Reading your comment, I think I could be giving the business caricature too much credit; I've certainly heard the "ivory-tower wankery" line. I guess I always

Reading your comment, I think I could be giving the business caricature too much credit; I've certainly heard the "ivory-tower wankery" line. I guess I always interpreted it as a dismissive (rather than hostile) attitude, but you make a good point. There's a strong case to be made that deep in its soul business believes it does all the "real work" whereas academics merely speculate about what work someone might do some day.