Managers and management researchers tend to assume that learning from strategic events yields benefits. Although some firms have gained competitive advantages from learning, instances are infrequent, and firms that have gained persistent advantages through learning are probably quite unusual....

For those who are overly enamored of the MBA credential, this book is an overly lengthy but important wakeup call. Mintzberg is right that it is wrong to put a newly minted MBA, without prior management experience, directly into a significant management position. But this is not nearly as common...

In March of 2003, the publishers of two books with contrasting perspectives sponsored a public debate about the contents of these books, and the larger issues involved. The lead authors of each of the books participated in the debate: Chad Holliday, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...

This paper primarily focuses on Entine's assertion that SRI research is hopelessly flawed. Although SRI researchers have primarily chosen to pluck the low-hanging fruit in this line of inquiry, it is possible to obtain unbiased higher level insight. SRI research best functions as a means of...

The events of September 11, 2001, unified our nation. But how long can this unity last? I examine the dynamics of the national shift between individualism (“me”) and communalism (“we”) on the heels of September 11 through comparison with analogous patterns in interorganizational...

The 3rd International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Image and Competitiveness brought together academics and practitioners from a variety of fields to discuss many critical issues on the topic of how corporate reputation can contribute to corporate performance. In this paper, several of...

The article reviews the book "The Keystone Advantage: What the New Dynamics of Business Ecosystems Mean for Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability," by Marco Iansiti and Roy Levien.

A review is presented of the book "The SMS Blackwell Handbook of Organizational Capabilities: Emergence, Development, and Change," edited by Constance E. Helfat.

Many organization scholars have a standard refrain of criticizing economists for treating the firm as a black box, never looking inside it. "The Corporation" is a provocative, enlightening, and entertaining film that makes people stop and examine this black box they generally take for granted....