Research
The research conduced by IMS scholars is integrated in the Innovation and Organization research programme of the FEB Research Institute and covers the broad range of topics related to innovation management and strategy. The research is primarily organised around four research profiles:
List of selected recent publications
Asad, S., Hennig, J., Oehmichen, J., Wolff, M., & Hass, V. (2025). From Attention to Action: How Board Environmental Expertise Influences Corporate Environmental Performance. Strategic Organization, 23(2), 259–284.
Asad, S., Heyden, M. L., Graf-Vlachy, L., Altman, E. J., Hambrick, D. C., Simsek, Z., & Tripsas, M. (2026). Follow the technology or follow the leader? Radical innovation and strategic leadership at a crossroads. Research Policy, 55(8), 105579.
Bastian, B., Frederiks, A. J., & Englis, B. G. (2026). Breaking the status-quo: How bias awareness and metacognitive engagement sequentially debias entrepreneurial decisions. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 25, e00604.
Bijlsma-Frankema, K., Täuber, S., Croonen, E., & van de Brake, J. (2026). Crossing the borders of normality: how and why supervisory control actions engender distrust and loss of control effectiveness. In Research Handbook on Organizational Control (pp. 55-73). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Croonen, E. P. M., Broekhuizen, T. L. J., & Brand, M. J. (2025). Trust and Control in Franchise Networks: A Dyadic, Multi-Referent Analysis on Franchisee Network Exit Intentions. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 49(1), 129–158. https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587221132210
Davison, R. M., Díaz Andrade, A., Eckhardt, A., van Offenbeek, M., Techatassanasoontorn, A. A., Marabelli, M., ... & Cooper, V. (2026). Research Integrity Matters, But It Is Undermined by Generative AI. Information Systems Journal.
Fakha, A., & Boonstra, A. (2025). Artificial intelligence in transitional care: practice, promise, and pitfalls—a scoping review. Frontiers in Digital Health, 7, 1690223.
Friend, S. B., Biemans, W., Malshe, A., Ranjan, K. R., & Al-Khatib, J. (2026). Marketing agility in high power distance cultures. Journal of Business Research, 206, 115962.
Gambirage, C., Silva, J. C. D., Vasconcelos, F. C. D., & Parente, R. (2024). Home Country Institutions and Nonmarket Political Strategy Effects on EMNE Foreign Location Choice. Long Range Planning, 57(6), Article 102477, 15 p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2024.102477
Glaser, M., Windsperger, J., & Croonen, E. (2026). Laurels or Thorns of Trust? How Embeddedness Moderates the Exchange‐Satisfaction Relationship in Franchising. Managerial and Decision Economics, 47(4), 863-879.
Hanisch, M. (2024). Prescriptive Theorizing in Management Research: A New Impetus for Addressing Grand Challenges. Journal of Management Studies, 61(4), 1692–1716. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12994
Hanisch, M. (2024). Strategic Alliance Governance Through Termination Provisions: Safeguard and Incentive, Flexibility and Commitment. Journal of Management, E-pub ahead of print, 29 p. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063241252886
Hanisch, M., Goldsby, C. M., Fortin, M., & Rogerson, M. (2025). Governing Within Semirigid Limits: Navigating the Centralization–Decentralization Paradox in Blockchain-Based Platforms. Journal of Operations Management, 71(7), 917–938, 21 p.
Hanisch, M., Graf-Vlachy, L., Haeussler, C., König, A., & Cho, T. (2025). Kindred Spirits: Cognitive Frame Similarity and Good Faith Provisions in Strategic Alliance Contracts. Strategic Management Journal, 46(2), 436–469. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3456
Hanisch, M., Roozen, P., & Theodosiadis, V. (2026). Success and Failure in Blockchain-Based Interorganizational Ecosystems: A Governance Perspective. Journal of Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063261420752
Heucher, K., Alt, E., Soderstrom, S., Scully, M., & Glavas, A. (2024). Catalyzing Action on Social and Environmental Challenges: An Integrative Review of Insider Social Change Agents. Academy of Management Annals, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2021.0171
Infantes, P. M., Federo, R., & Pascual-Fuster, B. (2025). Follow the Leader: The Double-Edged Cascading Effect of Board Gender Diversity Practices in Hierarchical Business Groups. Journal of Business Ethics, 23 p.
Li, H., Steinberg, P., Bruns, H., & Surroca, J. (2025). Unlocking organizational creativity: Unique effects of corporate social responsibility in leveraging individual creativity. Research Policy, 54(8), Article 105286, 16 p.
Mitzinneck, B., Coenen, J., Noseleit, F., & Rupietta, C. (2024). Impact Creation Approaches of Community-Based Enterprises: A Configurational Analysis of Enabling Conditions. Journal of Business Venturing, 39(6), Article 106420, 25 p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2024.106420
Nijstad, B., Calic, G., de Faria, P., Grimpe, C., & Kauppila, O. P. (2026). Connecting creativity and innovation research: Building bridges to cross divides. Research Policy, 55(2), 105391.
Ostovar, M., & Schultze, U. (2025). Producing the “We” in High-Risk Online Activism: Identity Configurations in My Stealthy Freedom. MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems, 49(3), 953–982, 30 p.
Rouyre, A., Fernandez, A. S., & Estrada, I. (2024). Co-Evolution of Governance Mechanisms and Coopetition in Public-Private Projects. Journal of Operations Management, 70(1), 50–79. https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1263
Smailhodzic, E., Boonstra, A., Langley, D., & Fabian, N. (2026). Intimate support or expansive insight? How social media community openness and size shape patient self-management. European Journal of Information Systems, 33 p.
Smailhodzic, E., Fernandes, A., Dube, N., & Tarafdar, M. (2025). Navigating Tensions Between Indigeneity and Social Media Participation: A Case Study of the Guarani Community in South America. Information Systems Journal, 35(4), 1198–1217, 20 p.
Steinberg, P. J., Hennig, J. C., Oehmichen, J., & Heigermoser, J. (2025). Common ownership and competitive dissimilarity: A global perspective on competition and institutional ownership. Global Strategy Journal, 15(1), 94–129, 36 p.
Strazda, A., Majoor-Kozlinska, I., & Englis, P. D. (2026). Developing a Research Integrity Culture Framework for Business Schools. Journal of Academic Ethics, 24(1), 58.
Stuetzer, M., Wyrwich, M., Brodeur, A., Obschonka, M., Audretsch, D. B., Rentfrow, P. J., Potter, J. & Gosling, S. D. (2026). Migrating to a golden opportunity: The gold rush and the roots of persistence of interregional differences in entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing, 41(5), 106626.
Thome, T., Hanisch, M., Oehmichen, J., & de Faria, P. (2027). Organizational design for digital transformation: A systematic literature review. Journal of Business Research, 218, 116508.
Wierenga, M., Heucher, K., Chen, S., Grewatsch, S., & Montgomery, A. W. (2025). Communities for Impact: Empowering Early-Career Researchers in the Pursuit of Impact. Strategic Organization, 23(1), 19–30. https://doi.org/10.1177/14761270231221647