The JMS Insights Blog is the official blog of the Journal of Management Studies. It aims to bridge academic scholarship in management studies with scholars across disciplines, practitioners, media and the broader public who are interested in the societal relevance of management studies.
It provides engaging snapshots of research published in the Journal of Management Studies in a manner that highlights its practical and societal implications, and invites discussion about the impact that management scholarship has beyond academia.
Summary Academic consulting is full of promise and pitfalls. While it connects research with real-world problems, it’s surrounded by… Read More »From Dark Alleys to University Light: Shining Light on Academic Consulting
Trade wars are usually portrayed as destructive forces that fragment markets and undermine trust. Yet, history suggests a more nuanced story. Our recent research,… Read More »When Trade Wars Heal: What History Teaches Us About Business Diplomacy and Resilient Supply Chains
At the world’s largest tech show in 2019, a small startup made big waves. Lora DiCarlo,… Read More »Turning the Tables on the Stigmatizers in the Digital Age
For decades, Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged has stood as a manifesto for libertarian capitalism—a system built on… Read More »Atlas Unplugged: Why It’s Time to Rethink Capitalism
Can management contribute meaningfully to the public good? This Journal of Management Studies (JMS) Special Issue—Purposeful Management and the… Read More »Repurposing Management for the Public Good: From Rhetoric to Action
Summary: AI-driven systems increasingly manage gig workers by assigning tasks, evaluating performance, and shaping everyday… Read More »When AI Becomes Your Boss: How Explainable AI Can Improve Gig Work
Summary Organizational professionals need to astutely promote the value they generate for their organization. Our study published… Read More »Advice to organizational professionals: either be astutely selfless or serviceably selfish
Summary When global rules stagger, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) feel it first. Our research published in… Read More »How small firms keep going when globalization unravels: lessons from 1930s Italy for today’s managers
Summary Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer limited to automating routine tasks—it increasingly works alongside… Read More »Beyond Efficiency: The Hidden Ethical Risks of Managing Human–AI Collaborations
Summary How can women drive economic empowerment in societies where cultural and institutional barriers remain deeply entrenched? This… Read More »When Catalysts and Change Agents Meet: How Women Transformed Welfare into Empowerment from Within
Short summary In this article, we challenge conventional wisdom that deglobalization is something imposed on firms by… Read More »Multinational Enterprises as Agents of Deglobalization
Summary: Many companies feel pressure to engage with AI. One visible way to do this… Read More »When AI Know-How Becomes a Growth Option: Why AI Specialized Firms Are the Ones Acquiring AI Targets
Summary This essay is a deeply vulnerable reflection on our experiences of grief, identity, and… Read More »Navigating Grief by Reimagining Academic Friendship
HOW COLLECTIVE EMOTIONS SHAPE IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Impact partnerships for… Read More »SOUTH-NORTH, NORTH-SOUTH DEPENDENCY, OR BOTH?
The recent JMS Point–Counterpoint debate on varieties of socio-economic systems raises vital questions about contextualising… Read More »Management and Organisation Scholarship Requires More Granular Understanding of Institutional Contexts: A rejoinder to Bruton, Li & Gautam (2025)
Summary Today, the global order is fracturing, and major powers are acting more coercively, limiting the room… Read More »Geopolitical Alignments in a Fracturing World Economy: How Multinational Enterprises from Small States are Choosing Sides
Summary Previous research has often portrayed successful early internationalizers as firms that “go global fast”… Read More »Three Myths About Young Firms Going International — And What Really Drives International Success
When employees resist change, emotions often run high. Our new study, published in the Journal… Read More »Turning resistance into momentum: how middle managers use emotions to make strategy work
Summary Most organizations now rely on AI to inform credit, hiring, or investment decisions. Yet… Read More »The Confidence Equation: How Humans Learn to Trust Artificial Intelligence — and When They Don’t
Summary Most leaders believe celebrity happens to them. Our research, published in the Journal of Management… Read More »Your Narrative Strategy Matters More Than You Think