... to publications in refereed, discipline-based academic journals, published in English and included in the Social Science Citation Index, or the list of publications used by the Financial Times for their Business School rankings. In addition, most management research is currently from Europe and North...

... supply of PhD holders in India is merely 40 percent of what will be needed (Ministry of Human Resource Development of India, 2011). Doctoral education Business schools Knowledge society Management research A corollary of this is that the traditional output for a PhD student, i.e...

... Publishing Limited 2012 Business schools Accreditation Regulation Management research Relevance Strategic choice and change It is a truism to say that business schools and business education are big business (Pfeffer and Fong, 2002). Thomas and Wilson (2011, p. 444) note...

...Eric Cornuel; Howard Thomas; Michael I. Reed Purpose The 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 European business and management schools. Design/methodology...

...” in both engagement and interaction and also better links through intermediaries. Originality/value The paper adds to the on‐going debate about the relevance of management research as well as the role of business school. The mid‐1960s provides an appropriate starting point in our description...

... statements from high‐profile academics, government, the research councils, and many business and management researchers. Forces against it relate principally to editorial and reviewer processes relating to journal publication and grant awards. Modes of academically rigorous, practice relevant research...

...Eric Cornuel; Howard Thomas; Howard Thomas Purpose In 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 this paper is to review the progress of management research in the UK...

...Eric Cornuel; Howard Thomas; Howard Thomas; Alex Wilson Purpose The 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 centres of management research. Design/methodology...

... begin. Action research Strategic planning Management research In French (2009d) , action research (AR) was utilised to develop the ideas that led to the creation and implementation of the inductive frame, represented by the compact big business (CBB) model. In this paper, I will describe...

... for information were: 1. what educational/training concepts should be adopted; and 2. how the project could attract government funding. Management research Action research Research methods Small business principals have superior operational skills, but they do not understand...

... The ideas of several respected researchers in the field of action research have been combined to provide a coherent approach to the conduct of an action research programme. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Management research Action research Research methods Action research (AR...

... development programmes and the influence of organisational culture on their effectiveness. Specifically, they are discovering ways to conduct meaningful evaluation despite the constraints imposed by the typical organisational setting. © MCB UP Limited 1988 Management Development Management...