Rediscovering Advantage of Business Schools

Rediscovering Advantage of Business Schools

Kimberlee Josephson, Daily Economy Before asking students how businesses should change society, business schools should ensure they understand how businesses create value in the first place.

Rediscovering the Comparative Advantage of Business Schools

Browse the program of almost any major management conference and a clear pattern emerges: business schools now teach students how firms should solve society’s problems before they teach them how firms create value in the first place. Conference sessions devoted to sustainability, stakeholder governance, social impact, and public policy occupy an increasingly prominent place alongside marketing, finance, strategy, and operations. The Academy of M…