Welcome to the Management Studies Insights Blog
The managementstudiesinsights.com blog provides engaging snapshots about research published in the Journal of Management Studies in a manner that highlights its practical and societal implications. The blog aims to bridge academic scholarship in management studies with scholars across disciplines, practitioners, media and the broader public who are interested in the societal relevance of management studies, and invites for discussion about the impact that management scholarship has beyond academia. The Management Studies Insights Blog is the official blog of the Journal of Management Studies.
The Power of Combining Economic and Social Goals in New Ventures
Pursuing both social and economic goals is good for business —shows our new study of academic spin-off (ASO) ventures, published in the Journal of Management Studies. New ventures pursuing such hybrid goals also benefit from involving multiple stakeholders that...
Family Control, Political Risk and Employment Security: A Cross-National Study
Are Family Firms Better Employers? A question that has attracted considerable attention is whether family firms are better employers than non-family firms. This issue is critical because over 90% of firms world-wide are family owned and over 60% of employees globally...
Breaching, bridging and bonding: How radical and moderate work intertwines for patient-centric innovation
Summary For social movements, is an institutionally accommodating approach more or less likely to affect societal change than more disruptive activities? And if both approaches serve different purposes toward a common goal, how can they most fruitfully be combined? We...
Do Economic Sanctions Work? Evidence from the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Background On February 24, 2022, after months of intense diplomacy and speculation, Russia invaded Ukraine. In the weeks prior to this invasion, NATO allies, led by US president Joe Biden, warned that any aggression into Ukraine would unleash “severe sanctions” with...
Hybrid models of CSR emerge through conflict and contestation
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not practiced in an institutional vacuum. How are business-centric Anglo-American models of CSR translated and modified in North European institutional and political environments? A recent study published in the Journal of...
Where is the impact in Impact Investing research?
Summary Impact investing (II) aims to achieve measurable social or environmental impacts alongside financial returns and has been attracting interest in both theory and practice. Our paper, published in the Journal of Management Studies, synthesizes knowledge on II...
Are farsighted CEOs more competitively composed under analyst pressure?
Financial analysts are experts who constantly collect, analyze, and disseminate information about the prospects of publicly listed firms. Because their recommendations directly influence stock prices, negative evaluations by analysts can sometimes pressure executives...
Do emerging market business groups outperform at exporting?
Business groups (BGs) are collections of legally independent multi-business entities coordinated through a central entity. They primarily operate in emerging markets, prominent examples being Samsung, Hyundai, and Tata Group. BG are widely viewed as an...
Finding the Missing Piece: Putting the “I” back in DEI
In recent years, the term "DEI," which refers to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, has gained significant popularity. As practitioners and scholars increasingly pay attention to the impact of DEI and its specific practices, my colleagues and I embarked on an...
Smart Tech is all Around us – Bridging Employee Vulnerability with Organizational Active Trust-Building
Summary Our paper, published in the Journal of Management Studies, addresses the ongoing debate on the impact of datafication technology on employees in organizations. It proposes that datafication technology can create surprises in the workplace, highlighting...