Title: Provocation: Business schools and economic crisis – Why blame the business schools?

Authors: Frank Bannister

Addresses: School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

Abstract: In his paper, Michael Haynes suggests that the way managers are educated has been a contributory factor in the current financial crisis. This paper argues that there are three much more important and powerful influences: economists, bankers and regulators. In examining the contribution of these three groups to the current crisis, their role in the rise and subsequent collapse of the so-called Celtic Tiger is also examined. It is argued that recent events have once again exposed major weaknesses in liberal capitalism and that if future financial crises on this scale are to be avoided, a way must be found to penalise failure and to regulate financial institutions effectively.

Keywords: business schools; economic crisis; financial crisis; economists; bankers; regulation; regulators; Celtic Tiger; liberal capitalism; management education; business education; higher education.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMCP.2010.031300

International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 2010 Vol.4 No.1, pp.34 - 40

Published online: 29 Jan 2010 *

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