Journal of Strategy and Management
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Leveraging the organizational mission statement to communicate identity, distinctiveness and purpose to primary and secondary stakeholders during COVID-19
Lorelei OrtizThis study examines comprehensiveness and responsiveness of mission statements for the top 100 retailers on the 2020 National Retailers Federation list in order to (1…
Dynamic capabilities for digital transformation
Daniel Ellström, Johan Holtstrom, Emma Berg, Cecilia JohanssonThe purpose of this paper is to identify sensing, seizing and reconfiguring routines of dynamic capabilities that enable digital transformation in firms.
Behavioral strategy: mapping the trends, sources and intellectual evolution
Jamil Anwar, Aqsa Bibi, Nisar AhmadThis paper presents a comprehensive review of academic research dedicated to the field of Behavioral Strategy. Based on a series of Bibliometric and network analyses, the…
Enhancing foreign subsidiaries' performance through relational ties, market- and nonmarket-based capabilities
Amonrat Thoumrungroje, Supara KapasuwanGiven the inconclusive findings on relational ties–performance relationships, this study approaches this phenomenon through social capital theory and resource-based view…
How innovations in strategy have picked up with COVID-19
Peter LorangeThe purpose of this article is to explore how corporate strategies have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Strategic transformation to sustilience: learning from COVID-19
John Grant, Thomas WunderThe authors seek to stimulate and strengthen learning for both institutional and corporate leadership to transform society toward sustainability and resilience. The…
Pressure to perform: female CEOs and firm community engagement
Nongnapat ThosuwanchotThis study examines the impact of female CEO on firm community engagement. By drawing on the stakeholder-agency paradigm, the author proposes that female CEOs feel more…
Toward a strategic approach to studying COVID-19 pandemic
Vadake Narayanan, Richard E. Wokutch, Abby Ghobadian, Nicholas O'ReganThe purpose of this introduction is fourfold: (1) to articulate the reasons for the special issue; (2) to highlight some of the fundamental issues related to the…
Leading open strategizing practices for effective strategy implementation
Henk J. Doeleman, Desirée H. van Dun, Celeste P.M. WilderomImplementing a new organizational strategy effectively nowadays is said to require open strategizing practices. The purpose of this paper is to examine the adoption of…
“I cannot feel your print”. How military strategic knowledge managers respond to digitalization
Therese HeltbergThe purpose of this paper is to explore how military strategic knowledge managers consider and respond to digitalization of operational processes in their revision of…
Is bribing a good strategy? Imbalanced interdependence and hazard of opportunism in bribery
Ho Wook Shin, Jinsil Kim, Seung-hyun LeeIn fragile institutional environments, firms often have no choice but bribery as the means to access the services monopolized by the government. Corrupt government…
Narratives of environmental munificence of 3PL firms on the relationship between dynamic capabilities, strategic management and organizational performance
Korhan Arun, Saniye Yildirim OzmutluThe purpose of this paper is to examine how the mediating effect of strategic management impacts the relationship between dynamic capabilities and firm performance…
Explicating a sustainability-based view of sustainable competitive advantage
Ulrich LichtenthalerThis paper is a step toward a sustainability-based view of firm performance, which focuses on how companies may achieve and maintain a competitive advantage in a circular…
Digital transformation in the economics of complexity: the role of predictive models in strategic management
Valentina Iscaro, Laura Castaldi, Paolo Maresca, Clelia MazzoniThis paper aims to investigate the role of predictive models in the learning and decision-making processes of strategic management. The rapid advancement of digitalisation…
Navigating the digital revolution and crisis times: humanitarian and innovation-inspired leadership through the pandemic
Kathleen Marshall ParkThis article examines the leadership vision, values and vigilance of an emerging markets logistics firm in managing customer and humanitarian concerns and critical supply…
The town of bent necks: interorganizational causes and consequences of relational rivalry
Cenk SozenThis study aims at developing a conceptual framework for the networking behaviour of firms having relational and non-relational competitive interactions. Initially the…
Strategy in the time of pandemics, climate change and the Kurzweil Singularity
John Camillus, Shoba Ramanadhan, Krishnan GanapathyThe business environment is increasingly fraught with societal disruptions—caused by factors such as pandemics, climate change and the probability of sentient…
Strategy in the era of “swans”: the role of strategic leadership under uncertainty and unpredictability
Henry Adobor, William Phanuel Kofi Darbi, Obi Berko O. DamoahThe purpose of this conceptual paper is to explore the role of strategic leadership under conditions of uncertainty and unpredictability. The authors argue that highly…
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the COVID-19 pandemic: organizational and managerial implications
Archie B. CarrollThe purpose of this paper is twofold: First, to provide an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic and its holistic impacts and implications for organizations and management…
Run or hide: changes in acquisition behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic
Florian Bauer, Martin Friesl, Mai Anh DaoMergers and acquisitions (M&As) are an important strategic tool for continuous adaptation, sustainable corporate development and external growth. At the same time, M&As…
Is shame-proneness the missing link between social norms, policymaking and productive entrepreneurship?
Atma Prakash Ojha, M.K. NandakumarThe purpose of the paper is to establish the need to study the shame-proneness trait of entrepreneurs – what is it and why is it important to study.
Can digitalization favour the emergence of innovative and sustainable business models? A qualitative exploration in the automotive sector
Chiara Acciarini, Fernando Borelli, Francesca Capo, Francesco Cappa, Chiara SarroccoThe purpose of this paper is to explore the role of the digitalization phenomenon in the development of innovative business models that are sustainability oriented. Thus…
E-commerce websites, consumer order fulfillment and after-sales service satisfaction: the customer is always right, even after the shopping cart check-out
Mark Anthony CamilleriThis research identifies the critical factors of online service delivery of electronic commerce (e-commerce) websites, including website attractiveness, website…
How non-executive strategy professionals in multi-business firms strategize
Pontus WadströmThis paper expands theory on strategists by investigating how non-executive strategy professionals in multi-business firms strategize. In focus is the strategizing of two…
Digital transformation and entrepreneurship process in SMEs of India: a moderating role of adoption of AI-CRM capability and strategic planning
Sheshadri Chatterjee, Ranjan Chaudhuri, Demetris Vrontis, Gianpaolo BasileThe purpose of this study is to identify the determinants that could impact corporate digital entrepreneurship for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of India. The…
When capital markets discount R&D expenditures: the problemistic search effect
Dmitri G. Markovitch, Jonathan O'BrienResearch finds that investors initially under-react to increases in R&D intensity. The phenomenon is commonly viewed as mispricing. We draw on behavioral theory of the…
Strategy consensus and social practice: a perspective from public sector managers
Jarrah Almansour, Demola ObembeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate consensus formation among the top and middle managers during the strategy process. Specifically, the paper seeks to gain…
Big data analytics capability as a mediator in the impact of open innovation on firm performance
José Arias-Pérez, Alejandro Coronado-Medina, Geovanny Perdomo-CharryBig data analytics capability (BDAC) is the ability of a firm to capture and analyze big data toward the generation of insights. The literature has mainly focused on…
Tailor the message and change will happen? An experimental study of message tailoring as an effective communication strategy for organizational change
Florian Haumer, Laura Schlicker, Paul Clemens Murschetz, Castulus KoloThis study strives to improve one’s understanding of tailored messaging as an organizational communication strategy that amplifies processes of organizational change at an…
Digital transformation or analogic relationships? A dilemma for small retailer entrepreneurs and its resolution
Elena Candelo, Cecilia Giuliana Casalegno, Chiara CiveraDigital transformation has had controversial impacts on the way small retailers and stakeholders interact, make decisions, and jointly create value while also transforming…
Influence of middle management on dynamic capabilities
Marina de Almeida Cruz, Victor Silva Corrêa, Daniela Martins Diniz, Felipe Mendes BoriniThe dynamic capabilities (DC) literature focuses primarily on top managers. Although recent studies have drawn attention to middle management's (MM) relevance, these…
Understanding the dynamic relationships between CSR and CSIR
Feibo Shao, Audrey J. Murrell, Xiaoping Zhao, Ke Zhang, Timothy A. HartCorporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate social irresponsibility (CSIR) co-exist within many firms. Yet, without understanding how CSR and CSIR are related, our…
The threat of bankruptcy and financing strategy in learning-intensive industries
Palash Deb, Vipin SreekumarThe authors investigate whether firms in learning-intensive industries are more prone to bankruptcy and how this shapes a firm's financing choices.
Big data analytics and competitive advantage: the strategic role of firm-specific knowledge
Rajiv Dahiya, Son Le, John Kirk Ring, Kevin WatsonWhile advances in big data analytics (BDA) provide valuable business insights and immense business value, many firms find it difficult to gain advantage from their BDA…
Managers' sexually-oriented behavior and firm performance: linking media reports to stock market reactions and legal risk
Amy Nicole Baker, David King, Michael Nalick, Melissa Tempio, Vishal K. Gupta, Charles A. PierceThe goal of this study is to examine the association between managers' sexually-oriented behavior in publicly traded firms and subsequent stock market reactions. Both…
Strategy and what it means to be strategic: redefining strategic, operational, and tactical decisions
Azaddin Salem KhalifaThe confusion over what counts as “strategic” is widely acknowledged to be a problem for both research and practice. The paper aims to develop a robust definition of…
Strategic orientations, firm performance and the moderating effect of absorptive capacity
Manuel-Alejandro Ibarra-Cisneros, María del Rosario Demuner-Flores, Felipe Hernández-PerlinesThe purpose of this article is to study the moderating effect of absorptive capacity, defined as the set of organizational routines and processes through which companies…
Motives for corporate philanthropy and charitable causes supported
Dane K. Peterson, Cathryn Van Landuyt, Courtney PhamThis paper examines how the inferred motives for corporate philanthropy relate to the types of charitable causes supported.
Nexus between risk disclosure and corporate reputation: a longitudinal approach
Nischay Arora, Ridhima Saggar, Balwinder SinghThe study aims to explore the unexplored domain by examining the impact of risk disclosure on corporate reputation in an emerging economy, like India, characterized by…
Is there a decision to make, boss? From understanding SME growth to managing employees' learning preferences
Steven Tam, David E. GrayThis study examines employees' learning preferences in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at different life-cycle stages.
Level and speed of acquisition integration and their effects on technological performance
Liang-Hung Lin, Yu-Ling HoThis study concerns two aspects of the integration process critical for the success of acquisitions: (1) levels of human integration and task integration and (2) speeds of…
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- Dr. Nicholas O'Regan
- Professor Abby Ghobadian
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