‘Chemicals are not for pussies!’ and ‘What’s between your legs?’. Two provocative slogans that appeared on large, colourful and eye-catching marketing posters spread across billboards in the Netherlands in 2014. They were slogans for the social enterprise start-up...
This blog post explores the untapped potential of gaming and esports skills in the realm of Human Resource Management (HRM). It delves into the unique competencies of the 'Generation Gamer', the relevance of the esports ethos to HRM, and the challenges of integrating...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...