LAS PRIMERAS ESCUELAS DE NEGOCIOS Y LA ÉLITE CORPORATIVA EN ESPAÑA (1958-2000)

  1. Luis Chirosa
  2. Juan Rubio-Mondéjar
  3. Josean Garrues-Irurzun
Journal:
Documentos de trabajo de la Asociación Española de Historia Económica

Year of publication: 2019

Issue: 19

Type: Working paper

Abstract

Literature has highlighted the key role of business schools in spreading US management in Europe after the Second World War, but has not found how to quantify its impact on the economy. With such purpose, this article examines the relations between the two main Spanish private business schools, IESE and ESADE, and the national corporate elite. By combining an institutional approach and social networks analysis, it shows the incidence of business schools on the board of directors of the largest Spanish corporations during the second half of the 20th century, and explains their role as centers for elite reproduction.