Explore Point–Counterpoint Contributions
Welcome to Point–Counterpoint, where we showcase dynamic debates shaping the future of management and organisation research.
What You’ll Find Here
Each post in this section:
Tackles a pressing issue or controversy in the field
Presents contrasting perspectives from leading scholars
Encourages critical reflection and scholarly dialogue
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What Is the Future of Future Making in Management Research?Climate Change and the Politics of System-Level ChangeAgency Theory and Self-Determination TheoryStrategy and Climate ChangeBig Data and Management TheoryOrganizations, Institutions, and SymbolsPrescriptive TheorizingResponsible Research in Business and Management
Debates about theorizing in management and organization studies have at their core the question of… Read More »Abductive Reasoning in Management Studies: Strengths, Limitations and Future Possibilities
In an increasingly multipolar world, this Point–Counterpoint debate discusses the imperative for Management and Organization Studies (MOS)… Read More »Varieties of Socialism: Moving Entrepreneurship Scholarship & Education Forward From a Different Lens
To effectively tackle climate change, the strategic management enterprise needs to fundamentally reinvent itself. In… Read More »Strategy and Climate Change
Agency theory and self-determination theory have contrasting assumptions about what motivates human beings and, accordingly,… Read More »Agency Theory and Self-Determination Theory
Achieving system-level change for climate transitions is needed, and incremental efforts are widely considered insufficient.… Read More »Climate Change and the Politics of System-Level Change: The Challenges of Moving beyond Incremental Transformation
Future making, the work of enacting the yet-to-come by making sense of and giving form… Read More »What Is the Future of Future Making in Management Research?
Descriptive and prescriptive theorizing are two sides of the same coin and fundamentally complementary, if… Read More »Prescriptive Theorizing
The symbol is one of the key concepts in organization and management scholarship. Yet, as… Read More »Organizations, Institutions, and Symbols
The author teams in this Point-Counterpoint (PCP) put forward contrasting views regarding the benefits –… Read More »Big Data and Management Theory
This Point–Counterpoint debate examines the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) movement, a growing… Read More »Responsible Research in Business and Management
The sudden passing of Alan Rugman has abruptly cut short the academic career of one… Read More »The Scope and Scale of MNE Strategies: In Commemoration of Alan Rugman’s Contribution to International Business Research