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“Becoming a Scholar” with 2020 SMS Emerging Scholar Ryan Krause

Ryan Krause, associate professor of strategy in the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University, is the 2020 recipient of the SMS Emerging Scholar Award. On November 17, 2020,…

How do CEO Emotions Impact Firm Value?

By Paul P. Momtaz (momtaz@ucla.edu) based on https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smj.3235 Why are CEOs coached for many hours in preparation for important public announcements, such as their presentations at annual meetings? The extensive preparation…

Do Owners Pressure for More or Less Corporate Social Performance?

by Kurt Desender and Mircea Epure This year marks the 50th anniversary of Milton Friedman’s influential New York Times piece, which argued that corporations should pursue value maximization while other…

Strategic Responses to Crisis

A Virtual Special Issue edited by Matthias Wenzel, Sarah Stanske, and Marvin Lieberman Currently, the pandemic crisis is affecting the lives of people and organizations around the world. As the…

Just How Stigmatized are Dismissed CEOs?

by Kisha Lashley Stigma is a strange thing—the very attributes that can result in stigma for some, may not be nearly as damaging to others. A new study entitled “How…

Are Outside CEOs Detrimental to Innovation?

  by Olivier Chatain, SMJ Associate Editor The slow down in investment in innovation in large corporation is obviously concerning but it is also puzzling. In a recent SMJ paper,…

Research Chatter 2: (How) Do Managers Add Value?

by Aija Leiponen   In this episode we discuss recent research on the economics of management. How do managers add value to companies… and to economies? Given their value, why…