Jerusalem School of Business Administration

The Jerusalem School of Business Administration, founded by Daniel and Raphael Recanati is an autonomy school, which is a part of The Hebrew University and based in Mt. Scopus.

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History

The Jerusalem School of Business Administration was founded in 1952, as a department in the Social Science Faculty. The school was the first academic institute in Israel to provide academic and professional training for managers.

During the first years, the school offered graduate-level courses of business administration. Over time, the fields of expertise broaden which allowed for the expansion of faculty members.

Today, the school consists of 29 faculty members who represent the diverse fields of research: finance and banking, organizational behavior, human resource management, marketing, internet research, strategy and managerial entrepreneurship and operational research.

The school was established as an autonomic entity due to the consistent work of Avraham Meshulach. In the history of Israel academics, the Jerusalem School of Business Administration was the first to appoint a woman as a professor in finance, Professor Orly Sade.

Research and teaching

The school aims to educate Israel's next generation of business leaders. As part of this cause, the school offers a variety of academic programs: B.A. in Business Administration, B.A. in Accounting, complementary year for Accounting students, special programs for excellent students, MBA, Executive MBA and Ph.D.

The School of Business Administration maintains numerous mutual relationships with leading academic and business institutions all over the world. The study programs offer student-exchange frameworks, international conferences in Israel and abroad and direct exposure to the modern business environment.

At the Jerusalem School of Business Administration, study more than 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students, 50 Executive MBA Program attendees and 30 Ph.D. students.

Ranking

The school has won broad international recognition and is the top Israeli institution in international rankings of academic business schools. The school was ranked No. 44 in the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities by Subject Fields, coming ahead of all the leading European universities other than those in England.

According to Shanghai Academic Ranking for the year of 2015, the Hebrew University was ranked number 67 in the world and according to the TIMES Magazine was ranked number 186 in the world and first in Israel.

Deans
  • 1998-2005 Jonathan Kornbluth
  • 2005-2009 Tsvi Piran
  • 2009-2013 Dan Galai
  • 2013-2016 Yishay Yafeh
  • 2016-Today Zvi Wiener

Notable faculty members
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References
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