it is really unfortunate that the leaders in CEIBS think this way. While CEIBS is ranked high in FT ranking, it is far from a worldwide first tier school. First, the salary numbers submitted by CEIBS is highly questionable. I think a school should care more about its integrity than its ranking. This reminds me of the "10,000 jing per Chinese acre" data during the era of Culture Revolution. FT put CEIBS ahead more for sensational journalism to sell more ads. Second, CEIBS is not comparable with first tier schools in generating new ideas for business practices and providing innovative thinking. CEIBS could kid itself in thinking that it has become a first tier school by playing the numbers game with FT, which has a partnership programme with CEIBS. But it is not, in many people's minds.
I really hope that CEIBS devotes more of its resources to work on its curriculum, teaching, research, kowledge genearation, student placement rather than promotes itself shamelessly on these meaningless FT rankings.
Gives us the real staff, baby!