Some business school professors are accomplished former businessmen. Some are just lifelong academics. The ones with power are because of their non-professor cr

Some business school professors are accomplished former businessmen. Some are just lifelong academics. The ones with power are because of their non-professor credentials and connections. Schools, business schools especially, like to hire influential people as professors. So there are many powerful professors. But that's not why they are powerful. Since that's not why they are powerful, there's no reason to bring it up.