Academy of Management Review Origins Series

Welcome to the Academy of Management Review's Origins Series, where we ask, "Where does theory come from?" in order to demystify the theory-building process. In this interview series, authors of forthcoming AMR articles discuss how they got the ideas for their papers, and share their process for developing new theory in the field of management. In this episode, Emilie Feldman and Exequiel Hernandez discuss their AMR article titled "Synergy in Mergers and Acquisitions: Typology, Lifecycles, and Value."

Article web link: https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amr.2018.0345 

Welcome to the Academy of Management Review's Origins Series, where we ask, "Where does theory come from?" in order to demystify the theory-building process. In this interview series, authors of forthcoming AMR articles discuss how they got the ideas for their papers, and share their process for developing new theory in the field of management. In this episode, Parthiban David, Ravi Dharwadkar, and Augustine Duru discuss their AMR article titled "Financial reporting choices, governance, and strategic assets: A transaction cost perspective."

Article web link: https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amr.2019.0105

In this episode, David Ross discusses his AMR article titled "How a Firm’s Value Capture Affects Value Creation in Its Ecosystem." This is part of the Academy of Management Review's Origins Series, where we ask, "Where does theory come from?" in order to demystify the theory-building process. In this interview series, authors of forthcoming AMR articles discuss how they got the ideas for their papers, and share their process for developing new theory in the field of management. 

Link to the article: https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amr.2019.0494 

In this episode, Trish Ruebottom, Sean Buchanan, Maxim Voronov, and Madeline Toubiana discuss their AMR article titled "Commercializing the Practice of Voyeurism: How Organizations Leverage Authenticity and Transgression to Create Value."

Article web link: https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amr.2019.0210

In this episode, Matt Hersel discusses his AMR article titled "Fighting with the Fourth Estate: A Theoretical Framework of Organization–Media Rivalry for Narrative Control Following a Transgression."

Article web link: https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amr.2020.0012

Article web link: https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amr.2019.0216

Welcome to the Academy of Management Review's Origins Series, where we ask, "Where does theory come from?" in order to demystify the theory-building process. In this interview series, authors of forthcoming AMR articles discuss how they got the ideas for their papers, and share their process for developing new theory in the field of management. In this episode, Jennifer Kuan and Jeremy Thornton discuss their forthcoming article titled "Nonprofit Organizations as Multi-Sided Platforms."

****Article weblink: https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amr.2018.0367

Welcome to the Academy of Management Review's Origins Series, where we ask, "Where does theory come from?" in order to demystify the theory-building process. In this interview series, authors of forthcoming AMR articles discuss how they got the ideas for their papers, and share their process for developing new theory in the field of management. In this episode, Douglas Creed, Bryant Hudson, Gerardo Okhuysen and Kristin Smith-Crowe discuss their forthcoming article titled "A Place in the World: Vulnerability, Wellbeing, and the Ubiquitous Evaluation that Animates Participation in Institutional Processes."

******* Article link: https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amr.2018.0466

Welcome to the Academy of Management Review's Origins Series, where we ask, "Where does theory come from?" in order to demystify the theory-building process. In this interview series, authors of forthcoming AMR articles discuss how they got the ideas for their papers, and share their process for developing new theory in the field of management. In this episode, Stewart Clegg and Mario Berti discuss their forthcoming article titled "Research Movements and Theorizing Dynamics In Management and Organization Studies."

Article Abstract: "In this article we propose a conceptual model of the processes that regulate theory selection and retention in Management and Organization Studies. Considering the many sources of theoretical variety that characterize our field, what requires explanation is both the proliferation of theories as well as the decline of some schools of thought. We argue that research programs (ordered sequences of theories) lose momentum when the research movements that develop and maintain them fail to attend to some organizing priorities. By conceptualizing theorizing as form of organizing, we describe how research movements dynamically arrange sociomaterial elements (grammars, thought styles, material artefacts and empirical craft), arguing that their sustainability depends on their capacity effectively to navigate the paradoxical tensions that derive from these organizing efforts." 

***** Article web link:  https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2019.0441

Welcome to the Academy of Management Review's Origins Series, where we ask, "Where does theory come from?" in order to demystify the theory-building process.  In this interview series, authors of forthcoming AMR articles discuss how they got the ideas for their papers, and share their process for developing new theory in the field of management.

In this episode,  Flore Bridoux and J.W. Stoelhorst discuss their forthcoming article titled "Stakeholder Governance: Solving the Collective Action Problems in Joint Value Creation."

***** Article web link:  https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2018.0031

Welcome to the Academy of Management Review's Origins Series, where we ask, "Where does theory come from?" in order to demystify the theory-building process.  In this interview series, authors of forthcoming AMR articles discuss how they got the ideas for their papers, and share their process for developing new theory in the field of management.

In this episode,  Howard Klein and Omar Solinger discuss their forthcoming article, coauthored with Véronique Duflot, titled "Commitment System Theory: The Evolving Structure of Commitments to Multiple Targets."