Blog Posts
How a Sense of Calling Fuels a Founder Advantage and Drives Innovation
Many of the world’s most innovative companies have one key attribute in common: longstanding leadership by a founder serving as the CEO. Pioneering firms like Airbnb, Alibaba, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Facebook, Google, Huawei, IKEA, MercadoLibre, Microsoft, Netflix,...
Ex Uno Plures: An Outcome-Based Typology of Social Enterprises
Social enterprises are organizations that address pressing social and environmental challenges—such as poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation—through market-based activities. With over ten million social enterprises globally generating around $2 trillion...
Imagining Regenerative Futures: Can Capitalism Help Heal the Land?
Photo credit: Sam Whiteye – Deshkan Ziibi River (Ontario, Canada) In our rapidly changing world, the challenges of climate change and ecological degradation seem overwhelming. As environmental crises escalate, it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end...
Navigating the Legitimacy Jungle: Insights from CSR Managers
Summary Corporate social responsibility (CSR) managers often struggle to gain legitimacy within their organizations, even though they are tasked with implementing important sustainability initiatives. Our research sheds light on CSR managers' challenges, their...
How Do People Make Collective Sense in Extreme Contexts?
Image Credit: Katrin Merle, https://www.instagram.com/katrin_merle/ Our recent study, published in the Journal of Management Studies, explores how people make collective sense in order to act in a coordinated manner in extreme contexts. Sensemaking in such contexts...
Old-Skool Tools and Practices in the Digital Age: How DJs Keep the Past Alive and What It Means for the Future of Work
Why do certain occupations continue to cherish and rely on age-old tools and techniques, even amidst the prevailing trend of modern technology phasing out traditional skillsets and equipment? How does this relate to how the past is remembered through material...
Transforming Society: The Advocacy Role of Social Enterprises
Social enterprises have long been recognized for their innovative approaches to addressing social problems through market-based activities. However, their role in advocacy – activities aimed at influencing public policy, legislation, norms, attitudes, and behavior –...
Middle managers’ interactions at the heart of acquisitions: building actionable intersubjectivity
Newspapers’ headlines always relate M&A (mergers and acquisitions) to the action of CEOs, however, what about the action of middle managers that work in both organizations? What about their interactions along the acquisition process? How do these interactions...
Politicians’ Hometown Favouritism and Capital Resource Allocation
Introduction In our recent study published in the Journal of Management Studies, we delve into the intriguing question of whether appointed politicians show favoritism toward firms from their hometowns when distributing scarce economic resources. We further examine...
Uniting for Success: Keys to Large-Scale Collaboration
When it comes to solving big problems like climate change or creating cutting-edge innovations, collaboration among many organizations is crucial. However, these large-scale collaborations often fail because the different goals and interests of the organizations...