| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 333 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / Ulrich Hommel -- 2. Research on Business Schools: Themes, Conjectures, and Future Directions / Howard Thomas -- pt. I The Change and Development of Business Schools -- 3. Leading Breakthrough Initiatives in Business Schools / Josefina Michelini -- 4. Governance Logics in Universities: Organizational Change as Oscillating Conversations / Jetta Frost -- 5. Institutional Pressure as a Trigger for Organizational Identity Change: The Case of Accreditation Failure within Seven European Business Schools / Alain Vas -- 6. Relevance and Excellence in Higher Education Vocational Schools: Business Schools as Institutional Actors / Aurelie Delemarle -- pt. II Ranking and Branding of Business Schools -- 7. The Academic Arms Race: International Rankings and Global Competition for World-Class Universities / Jurgen Enders -- 8. Branding Business Schools: Academic Struggles with the Management of Reputation / James Pringle -- 9. Discipline as Institutional Maintenance: The Case of Business School Rankings / Eric Cornuel -- pt. III Challenges for the Future Development of Business Schools -- 10. Business Schools Inside the Academy: What Are the Prospects for Interdepartmental Research Collaboration? / Nora Ramadan -- 11. Strategic Choice: Taking 'Business' out of B-Schools / David Wilson -- 12. Back to the Future of Management Research / Armand Hatchuel -- 13. Building a Research Agenda for the Institutional Development of Business Schools / Andrew M. Pettigrew |
| Summary |
In recent years business schools have been the fastest growning part of the higher education system. This book assesses this development, and articulates a forward looking research agenda on the study of business schools as institutions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Business schools.
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Business schools -- Ratings and rankings
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Business schools -- Research
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Skills.
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Business schools
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Business & Economics.
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Business Education.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pettigrew, Andrew M. (Andrew Marshall), 1944- editor.
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Cornuel, Eric, editor
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Hommel, Ulrich, 1963- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191781773 |
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0191781770 |
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0198713363 |
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9780198713364 |
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9780191022371 |
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0191022373 |
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