Which is better: Harvard Business School or Yale Business School?

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Both Harvard & Yale are home to some of the most prestigious business schools in the USA, with Harvard securing a US-wide rank #5 among all business schools while Yale ranks #22 for Business & Management Studies.

Further, when it comes to acceptance rate, Harvard's acceptance rate of 9.4%, despite be

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