Summary Despite growing awareness of large-scale crises, understanding how organizations construct urgency in prolonged disasters remains limited. Our recent study, published in the Journal of Management Studies, explores the activities of the Robert Koch Institute...
We were happy when the authors of the Point essay invited us to respond to their call for a new, environmentally based, strategy paradigm. We enjoy lively dialogue and debate and believe that important insights often emerge challenging the conventional wisdom....
We welcome the chance to continue the dialogue with our colleagues in strategy. Although we think of ourselves primarily as organization theorists, we have at least passing familiarity with the field of strategic management and what it teaches. We share the concerns...
In our essay “Strategy Can No Longer Ignore Planetary Boundaries: A Call for Tackling Strategy’s Ecological Fallacy” (Bansal et. al., we argue that the field of Strategy has contributed to the planetary crisis, including particularly climate change and loss of...
Our article examines the market entry process of the first Islamic bank in Germany, particularly its interactions with regulatory agencies and other societal actors. When an organization enters a new market with a novel value proposition and business model, it often...
Photo credit: Mari Ovaska ‘Business as usual’ has downsides. When nature gets damaged beyond repair, entire ecosystems collapse. The tragedy of commons is no longer a hypothetical to prevent, but a reality we need to accept. Or change! Our new study...
In our recent study published in the Journal of Management Studies, we delved into the conditions by which new ventures navigate resource constraints through the strategy of bricolage, particularly when faced with environmental threats. Our research offers a fresh...
Atlas by Carl Hammoud Organizations increasingly implement systems to categorize experts and map their knowledge, ranging from departmental structures drawn on an organizational chart to algorithmically enabled talent marketplace platforms. But how effective are these...
What drives creativity in the workplace? Researchers have long debated the impact of two key factors: creative self-efficacy (believing you can be creative) and intrinsic motivation for creativity (wanting to be creative). But which comes first, or...
One notable business dilemma that firms faced during the early stages of COVID-19 was whether to pivot to produce personal protective equipment (PPE). In our recently published Journal of Management Studies article, we examine why the imprints of corporate leaders’...