Table of contents - Special Issue: Impacts, rigour and relevance of management research
Guest Editors: Eric Cornuel, Howard Thomas
Business schools and management research: a UK perspective
Howard ThomasIn recent years, the role and value of management research is being increasingly challenged because of the perceived imbalance between its rigour and relevance. The purpose of…
An analysis of the environment and competitive dynamics of management research
Howard Thomas, Alex WilsonThe purpose of this paper examines some of the controversies facing business schools in their future evolution and pays particular attention to their competitive positioning as…
The theory/practice gap: a problem for research in business schools?
Michael I. ReedThe purpose of this paper is to provide an overview and evaluation of the “theory/practice” gap in business and management research as it has been developed in relation to US and…
Forces for and forces against: Vagaries of – and capacity building for – practice relevant research
Chris HuxhamThe purpose of this paper is to explore some of the forces which militate against building capacity for research in business and management that satisfies the double‐hurdle…
From crisis to purpose
Ken Starkey, Sue TempestThe purpose of this paper is to argue that the current economic crisis offers an opportunity to rethink the role of the business school and how business schools can reinvent what…
The research challenge of French business schools: the case of the Grandes Ecoles
Raymond‐Alain ThietartThe purpose of this paper is to cover the emergence, history, and development of French business schools. It is a reflection on organizational tensions, more particularly within…
Research in UK Business Schools or management research in the UK?
Robin WensleyThe purpose of this paper takes an overview of the history of both the funding and the assessment of research within Business Schools in the wider context of social science…
Organizational culture and effectiveness in business schools: a test of the accreditation impact
Christophe Lejeune, Alain VasThe purpose of this paper is to measure the perceived impact of an accreditation process on organizational effectiveness and culture.
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- Associate Professor Magnus Larsson