The BRQ March 2025 issue includes a collection of outstanding papers in Management. BRQ is the Spanish Academy of Management (ACEDE) peer-reviewed journal. All articles are open-access, and published by SAGE with the sponsorship of ACEDE. Enjoy now!
*** Aguinis, Hermann, & Gibson, B. C. Making waves: How to improve scholarly impact performance through stakeholder engagement. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 28(2), 326-335. https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444251316310
Abstract: Most scholarly impact measures focus exclusively on an essential but single group of stakeholders: other researchers. However, business research aims to benefit not only other researchers (i.e., internal) but also additional (i.e., external) stakeholders. Accordingly, we offer an expanded multidimensional and multistakeholder conceptualization of scholarly impact that includes the following dimensions (…).
*** Aguilera, Ruth V., & Ruiz Castillo, M. Toward an updated corporate governance framework: Fundamentals, disruptions, and future research. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 28(2), 336-348. https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444251320399
Abstract: This essay explores the evolving landscape of corporate governance amid global disruptions and changing stakeholder demands. We argue that traditional governance models are unable to effectively address contemporary challenges such as (…).
*** Mazzelli, A., & Foss, Nicolai J. How learning and legitimacy goals influence inter-firm imitation in R&D investment decisions. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 28(2), 349-370. https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444251320401.
Abstract: Much research has examined the drivers of firms' R&D investments. However, many questions remain with respect to the role of R&D as a learning target and as a means of achieving legitimacy, particularly in the context of imitative R&D strategy. We develop a theory that integrates different explanations of why firms engage in imitation (…).
*** Oliveira, A., Carvalho, F., & Reis, N. R. Institutional experience, formal institutional quality, and firm performance: An analysis of firms from the European Union. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 28(2), 371-385. https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444241301067.
Abstract: Firms' success depends on their ability to deal with formal institutional quality. Specifically, firms exposed to a diversified set of institutional profiles can achieve an institutional competitive advantage that provides firms with diverse knowledge and broader learning opportunities (…).
*** Mellado-Garcia, E., Ortiz-de-Mandojana, N., & Aragon-Correa, J. A. Avoiding relapses after crises: Exploring the influence of firm investors' characteristics on organizational resilience. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 28(2), 514-529. https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444241243377
Abstract: Many firms may successfully navigate an organizational crisis, but may find themselves entangled in another soon after. Building on a resource-dependence perspective, this study evaluates how certain investor characteristics foster organizational resilience (…)
*** Friis, O., & Mathiasen, J. B. Strategy-making: The use and misuse of artifacts to achieve common understanding. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 28(2), 438-452. https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444231202808.
Abstract: Strategists intentionally use artifacts to promote their perception of a prudent strategic choice. Separating artifacts and strategists' intentionality blurs our understanding of how strategy-making unfolds. Our study addresses the dynamics of strategists' intentionality (…)
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Juan-Alberto Aragon-Correa
Professor
University of Granada
Granada
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