scotiabank Award for Excellence in Internationalization

2001

Schulich received Beyond Grey Pinstripes for Global Business School Innovation and Commitment to Social Impact Management award and Business School Innovation and Commitment to Management for Sustainability

2003

Beyond Grey Pinstripes Award for Innovation in Environmental Stewardship and Social Impact Management

2004

Dezsö J. Horváth receives 2004 Academy of International Business (AIB) Dean of the Year Award

2005

Beyond Grey Pinstripes Award in Recognition of Achievements in Educating MBAs to Manage Business for Social, Environmental and Economic Performance

2005

Schulich Building Complex receives honourable mention in City of Toronto Architecture and Urban Design Awards and is named one of the world’s Eight Most Noteworthy Projects in UAE-based Identity magazine

2006

Schulich awarded Ontario Government Research Chair in Global Competition & Public Policy

2006

Schulich School of Business complex awarded a 2006 Governor General’s Medal in Architecture

2017

In June, Schulich received a second consecutive five-year EQUIS accreditation from EFMD (The European Foundation for Management Development).

2019

In November, architectural firm Baird Sampson Neuert and York University won the Canada Green Building Award for Schulich’s Rob and Cheryl McEwen Graduate Study & Research Building. The building won the award in the category of Green Building Excellence-New Construction, presented to the team responsible for a new commercial or institutional project that “demonstrates optimal […]



Publications

Re-Imagining CapitalismDean’s Newsletter

Based on a collaboration between the Schulich School of Business at York University and global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, this unique volume brings together accomplished and notable scholars, business and community leaders, who share their insights, actions and suggestions of what a long-term oriented, responsible model of capitalism should look like and how it can be achieved.

2012

The Schulich School, in partnership with McKinsey & Company held “Capitalism for the Long Term”, a forum for ideas and dialogue that brought together a select group of CEOs, policymakers, and industry leaders in 2012 that led to the publication of the book Re-Imagining Capitalism.

2016

Schulich and McKinsey & Company jointly hosted the Canadian launch of a thought-provoking new book, Re-Imagining Capitalism, on October 5th at a special event held at the King Edward Hotel

2017

Re-Imagining Capitalism Panel in London, UK

2017

Re-Imagining Capitalism SHAPE North America Summit Panel – Ottawa, Ontario

2017

Re-Imagining Capitalism Session – Yokohama, Japan

2017

Re-Imagining Capitalism Forum – Mumbai, India

2017

Re-Imagining Capitalism Panel – Hyderabad, India

2017

Expansión, the leading business magazine in Mexico, together with Schulich released the results of its 4th annual responsible business ranking of the top companies in Mexico in October. The ranking rated the best performing companies using a unique methodology that Schulich developed. The survey assessed corporate performance in the areas of economic, environmental and social […]

2017

Schulich hosted the global launch of the Re-Imagining Capitalism book that the School produced in collaboration with McKinsey & Company at the 2017 World Economic Forum – Davos, Switzerland

2018

Re-Imagining Capitalism Forum – Beijing, China

2018

Schulich and Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), Brazil’s leading business school, co-hosted a book panel discussion on Re-Imagining Capitalism, which our School produced in collaboration with McKinsey & Company – São Paulo, Brazil

2019

Re-Imagining Capitalism Book Panel – New York, USA

2019

The Dean released his 2019 year end newsletter.

2020

Dezsö J. Horváth: Celebrating the career of a pioneer in management education
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