Background Integrated Communications Management (ICM) has emerged as a critical strategy in the evolving economy of organisational dynamics. This paper delves into its evolution, challenges, and thematic axes, addressing theoretical controversies and practical applications. Objective This paper...

What are the insights from historical pandemics for policymaking today? We carry out a systematic review of the literature on the impact of pandemics that occurred since the Industrial Revolution and prior to Covid-19. Our literature searches were conducted between June 2020 and September 2023,...

Technological advancements and evolving value orientations reshape future value creation and pose new requirements for service innovation. While a variety of disciplines are developing new approaches to drive service innovation, this is primarily done in isolation and generates only fragmented...

Agri‐food systems around the world are facing a sustainability crisis. Addressing the many interconnected issues requires fundamental transformations, moving beyond incremental improvements of various details toward broader and more profound systemic change. In this article, which is also the...

Protecting minors online is one of the key pillars of the DSA, which contains an obligation for all online platforms to provide a high level of privacy, safety and security for minors using their services. The European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT), which is part of the European...

This thematic report has been prepared in the context of the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on Research Careers. The report focuses on the topic of Skills and Intersectoral, Interdisciplinary, and Interoperable Careers and is based on a survey sent to the 16 participating countries in the MLE in...

In den letzten Jahrzehnten ging die Schere zwischen den Reichen und der übrigen Gesellschaft immer weiter auseinander. Vor diesem Hintergrund wurden Ungleichheit und Reichtum nicht nur von den Sozialwissenschaften und anderen Disziplinen als Forschungsthemen wiederentdeckt, sondern zuletzt auch...

The energy transition (ET) has emerged as a complex and interdisciplinary research domain central to addressing global sustainability challenges. However, a significant gap remains in systematically linking scientific knowledge evolution in ET with graduate-level curricula design. This study...

"This book introduces research methodology to business scholars. It draws on the experiences of academics at different stages in their careers, from early career researchers to seasoned professors. These serve as examples of actual practice both applying relevant methodological theory and...

Background Integrated Communications Management (ICM) has emerged as a critical strategy in the evolving economy of organisational dynamics. This paper delves into its evolution, challenges, and thematic axes, addressing theoretical controversies and practical applications. Objective This paper...

Combinations of heterogeneous knowledge from different scientific domains may drive highly innovative outcomes. Our study investigates whether firms can benefit from interdisciplinary research and development (R&D) activities by also reflecting on the potential negative consequences of...

Product innovation is crucial for the future of the publishing industry, and the objective of this study was to understand the role of multi-disciplinarity in publishing innovation teams, typical patterns of interaction between team members, and similarities and differences in multidisciplinary...

This article explores and consolidates the factors that influence the donor's trust from cross-disciplinary literature, and we put factors from these different fields to the test in one topic: the donor's trust in the fundraiser organisation. Grounded on the literature, we can say that there are...

Das Institut für Organisationsökonomik (IO) an der Universität Münster wurde am 1. Oktober 2024 vierzehn Jahre alt. Dieser 14. Jahresbericht informiert über das vierzehnte Jahr, d. h. über das Wintersemester 2023/24 und das Sommersemester 2024. Wie in den Vorjahren werden das Institut und...

Trotz des andauernd protektionistischen Kurses der US-Handelspolitik in den letzten Jahren und des Aufstiegs Chinas zur globalen Wirtschaftsmacht bleiben die deutsche und die US-amerikanische Wirtschaft eng miteinander verflochten. Dies gilt umso mehr, als die Vernetzung und die Rolle der...

Es ist eine Herausforderung und häufig noch eine methodische Leerstelle in Beteiligungsprozessen, wie unterschiedliches Wissen zusammengeführt und der Stand der Diskussion aufgearbeitet und geteilt werden kann. In diesem Paper zeigen wir auf, wie die Methode der Argumentationskartierung dazu...

Interdisciplinary research (IDR) is a widely applied research approach, combing the efforts of multiple academic disciplines to work on complex problems. Within transdisciplinary research (TDR), non-academic stakeholders participate in the project and offer hands-on experience to the research....

As societal challenges grow, so does the role of universities in finding social and technological solutions. Technical universities are prominent in educating future innovators and developing desired technological and social change. This paper seeks to identify commonalities and better...

Purpose To address complex societal challenges, particularly in the context of climate change, there is a growing interest in employing interdisciplinary ethnographic research (IER). This paper examines the experiences associated with participating in IER, drawing insights from a collaboration...

The entrepreneurship field is increasingly interlaced with diverse disciplines, tackling complex societal issues from sustainability to digitalization and family business dynamics. Recognizing the necessity to steer future research, the editorial team of Cogent Business and Management's...