Research
In today鈥檚 dynamic business environment, the quest for competitive advantage becomes ever more difficult. Small as well as large companies need to acquire tools to systematically analyze the industrial ecosystem and consumer behavior, understand digitalization opportunities and challenges, and swiftly adapt to change. The ability to tap into knowledge pools and to integrate new ideas from diverse countries and contexts becomes a critical prerequisite for success, as companies experiment with new corporate structures, coordination and control mechanisms, and establish partnerships with stakeholders in the public and private sector.
The Institute of Management addresses these pertinent questions by conducting research that is inspired by today鈥檚 practical challenges and seeks to contribute to debates with businesses and policymakers. Our research is driven by the desire to develop new perspectives and rigorous methodologies that further inspiring and thoughtful scholarship. It spans research activities in Business Analytics, Business Law, Decision Sciences, Human Resource Management, International Management, Marketing, Operations Management, Strategy, and Sustainability.
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RECENT publications
Cailloux, J.,听Zufferey, N., & Gallay, O. (2024). Graph coloring approaches for a production planning problem with makespan and setup penalties in a product-wheel context.听Discrete Applied Mathematics, 355, 200-222.听
Bocquet, R., Cotterlaz-Rannard, G., & Ferrary, M. 2024. How Do Prestigious Universities Remain at the Summit: A Bourdieusian View of their Business Models. British Journal of Management.
Fischer, T., Dietz, J., & Antonakis, J. 2024. A Fatal Flaw: Positive Leadership Style Research Creates Causal Illusions. The Leadership Quarterly, 35(3), Article 101771.
Grabski-Walls, T., &听Ambos, T. C.听(2024). The choices we collectively make: Orchestrating hybridity to tackle grand challenges.听Journal of Management Studies.听
Jeong, J., Ghaddar, B., Zufferey, N., & Nathwani, J. 2024. Adaptive Robust Electric Vehicle Routing Under Energy Consumption Uncertainty. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies, 160, Article 104529.
Raisch, S.,& Fomina, K. 2024. Combining Human and Artificial Intelligence: Hybrid Problem Solving in Organizations.听Academy of Management Review.
Raisch, S., & Fomina, K. Hybrid Problem-Solving with Large Language Models: A Reply to 鈥淚terative Alternative Evaluation鈥� and 鈥淎n Assemblage Perspective鈥�. Academy of Management Review.
Sasai, K., Chouinard, L. E., Power, G. J., Conciatori, D., & Zufferey, N. 2024. Accounting for Traffic Disturbance in Road Infrastructure Management: Optimal Maintenance and Rehabilitation Planning for the Society. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 183, Article 104040.
Schrempf-Stirling, J., & Van Buren, H. J. 2024. The Importance of Human Rights for Management and Organization Studies. British Journal of Management, 35(3), 1127鈥�1140.
Vives-Gabriel, J.,听Schrempf-Stirling, J., & Coraiola, D. M. 2024. Dealing with Organizational Legacies of Irresponsibility.听Academy of Management Perspectives, 38(3).
Ziano, I., & Polman, E. 2024. Prototypes of Victims of Workplace Harassment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Fischer, T.听2023. Measuring behaviors counterfactually.听The Leadership Quarterly,听34(6). Article 101750.
Fischer, T., Hambrick D. C., Sajons G. B., & van Quaquebeke N. 2023. Leadership science beyond questionnaires.听The Leadership Quarterly,听34(6), Article 101752.听
Fischer, T., & Sitkin, S. B. 2023. Leadership styles: A comprehensive assessment and way forward.听Academy of Management Annals,听17(1).
Krakowski, S.,听Luger, J., &听Raisch, S.听2023.听Artificial intelligence and the changing sources of competitive advantage.听Strategic Management Journal,听44(6), 1425鈥�1452.
Kunisch, S., Denyer, D., Bartunek, J. M.,听Menz, M., & Cardinal, L. B.听2023.听Review research as scientific inquiry.听Organizational Research Methods,听26(1), 3鈥�45.
Langan, R., Krause, R., &听Menz, M.听2023.听Executive board chairs: Examining the performance consequences of a corporate governance hybrid.听Journal of Management,听49(7), 2218鈥�2253.
Schrempf-Stirling, J., & Wettstein, F.听2023.听The mutual reinforcement of hard and soft regulation.听Academy of Management Perspectives,听37(1).
Tatarinov, K.,听Ambos, T. C., & Chang, F. T.听2023.听Scaling digital solutions for wicked problems: Ecosystem versatility.听Journal of International Business Studies,听54(4), 631鈥�656.
Tippmann, E.,听Ambos, T. C.,听Del Giudice, M., Monaghan, S., & Ringove, D.听2023.听Scale-ups and scaling in an international business context.听Journal of World Business,听58(1), Article 101397.
Vi茅, M.-S.,听Zufferey, N., & Minner, S. 2023. A matheuristic for tactical locomotive and driver scheduling for the Swiss national railway company SBB Cargo AG.听OR Spectrum,听45, 1113鈥�1151.
Wang, D., &听Ziano, I.听2023. Give Me a Straight Answer: Response Ambiguity Diminishes Likability.听Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Ziano, I., & Koc, Y. 2023. Prototypes of People With Depression. Psychological Science, 34(12), 1295鈥�1308.
Ziano, I., & Villanova, D. 2023. More useful to you: Believing that others find the same objects more useful.听Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,听106, Article 104460.
Andrews, D. S., Fainshmidt, S.,听Ambos, T., & Haensel, K.听2022.听The attention-based view and the multinational corporation: Review and research agenda.听Journal of World Business,听57(2), Article 101302.
Krim, H.,听Zufferey, N., Potvin, J.-Y., Benmansour, R., & Duvivier, D.听2022.听Tabu search for a parallel-machine scheduling problem with periodic maintenance, job rejection and weighted sum of completion times.听Journal of Scheduling, 25,听89鈥�105.
Vi茅, M.-S.,听Zufferey, N., & Leus, R.听2022.听Aircraft landing planning under uncertain conditions.听Journal of Scheduling,听25, 203鈥�228.
Visnjic, I., Jovanovic, M., &听Raisch,听S.听2022.听Managing the transition to a dual business model: Tradeoff, paradox, and routinized practices.听Organization Science,听33(5), 1701鈥�2083.
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Recent Ph.D. Theses
Human-AI Collaboration in Organizations (Fomina, K. 2024)
The Role of Business in Building Peace and Democracy in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Countries ()
A Business Model Approach of the Adaptation Process: Three Lessons from the Analysis of the Swiss Press Dynamics ()
Better marketing research for a better world ()
Altering societal institutions to tackle grand challenges: Three essays on change within organizations, through partnerships, and across ecosystems ()
Hybrid algorithms for designing production lines ()
Nonprofit Business Models: A Bourdieusian Perspective ()
Organizing the Multinational Hybrid Organization: The Next Step in Organizing for Sustainable Value ()
Managing, structuring and scaling innovation in international organizations ()
Multi-neighborhood local searches for industrial problems in production, transportation and distribution ()
Customers鈥� Experienced Product Quality: Conceptualization and Operationalization of a Multidimensional Measure of Product Quality ()
Essays on Voluntary CEO Departure ()
The Role of Stakeholder Sentiment in Strategic Decision-Making: a Behavioral Perspective ()
Artificial intelligence in organizations: strategy and decision making in the听digital age ()
Relevant consumer research: prediction, explanation and replication ()听
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