Key to this is the quality of managers and their preparation and subsequent development.
Business schools play a major role in providing and developing the managers of today and tomorrow.
The expertise within business schools is increasingly recognised as having an important role to play in the formation of effective policy. This Pillars of the Economy 2000 is the fourth in an annual series portraying the contribution of ABS member schools to the success of the UK economy. ABS represents what is now the largest subject sector in British higher education and we believe strongly in the need for a more student led and market-driven system, particularly at undergraduate level. In 2000, as in previous years, we show how individuals and organisations have benefited directly from working with business schools. British business schools are a major international success story.