Firms can be compromised by a scandal or an “event” stigma spillover—adverse consequences arising simply from being in the same industry subcategory as other firms that are directly implicated in a socially vilified scandal. This mixed-methods study of the Chinese infant formula industry after the

Evaluating an investment opportunity entails making decisions under uncertainty. If the future is inherently uncertain not all investors will converge to an identical investment decision. While management research explains how investors respond - on average - to a wide range of factors including

Why do non-compliant practices persist after a law is introduced? This paper unpacks variations in regulatory compliance using a social networks lens. Existing literature at the intersection of law and networks largely evokes peer influence as a key mechanism for the diffusion of compliance. But

Over the decades visionary leadership has been considered as the core for successful leadership. On this note scholars have argued that visionary leadership is generally well-received by followers overlooking the possibility that visionary leadership can be a demand for followers. Drawing on the

Education is considered the main upward mobility pathway but even with comparable education and level of competence workers with lower socioeconomic status (SES) origins are disadvantaged in terms of earnings and occupational attainment. This problem has been labeled the “class ceiling”

Studies investigating how newcomers influence incumbent group members have shown equivocal performance outcomes. To disambiguate these effects I propose and test the idea that a high-performing newcomer’s impact on incumbents’ performance flows through changes in incumbents’ communication

Dear MGT Freshmen Welcome to the Department of Management! On behalf of everyone at the Department we would like to extend our warmest welcome to you. You are cordially invited to attend Departmental Students Orientation on 27th August 2020 (Thursday) at 2:00pm. This is an excellent

In this paper I introduce a new concept of CEO temporal ambivalence to capture the extent to which CEOs characteristically devote simultaneous attention to the present and future. This concept allows a better understanding of how CEOs attend to the fundamental intertemporal tensions between the

The questions of whether and which incumbent firms can adapt to technological change have been studied from diverse theoretical perspectives. These questions however have yet to be studied in the context of multi-sided platforms. In this paper I examine how multi-sided platforms respond to a

While iteration has garnered a tremendous amount of interest particularly among digital startups this area of inquiry remains severely understudied. To date we know little about the fundamental tension between iterating with regular rhythms and simply being responsive. Integrating research on

How can a focal firm be affected by its peer firms’ legitimacy disruption? Prior research has tackled this issue by underscoring a similarity-based contagion effect thus overlooking potential opportunities for the focal firm. Extending the categorization literature we distinguish between

This is a research seminar ... and a history lesson. The use of metaphors to communicate and manage organizational development and change is explored. Drawing on the strategic management literature and applying discourse analysis a metaphorical continuum is proposed. It is applied to examine the