Best Paper Award
The prestigious Best Paper Award is presented annually by the Editors of JMS to the authors of a published article that demonstrates originality, creativity and scholarly excellence. The selected paper stands out for being bold, thought-provoking and distinctive, often quirky, edgy and intellectually engaging.
Explore previous winners and discover the papers that captured the Editors’ attention with originality and flair.
Towards a Theory of Serendipity: A Systematic Review and Conceptualization
Christian Busch – University of Southern California, USA
Joep Cornelissen - Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Mariëtte Kaandorp - Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Sophie Bacq - IMD Business School, Switzerland
Ruth Aguilera - Northeastern University, USA
Juliane Reinecke - King’s College London, UK
Jimmy Donaghey - University of South Australia, Australia
Building Character: The Formation of a Hybrid Organizational Identity in a Social Enterprise
Joep P. Cornelissen - Erasmus University, The Netherlands; University of Liverpool, UK
Ona Akemu - Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Jeroen G. F. Jonkman - University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mirjam D. Werner - Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Saving Our Oceans: Scaling the Impact of Robust Action Through Crowdsourcing
Amanda J. Porter - Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
Philipp Tuertscher - Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
Marleen Huysman - Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
Ileana Stigliani - Imperial College London, UK
Kimberly D. Elsbach - University of California Davis, USA
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“I Shot the Sheriff”: Irony, Sarcasm and the Changing Nature of Workplace Resistance
Rafael Alcadipani - FGV-EAESP, Brazil
John Hassard - University of Manchester, UK
Gazi Islam - Grenoble École de Management, France
The Mind and Heart of Resonance: The Role of Cognition and Emotions in Frame Effectiveness
Simona Giorgi - Boston College, USA
David Levy - University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Juliane Reinecke - University of Warwick, UK
Stephan Manning - University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Going Off Script: How Managers Make Sense of the Ending of Their Careers
Heather Vough - University of Cincinnati, USA
Christine Bataille - Ithaca College, USA
Sung Chul Noh - McGill University, Canada
Mary Dean Lee - McGill University, Canada
Frank den Hond - Hanken School of Economics, Finland & VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kathleen A. Rehbein - Marquette University, USA
Frank G. A. de Bakker - VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hilde Kooijmans-van Lankveld - Province Noord-Brabant, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
How Useful are the Strategic Tools We Teach in Business Schools?
Robert Wright - Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Sotirios Paroutis - University of Warwick, UK
Daniela Blettner - Simon Fraser University, Canada
Ilídio Barreto - Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal
Danny Miller - HEC Montreal and University of Alberta, Canada
Isabelle Le Breton-Miller - HEC Montreal and University of Alberta, Canada
Richard Lester - Texas A&M University, USA
Alexander Nicolai - Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany
Ann-Christine Schulz - Free University Berlin, Germany
Thomas Thomas - Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany
Florian Gröne - Consultant, Germany
Thomas Hutzschenreuter - WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany
‘Citibankers’ at Citigroup: A Study of the Loss of Institutional Trust after a Merger
Steve Maguire - McGill University, Canada
Nelson Phillips - Imperial College London, UK
John Child - University of Birmingham, UK
Said Elbanna - United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Capabilities: A Review, Model and Research Agenda
Per Davidsson - Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Harry Sapienza - University of Minnesota, USA
Shaker Zahra - University of Minnesota, USA
Learning to build a car: An empirical investigation of organizational learning
Bruno Dyck - University of Manitoba, Canada
Michael Mauws - Athabasca University, Canada
Gary Mischke - Retired
Fred Starke - University of Manitoba, Canada