How business schools lost their way.

By W. Bennis, J. O'toole. Harvard Business Review, 2005

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Employer demands from business graduates (2016, background): “Universities invested heavily in their business schools and their focus switched towards scientific research (Bennis and O’Toole, 2005).”
“Goldilocks” Theorizing in Supply Chain Research: Balancing Scientific and Practical Utility via Middle-Range Theory (2016, background): “For example, in their article “How Business Schools Lost Their Way,” Bennis and O’Toole ( 2005 , 96) note: “Some of the research produced is excellent, but because so little of it is grounded in actual business practices, the focus of graduate business education has become increasingly…”
Effectiveness of teaching methods in business education: A comparison study on the learning outcomes of lectures, case studies and simulations (2018, background): “Critics have identified major gaps between the required knowledge and skills for the real world of business and the acquired academic knowledge and skills through business education (e.g. Baldwin, Pierce, Joines, & Farouk, 2011; Bennis & O'Toole, 2005; Pfeffer & Fong, 2004; Mintzberg, 2004).”