JMS INSIGHTS - Journal Of Management Studies

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.

We Don’t Need a Socialist Perspective on Entrepreneurship

28 April 2026 17 April 2026 R. Michael Holmes Jr., Nicolai J. Foss, Peter G. Klein and Siri A. Terjesen

Bruton et al. (2025) invited us to a Point/Counterpoint debate about management and organizational scholarship (MOS) in various institutional contexts. The Point’s primary thesis was that MOS is misguided because it reflects a U.S.-centric capitalist bias. It then presented four “varieties of...Continue reading→

The image is GenAI generated, as per prompt by the authors on 10.03.2026 ~ “The prompt is to display the original picture to Seedance 2.0 and ask it to generate a similar picture, but change the task to building a bridge.”

Does a Diverse Team Equal a Creative Team?

23 April 2026 17 April 2026 Qin Su, Dora C. Lau, Lynn M. Shore, Yahua Cai and Ran Li

Diverse teams are widely employed by organizations to increase creativity and innovation through bringing in...Continue reading→

Reclaiming Pleasure to Inspire Change in Academia

21 April 2026 9 March 2026 Gabriel Lomellini

In this essay published in the Journal of Management Studies, I defend a ‘Joyful Scholarship’ to inspire change...Continue reading→

Whom Should Entrepreneurs Approach for Acquisitions? Beware the Middle-Status Freeze

16 April 2026 9 March 2026 Xi Chen, Jiaosha Chen, Jin Chen and Ruining Cao

Summary When entrepreneurs try to get their foot in the door of a major corporation, whom...Continue reading→

Bridge The Gaps, Tackle Grand Challenges

14 April 2026 9 March 2026 Alfredo Grattarola, Jean-Pascal Gond and Stefan Haefliger

In a recent article in the Journal of Management Studies, we ask a simple but demanding question:...Continue reading→

The Leadership We Need Now: Not More Heroes, More Humanity.

9 April 2026 9 March 2026 Toby Newstead, Saeed Loghman, Alexander Newman and Ronald Riggio

Summary Our crisis-riddled world doesn’t need more heroic leaders, it needs more humanity in leadership. Our systematic review published in the Journal...Continue reading→

Opportunity or Machine Hallucination? Searching for Real Opportunities in the GenAI Era

7 April 2026 9 March 2026 Stratos Ramoglou, Yanto Chandra and Qian Jin

Traditionally, entrepreneurs had to engage in creative ideation, generate a couple of ideas, and consequently...Continue reading→

Why Adding Women to Boards Is Not Enough

2 April 2026 9 March 2026 Yuliya Ponomareva, Domenico Rocco Cambrea, Andrea Calabrò and Mariateresa Torchia

The Board Gender Diversity Puzzle Board gender diversity is widely seen as a win win outcome that benefits both firms and...Continue reading→

Walking at the Pace of the Slowest: What a Mexican Water Plant Occupation Teaches about Time

31 March 2026 9 March 2026 Rajiv Maher

Summary In 2021, Indigenous Nahua community members and Zapatista-influenced activists occupied a Bonafont–Danone bottling plant near Puebla,...Continue reading→

Crisis-Proofing Your Organization Requires Customized Fit

26 March 2026 9 March 2026 Qian (Cecilia) Gu, Daniel S. Andrews, Heli Wang and Victor Z. Chen

SUMMARY Why do some firms profit through crises while others falter, even when facing similar disruptions? Our...Continue reading→