Business schools have come under fire in recent years with criticisms centring on their academic rigour and the relevance of business education to the ‎'‎real‎'‎ world of management‎.‎ Alongside this ongoing debate‎,‎ increasing international competition and media rankings have led to a fierce struggle between business schools for positioning and differentiation‎.‎ These are among the challenges that are faced by the Dean of the modern‎-day business school‎.‎ In this book‎,‎ Fernando Fragueiro and Howard Thomas show how Deans of business schools can meet such challenges in terms of strategic direction setting and the execution of their leadership role‎.‎ Drawing on their invaluable experience as Deans of highly successful business schools‎,‎ they present a series of case studies to show how leaders of five leading business schools ‎(‎IMD‎,‎ LBS‎,‎ INSEAD‎,‎ IAE and Warwick‎)‎ have built effective strategies in the context of internal and external political pressures‎.‎