50 Themes in Management Research - 2007-2012

Today 50 themes that had contributions during 2007 to 2012 were identified to further develop them with literature review and further research scope. Such a collection should help aspiring researchers to evaluate the current themes and choose their research topic from currently researched areas. They have many times familiarity with textbook topics and do not have exposure to currently researched areas.




2007

Leadership Succession

Theory of Frederick Taylor and Scientific Management

Enablers of Frugal Innovation: Propositions - Rajnish Tiwari and Cornelius Herstatt - 2012 Working Paper

Open Global Innovation Networks as Enablers of Frugal Innovation: Propositions Based on Evidence from India
Rajnish Tiwari
Cornelius Herstatt
December 2012

Working Paper No. 72


An edited & peer-reviewed version of this paper has been published as “Frugal Innovation: A Global Networks’ Perspective” in: Die Unternehmung, 66(3): 245-274.

Hamburg University of Technology
Schwarzenbergstr. 95, D-21073 Hamburg, Germany

http://www.global-innovation.net/publications/PDF/Working_Paper_72.pdf


“Low-income markets present a prodigious opportunity for the world’s wealthiest companies – to seek their fortunes and bring prosperity to the aspiring poor.”
(Prahalad and Hart, 2002, 2)



P1

Frugal innovations have a greater chance of commercial success if their value proposition
incorporates the twin objectives of reducing the cost-of-ownership while matching
customer aspirations for quality and image.


P2
Companies can increase the probability of offering an attractive value proposition for successful frugal innovations if they are able to successfully connect their product development process with global innovation networks.


P3
Setting up innovation capabilities in product-specific “lead markets” increases the
probability to identify and access suitable global innovation networks.

Strategic Management - Research Methodology Issues

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY STRATEGIES IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
2011 Paper
http://sachajournals.com/documents/Mexico002.pdf




Research Methodology in Strategic Management Past Accomplishments and Future Challenges
David J. Ketchen Jr, Brian K. Boyd and Donald D. Bergh
Organizational Research Methods October 2008 vol. 11 no. 4 643-658

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY STRATEGIES IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
http://www.ufpel.edu.br/ifisp/ppgs/eics/dvd/documentos/gts_llleics/gt20/g20josehernandez.pdf
2008 paper
http://philair.ph/publication/index.php/jpair/article/view/163

THE STATE OF STRATEGIC
MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
AND A VISION OF THE FUTURE
Michael A. Hitt, Brian K. Boyd and Dan Li
Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, Volume 1, 1–31, 2004

Organizational Ambidextertiy - Research Issues and Theory

Antecedents to ambidexterity competency in high technology organizations
Pages 134-151
Aravind Chandrasekaran, Kevin Linderman, Roger Schroeder
Journal of Operations Management, Jan-Feb 2012



Organizational ambidexterity has emerged as a new research paradigm in organization theory.
Four central tensions or research areas were examined in this paper
Should organizations achieve ambidexterity through differentiation or through integration?
Does ambidexterity occur at the individual or organizational level?
Must organizations take a static or dynamic perspective on ambidexterity?
Can ambidexterity arise internally, or do firms have to externalize some processes?


Organizational Ambidexterity: Balancing Exploitation and Exploration for Sustained Performance
Sebastian Raisch, Julian Birkinshaw, Gilbert Probst, Michael L. Tushman
OrganizationScience
Vol. 20, No. 4, July–August 2009, pp. 685–695
http://orgsci.journal.informs.org/content/20/4/685.full.pdf



UNPACKING ORGANIZATIONAL AMBIDEXTERITY:
DIMENSIONS, CONTINGENCIES, AND SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS
QING CAO, ERIC GEDAJLOVIC, HONGPING ZHANG
Forthcoming in Organization Science.



Organizational Ambidexterity: IBM and Emerging Business Opportunities
Charles O’Reilly, J. Bruce Harreld, Michael L. Tushman
Stanford GSB Research Paper No. 2025
Rock Center for Corporate Governance Working Paper No. 53
May 2009
https://gsbapps.stanford.edu/researchpapers/library/RP2025.pdf



Building Ambidexterity Into an Organization
Julian Birkinshaw and Cristina Gibson
MITSloan Management Review, SUMMER 2004     VOL.45 NO.4

Customer Service Participation - Research Issues and Theory

Do Customers and Employees Enjoy Service Participation? Synergistic Effects of Self- and Other-Efficacy
Chi Kin (Bennett) Yim, Kimmy Wa Chan, & Simon S.K. Lam

Paper Summary - AMA Site



Consumer participation and productivity in service operations
JA Fitzsimmons - Interfaces, 1985


Mary Jo Bitner, William T. Faranda, Amy R. Hubbert, Valarie A. Zeithaml, (1997) "Customer contributions and roles in service delivery", International Journal of Service Industry Management, Vol. 8 Iss: 3, pp.193 - 205


Customer voluntary performance: customers as partners in service delivery
LA Bettencourt - Journal of retailing, 1997



Psychological implications of customer participation in co-production
N Bendapudi, RP Leone - Journal of marketing, 2003


Revisiting customer participation in service encounters: does culture matter?
William E. Youngdahla,  Deborah L. Kelloggb, Winter Niea, David E. Bowena
Journal of Operations Management
Volume 21, Issue 1, January 2003, Pages 109–120

Social Media Presence - Research Issues and Theory

Beyond the “Like” Button: The Impact of Mere Virtual Presence on Brand Evaluations and Purchase Intentions in Social Media Settings
Journal of Marketing, November 2012

New prospective consumers are able to effortlessly learn the identities of other brand supporters through social media like FaceBook page likes,  in ways not possible in the offline world. But is this always good for brands?

Paper summary AMA site



Social media: The new hybrid element of the promotion mix
WG Mangold, DJ Faulds - Business horizons, 2009

2009, Global Media Journal -- Canadian Edition
Volume 2, Issue 1, pp. 63-88
http://www.gmj.uottawa.ca/0901/v2i1_greenberg%20and%20macaulay.pdf


Making Social Media Pay:
Accenture 2011 Report
http://www.accenture.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PDF/Accenture-Making-Social-Media-Pay.pdf

Rise of Social Media in Financial Services

Infosys, 2011 Report

http://www.infosys.com/FINsights/Documents/pdf/issue9/social-media-engage-consumers.pdf

Customers' Return Request - Theory and Research Issues

Employees’ Decision Making in the Face of Customers’ Fuzzy Return Requests
Sijun Wang, Sharon E. Beatty, & Jeanny Liu
Journal of Marketing, November 2012

Summary of the paper - AMA Site



Returns: A Motivational Perspective
Holtzman, Jordan
January 2007
Advances in Consumer Research - North American Conference Proceedings;2007, Vol. 34, p418

http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/conference-papers/27997814/returns-motivational-perspective


A “Returning Problem” Reducing the Quantity and Cost of Product
Returns in Consumer Electronics
David Douthit, Michael Flach and Vivek Agarwal
Accenture paper, 2011
http://www.accenture.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PDF/Accenture-Reducing-the-Quantity-and-Cost-of-CustomerReturns.pdf