Human Resources

The relationship between employee approval and CEO dismissal

Video abstract for the Strategic Management Journal article “Do employees’ views matter in corporate governance? The relationship between employee approval and CEO dismissal” authored by Danni Wang, Qi Zhu, Bruce…

Salary Transparency Policies, Partnered with Low-cost Monitoring Tools, Can Help Close the Gender Pay Gap

Salary transparency could be a great equalizer tool, but new research finds that those effects may be seen only if the cost of monitoring salaries is low. If the public…

New Study Describes How Employee Opinion Impacts CEO Dismissal

Corporate governance decisions, like CEO dismissal, can disrupt organizations. As a result, the board of directors treads with caution while making such decisions. Previous research suggests that boards rely on…

Multi-project Work and Project Performance: Friends or Foes?

Video abstract for “Multi-project work and project performance: Friends or foes?” by Anatoli Colicev, Tuuli Hakkarainen, and Torben Pedersen published in the Strategic Management Journal (2022). Click here to read…

Unemployment Benefits May Not be so Beneficial to Would-be Entrepreneurs

By Sarah SteimerA period of unemployment may seem like the perfect time to experiment with starting a new business — but unemployment insurance (UI) benefits may actually deter people from…

Considering Pay-for-Performance Incentives? You May Put Innovation at Risk

By Sarah Steimer Open, diversified and large networks are known to spur innovation at companies, but managers may discourage their development when they implement pay-for-performance incentives. These plans — which…

High-Performer Mobility to Entrepreneurship and Parent-Firm Performance

Video abstract for the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal article “High-Performer Mobility to Entrepreneurship and Parent-Firm Performance” authored by Pernille Gjerløv-Juel and Michael S. Dahl. Click here to read the full article:…

Bennett & Levinthal on Firm Lifecycles, Incentives and Firm Growth

While being innovative can lead to a firm growing quickly, the opposite may also be true. Growing quickly may contribute to a firm’s ability to improve its processes. Employees are…

Avoid, acquiesce or engage? How to manage corruption abroad

Multinational firms face challenges in host countries where corruption is common, due to concerns that they will need to engage in corrupt acts in order to survive. Some respond by…

Entrepreneurial teams’ acquisition of talent

Growing startups face the question of who to hire and how much to compensate the new hires. Simultaneously, prospective new hires ask which startup to join and how much their…