Orville Walker

Orville Walker Jr BSc MA PhD

Orville Walker is James D. Watkins Professor of Marketing at the University of Minnesota, US. He has published seven books and over 50 articles in professional journals on a wide range of topics, including consumer behaviour, distribution and retail management, sales force motivation, marketing strategies, and the implementation of marketing programmes. In 1981, he was the joint winner of the O'Dell award for the best article published in TheJournal of Marketing Research and in 1989 he was the joint winner of the Harold H. Maynard award for making the most significant contribution to marketing theory in an article published in TheJournal of Marketing. Besides his graduate and undergraduate teaching, Professor Walker has taught many programmes for executives from Pepsi-Cola, Union Carbide and other companies.

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Madhu Purwar

Madhu Purwar
India and UAE

Madhu Purwar works for the Hilton hotel group in Dubai. She began her EBS MBA in 2001 and took just over two years to complete it.

According to her, the programme is very demanding and challenging; it carries weight in business and has credibility with employers. "I got a promotion the day I left Dubai for the graduation. The company told me that the programme had made a positive contribution to my job and that I fully deserved to get what I was aiming for. What helps, of course, is that there was tangible evidence of the programme's contribution to my job and my ability to do it better. This must be pleasing for any employer - when they see that the commitment you are making to your studies has a direct benefit to them. It's a win-win situation."...more