Spain and Argentina as Importers of Management Knowledge (1955-2008): A Comparative Analysis

作者：Fernandez Rodriguez Carlos Jesus; Gantman Ernesto R

来源：Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 2011, 28(2): 160-173.

DOI：10.1002/CJAS.188

• Spain
• Argentina
• management knowledge
• higher education
• business schools

This paper presents a comparative historical reconstruction of the evolution of the management discipline between 1955 and 2008 in Spain and Argentina-two countries that share common institutional and linguistic characteristics, which derive from their colonial relationship, but differ in terms of their economic development paths. We conclude that there are important parallels in both cases. First, the two countries have a role of "importers" of management knowledge, particularly from the United States, which may result from the positions they have historically occupied in the capitalist world system. Second, the discipline is dominated by a clearly managerial-or practitioner-oriented bias, and the production of scholarly management knowledge seems to have little importance.

• 出版日期2011-6