Impact investing is often promoted as a tool for alleviating poverty by leveraging private investment and market-based approaches to complement the limited funds made available from the public sector, foundations, and development assistance programs. Early research on...
In today’s competitive markets, it may seem surprising that rival companies would choose to collaborate—but they do, and often with significant impact. Business collective action (BCA)—the coordinated efforts of competing firms to pursue shared interests—has become a...
How does violence come to define the factory floors in Bangladesh that produce clothing for Western consumers? More importantly, why has such brutality become normalised and who stands to gain from it? In my recent article, published in the Journal of Management...
Image source: https://unsplash.com/de/fotos/wassertropfchen-auf-spinnennetz-in-nahaufnahmen-LpMx4HQqOHo While many believe management research rarely influences real-world practice, our research published in the Journal of Management Studies reveals that...
Picture Link: https://unsplash.com/illustrations/a-man-sitting-on-a-stool-using-a-laptop-vz13aEUtPp4 Summary Digital labor platforms have made it easier for employees to take on side-hustles—offering additional income, personal fulfillment, and flexibility. Yet...
Opening up the strategy process, despite top management intentions. Conventional strategy processes tend to be opaque and elitist in nature, being performed mostly by top management. Yet, emerging research points to benefits of increased transparency and inclusion in...
A group of light bulbs sitting on top of a blue table photo – Wallpaper Image on Unsplash Abstract: What truly drives innovation performance—and does it differ by innovation outcome? Analyzing 43 years of U.S. patent data, our study, recently published in the Journal...
Image by M abnodey (unsplash.com) Our recent study, published in the Journal of Management Studies, is based on a 20-year observation of institutional change in Algeria, North Africa. We explored how a family-owned company succeeded in modernizing agriculture and...
Summary Our paper published in Journal of Management Studies argues that voluntary participants in Open Strategy initiatives need to deal with an important challenge. On the one hand, they are confronted with ambiguous and elusive role requirements (‘What is...
Not everyone reacts the same way to feeling trusted by a manager. For some, it is a compliment, while for others, it is a burden leading to less engagement, lower performance, and more conflict at home. New research in the Journal of Management Studies explains what...