JMS Insights
JMS Insights 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.
JMS Insights Blog
When Sustainability Reporting Becomes Mandatory: Greater Transparency, Greater Scrutiny
Summary Governments have increasingly regulated CSR, mainly by requiring transparency rather than defining corporate outcomes...Continue reading→
When Governments Roll Back Sustainability and Corporate Freedom Does Not Increase
When governments roll back corporate sustainability responsibilities, they often do so in the name of...Continue reading→
How one social enterprise stirred up the entire chocolate industry
Summary: Many social enterprises achieve positive social change in local, contained contexts but very few...Continue reading→
Before You Eliminate Family Favoritism, Consider the Context
Short summary Family firms often treat family and non-family executives differently. Such “bifurcation bias” is...Continue reading→
When Algorithms Decide Who Counts: The New Status Hierarchies of the AI Age
Summary Years of investment in AI fairness, audits, debiasing toolkits, ethics boards, have not stopped...Continue reading→
To Understand State-Owned Enterprises, Watch What They Protect
Construction of the Rodovia dos Imigrantes, São Paulo, 1975. Developed by the state-controlled DERSA and...Continue reading→
Why is Indian Property Always Up for Grabs
Nobody wants their property stolen, yet that is exactly what occurs to many Native Americans....Continue reading→
Advancing abductive theory building: Getting abduction right
As a student of abduction, I read Fleming and Oswick’s (2026) article titled Advancing Abductive...Continue reading→
Carrots, Sticks, and Culture: What Drives the Clean-Energy Transition
Summary When a green technology still costs more than the destructive technology it replaces, what...Continue reading→
Why “Quiet Quitting” Is a Contract Renegotiation You Didn’t See Coming
Summary Unhappy workers reportedly cost US firms $1.9 trillion, yet property rights theory struggles to...Continue reading→
