Tag: Strategic Management Journal

Organizations, Politics
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Too Woke to be True? How Wokewashing Undermines the Credibility of CEO Sociopolitical Communications  

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An increasing number of CEOs are nowadays taking public stances on sociopolitical issues. The authenticity of these CEO sociopolitical communications or “CEO activism,” however, cannot be taken for granted. Even purportedly socially conscious companies sometimes take actions inconsistent with their … Continue reading Too Woke to be True? How Wokewashing Undermines the Credibility of CEO Sociopolitical Communications  

Entrepreneurship, Organizations
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A Spinout’s Biggest Competitor May Be the Parent Company, Not Other Entrepreneurs  

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By Sarah Steimer In 2022, there were 5 million new business applications, a 42% increase from 2019, according to payroll software company Gusto. But new research published in Strategic Management Journal suggests that if these new ventures are in the … Continue reading A Spinout’s Biggest Competitor May Be the Parent Company, Not Other Entrepreneurs  

Digitalization, Innovation
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Governing crowdsourcing for unconstrained innovation problems

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By Michael A. Zaggl, Arvind Malhotra, Oliver Alexy, Ann Majchrzak Crowdsourcing is a popular innovation method for problem-solving. To use crowdsourcing successfully, firms often constrain their problems by narrowing the problem formulation and thus pre-specifying the problem. The constraining sets a focus for the crowd’s … Continue reading Governing crowdsourcing for unconstrained innovation problems