In recent decades business schools have become important components of highereducation throughout the world. Yet surprisingly they have received littleserious a... » 

In recent decades business schools have become important components of highereducation throughout the world. Yet surprisingly they have received littleserious attention. This book provides a sober and evidencebased correctivecharting the history and character of business schools in the light of currentdebates about the role of universities and the evolution of advanced economies.Previous commentators have viewed business schools as falling between twostools lacking in academic rigour yet simultaneously derided by the corporateworld as broadly irrelevant. However overconcern with criticism risksignoring the benefits of reform. What business schools need is reconfigurationbased on new relationships with academia and business. Such change woulddeliver institutions that are truly fit for purpose allowing them to becomekey players in the 21st Centurys emergent knowledge societies. This timelycritique should be read by academics and policymakers concerned with thepresent state and future development of business education. «