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Article: The Business School and the Bottom Line.(BETWEEN the LINES)(Brief article)(Book review)
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- February 1, 2008
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The Business School and the Bottom Line By Ken Starkey and Nick Tiratsoo, Cambridge University Press (www.cambridge.org), 2007; 239 pp., $45
WANT TO START AN ARGUMENT? ASK A dozen people whether there's any value to a business degree. You'll likely get impassioned opinions from both sides. The authors of The Business School and the Bottom Line walk the middle road, arguing that yes, a business degree can be worth the effort, but the business school world "has lost its educational soul." They examine the rise and function of business schools from the pioneering Wharton school in 1881 to the recent explosion of ...