Business school rankings are often discussed as tools that shape institutional reputation, student recruitment, employer perception, and policy attention. Yet their influence reaches much further into the daily academic life of students. Rankings can affect what students choose to read, which journals and authors they treat as important, how faculty organize syllabi, what research topics appear prestigious, and how academic ambition is defined. This article examines how ranki

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