Governance & Leadership
We articulate how CEOs posses-sing certain psychological, behavioral, and social charac-teristics may unknowingly precipitate competitive attackson their firms. Our explanation integrates insights fromvictimology which explain how individuals are subject tomore…
Read More about Hill, Recendes, AnridgeWe study how the optimal configuration of the overall pay system differs between firms that pursue growth‐oriented and efficiency‐oriented strategies. Our results show that growth‐oriented firms (prospectors) benefit from pay…
Read More about Right on the Money?Business headlines regularly feature episodes of organizational misconduct, such as product safety problems, environmental violations, employee mistreatment, and securities lawsuits, and their aftermath. In such scenarios, shareholders demand answers from…
Read More about Connelly, Ketchen, Gangloff, & Shook on investor reactions to firing CEOsAs China’s environmental awareness is growing, the country’s government is increasingly concerned with the question as to how it can improve the environmental performance of the firms it controls. Our…
Read More about Government’s Green Grip: State Influence on Corporate Environmental Actions in ChinaSeveral studies suggest that political ties help firms survive or perform but do not examine the boundary conditions concerning which types of firms and which type of ties help firms.…
Read More about Weiting Zheng on Buffering and Enabling: Political Ties in ChinaThis article deals with the performance implications of the governance mode (captive offshoring versus outsourcing) selected when companies offshore service activities, which is still quite controversial in the literature. After…
Read More about Stefano Elia with Federico Caniato, Davide Luzzine, & Lucia PiscitelloIn boxing, the fight does not always go to the bigger or stronger person, or even to whomever throws the most punches—the fight is sometimes won by the boxer who…
Read More about Competitive repertoire complexity: Governance antecedents and performanceFounders of new ventures need to understand the factors that encourage others to give them the help they need for their new firms to survive and grow—what we call venture…
Read More about Saxton, Wesley, & Saxton on “Venture Advocates”by Steve Boivie, Mike Withers, Scott Graffin, and Kevin Corley A new study in the Strategic Management Journal coauthored by Steve Boivie, Mike Withers, Scott Graffin, and Kevin Corley, helps…
Read More about Directors Want to Collaborate With Managers But Not Control ThemVideo abstract for the Strategic Management Journal article “On the effects of authority on peer motivation: Learning from Wikipedia” by Helge Klapper and Markus Reitzig. Click here to read the…
Read More about On the effects of authority on peer motivation