Dear colleagues,
This is a friendly reminder about our upcoming PDW at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting focused on advancing research on strategic engagement with non-market stakeholders.
Organizations increasingly operate in environments shaped not only by market forces but also by diverse non-market stakeholders, including NGOs, social movements, advocacy groups, lobbying firms, and local communities. These actors shape legitimacy, resource access, public perception, and regulatory conditions, while firms develop strategies to navigate these increasingly complex environments. This PDW aims to advance our understanding of how firms engage with non-market stakeholders and how these interactions shape organizational outcomes.
The PDW will consist of two parts. In the first part, which is open to all registered AOM attendees, leading scholars will present their research and engage in a panel discussion on firms' strategic engagement with non-market stakeholders, highlighting key mechanisms, theoretical perspectives, and emerging research opportunities. The second part will be more interactive and will provide developmental feedback on participants' research ideas and projects.
Time and location: Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 16:30–18:30 | Philadelphia Convention Center – 200 Level, 201C
Panelists: Si (Coco) Cheng (Copenhagen Business School), Christoph Grimpe (Copenhagen Business School), Shon Hiatt (University of Southern California), Mary-Hunter McDonnell (Wharton School of Business), Kate Odziemkowska (Rotman School of Management), and Kunyuan Qiao (Northeastern University).
For our developmental paper workshop, we invite submissions that engage with (but are not limited to) the following themes:
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Founding stakeholder relationships, organizational imprinting, and long-term strategic outcomes
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Firms' collaboration with advocacy groups and stakeholder activism for innovation
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Reputational, legitimacy, and regulatory pressures in contested non-market environments
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Institutional change and firm strategy
We welcome early-stage ideas, working papers, and projects under development. Participants will receive developmental feedback from panelists and peers. We encourage submissions from doctoral students and early-career scholars, as well as those working across varying empirical contexts.
Submission requirements:
Deadline: to participate in the second part of the PDW, please send your submissions to Paolo Carioli (
pc.si@cbs.dk) and Vilma Chila (
v.chila@uva.nl) by
June 22, 11:59 PM CET.
All the best,
Paolo Carioli and Vilma Chila
Copenhagen Business School and Amsterdam Business School
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Paolo Carioli
Copenhagen Business School
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