Journal of Strategy and Management: Volume 17 Issue 4

How to make strategic conversations more AGIL

Francois Duhamel, Alexander Niess

This article addresses the role of communication processes in the formulation and implementation of strategic planning. It seeks to delineate a structured approach to define the…

Implications of climate change for strategic management theory

Paul Knott

The purpose is to stimulate scholarship in the strategic management field that accounts for conditions implied by projected impacts of climate change.

Private firms’ portfolio expansion responses to (in)consistent performance feedback

Serhan Kotiloglu, Daniela Blettner, Thomas Lechler

Performance feedback can be constructed using firms’ own (historical) performance, or the performance of peers (social). Those two types of performance feedback can be consistent…

Public interactions of auction participants and their impact on online auctions of nonperishable experience goods

Mayank Jaiswal

The Internet has introduced new ways of conducting business. Online auction of nonperishable experience goods (NPEG) items, which are generally rare, expensive and durable and…

The role of sociomateriality in the formalisation and legitimation practices of openness paradox

Cassia Goulart Heinzen, Rosalia Aldraci Barbosa Lavarda, Christiane Bellucci

This study seeks to comprehend how sociomateriality influences the openness paradox within the context of open strategising.

The effect of technological overlap on acquisition premiums: moderating roles of target firm's technology clockspeed and industry munificence

Jianan Li, Haemin Dennis Park, Jung H. Kwon

Drawing on the literature on technological acquisition and the knowledge-based view , this study examines how technological overlap between acquiring and target firms influences…

Digital health startups: growth financing and valuation drivers that signal strength for investors

Kristin Burton, Michele Heath, William Luse

The study investigates the impact of various factors on the number of active investors in digital health startups. Through nine hypotheses, we examine the influence of metrics…

Exploring how strategic sensitivity and leadership unity of the university influence the innovativeness of faculty

Seddigheh Khorshid

The main objective of this paper is to analyze how leadership unity (LU) within universities affects the innovativeness of faculty, with a focus on the potential moderating role…

Promoting BMI through organizational culture: the mediating role of strategic flexibility

Dimitrios Kafetzopoulos, Katerina Gotzamani, Fotios Vouzas

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the role of organizational culture in creating a supportive environment for business model innovation (BMI) by focusing on the…

CEO power and risk taking: evidence from European banks mergers and acquisitions

Adnène Sghaier, Taher Hamza

This study investigates the relationship between CEO power and the risk profile (RP) of acquiring banks through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions.

CSR disclosure, financial performance, and ownership: evidence from China

Rizwan Ali, Yanping Liu, Ramiz Ur Rehman, Muhammad Akram Naseem

This study investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and financial performance (FP), and ascertains whether ownership structure (OS…

The workplace of the future: the COVID-19 pandemic and working from home in Swiss small businesses

Marc K. Peter, Lucia Wuersch, Alain Neher, Johan Paul Lindeque, Karin Mändli Lerch

Micro and small enterprises (MSE) play a critical role in the Swiss economy but had no meaningfully adopted working from home (WFH) policy before the COVID-19 crisis. The timing…

Exploring the interplay of corporate and ecosystem change

Christina Öberg

Corporate changes not only impact the firms involved but also have consequences for their ecosystems. However, the existing literature on ecosystem change is limited. This paper…

Exploring middle manager’s identity as strategists within a public sector organisation: a multi-level perspective

Mishumo Emmanuel Mamburu, Nadine de Metz, Annemarie Davis

Amidst calls for more research that combines the concepts of identity and strategy, particularly in a public sector context, this study explored the identity dynamics between two…

Shared sensemaking during a strategic change process: a non-managerial perspective

Nadine de Metz, Mari Jansen van Rensburg, Annemarie Davis

This study offers insight into how individuals in non-managerial positions make sense of a strategic change as it unfolds. We explore the dynamic aspects of how these individuals…

Visual metaphors for collaboration planning in strategy meetings

Mikko Illi, Robin Gustafsson, Masood Masoodian

Using visual metaphors with physical artefacts can improve collaboration planning processes in strategic meetings. The study presented here aims to examine these processes.