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Mar 30 2011

On the ideological roots of business school education

Published in scientific research, Blog, academic research by Juha Antti Lamberg | Comment (0)

After watching the London School of Economics and Gaddafi family case (see e.g. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/lse-embroiled-in-row-over-authorship-of-gaddafis-sons-phd-thesis-and-a-15m-gift-to-universitys-coffers-2226894.html) someone may question the objectiveness and scientific independence of universities at more general level too. And for good reasons.

The role of "scientific" theories in the financial crisis

Published in Trust, scientific research, researcher, opportunism, markets, investors, institutions, governance, financial services industry, finance, economics, Blog, academic research by Jaakko Aspara | Comment (1)

The academic world is often considered to be isolated from the real world. However, now that the world is struggling with an unprecedented financial crisis, one must (at last) pay attention to the role that academic theories may have in the real-world developments.

The use of academic research results in (political) strategies

Published in welfare, strategy, scientific research, political strategy, political activity, media, Blog, academic research by Jaakko Aspara | Comment (2)

You do not have to spend much time in the USA to note how effortful companies (and sometimes also authorities, parties, and media) are in using academic research results in their political activities. Since political strategies of corporations are a topic of major research interest in GloStra (see e.g. the research area on Corporate Strategy & Society as well as Lamberg et al.'s article, and Mantere et al.'s article) let me present an illustration, an example which I ran into tonight.

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