Editor’s introduction

Citation

Campos e Cunha, R. (2010), "Editor’s introduction", Management Research, Vol. 8 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/mrjiam.2010.50608baa.001

Editor’s introduction

Article Type: Editorial From: Management Research: The Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, Volume 8, Issue 2

In the previous issue of Management Research I had the great pleasure of announcing some significant changes in the journal – the new publisher, the introduction of new sections and the ERA journal ranking.

This time, I also start on a positive note, in that the submission rate is steadily increasing. This is good news for the journal and for the Iberoamerican Academy of Management. A strong effort on promotion by Emerald is starting to produce results and I am pleased to say that I have been contacted by several scholars with the intention of submitting some special issues. I would like to encourage all those who are interested in editing special issues to contact me, since they are excellent opportunities to increase citations. Please see Robert Hoskisson’s interview, on this topic.

In this issue of Management Research, we publish two articles from Portuguese authors and one by Spanish authors, covering current affairs. The first one, by João Vieira da Cunha and Miguel Pina e Cunha, deals with a paradox in the theory of organizational improvisation, in which improvisation may simultaneously be a source of change and a source of stability. The authors argue that these different outcomes depend on variation (the locus of improvisation), selection (identity-related conditions for improvisation) and retention (social construction of the space for improvisation) and develop an integrative model of organizational change and stability.

The second paper, by Ana Patrícia Duarte, Carla Mouro and José Gonçalves das Neves, addresses the social meaning of corporate social responsibility (CSR). By inquiring a sample of 275 individuals, working in different industries in Portugal, with a free association task, their results mirror previous theoretical models. However, these results suggest that stakeholders’ perceptions of CSR need to be validated across different national, cultural contexts.

In the third paper, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart use case studies of “new generation” companies in Catalonia to analyse how business models interact with the environment. The authors propose the need to adapt and reconfigure business models to new realities of the global economy, in order to support innovation and internationalization and promote sustainable competitive advantage.

Last, but not least, this issue is introducing a special section on well-known researchers – A Life in Research. Readers will be able to “hear” Robert E. Hoskisson’s view about his research and his daily routines, but also about the global economic and political environment, and Latin America in particular; important and hot topics such as corporate governance, public-private partnerships or privatizations are also covered. The interview was conducted by Santiago Ibarreche and Luiz Mesquita and I personally thank them for their expert journalistic skills. You will certainly understand why I said you will “hear” Robert Hoskisson, such is the vividness of the interview.

I do hope you find this issue useful for your research and pedagogical needs, but also interesting to read in the diversity of covered topics. My personal request is, as usual, keep submitting to Management Research!

Rita Campos e Cunha