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Evaluate Your Business School’S Writings As If Your Strategy Matters, John Cotton, Alex Stewart
Evaluate Your Business School’S Writings As If Your Strategy Matters, John Cotton, Alex Stewart
Alex Stewart
Business school publications are widely criticized for their lack of managerial or teaching relevance. One reason for this criticism is that business school scholarship is typically evaluated purely in terms of one type of work: academic journal articles that are meant to be read by other scholars. However, academics produce multiple types of publications, and business schools serve a wider range of stakeholders. These other stakeholders are often central to the schools’ purposes and may be critical in acquiring resources. These stakeholders probably prefer to see scholarship that is relevant for students or for practitioners. They may prefer scholarship that …