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Spain and Argentina as Importers of Management Knowledge (1955–2008): A Comparative Analysis
Author(s) -
Rodríguez Carlos Jesús Fernández,
Gantman Ernesto R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
canadian journal of administrative sciences / revue canadienne des sciences de l'administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1936-4490
pISSN - 0825-0383
DOI - 10.1002/cjas.188
Subject(s) - parallels , colonialism , knowledge production , political science , regional science , economy , sociology , economics , knowledge management , operations management , law , computer science
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. Copyright © 2011 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.