Podcasts
"Speaking of Research" is an audio podcast series from the Alberta School of Business highlighting some of our world-renowned scholars whose research work is groundbreaking, impactful and highly cited in the field of business.
Host
Trish Reay – Professor and Associate Dean (Research)
Available on...Anchor | Breaker | Google Podcasts | Overcast | Pocket Casts | RSS FEED | RadioPublic | Spotify
New and Notable Series Ep 1: Assistant Professor Ke Wang
Assistant Professor Ke Wang studies the role of accounting information in the context of capital markets. In this series, Dr. Wang discusses his forthcoming paper in the Contemporary Accounting Research journal titled "Is the tone of risk disclosures in MD&As relevant to debt markets? Evidence from the pricing of credit default swaps.”
Further Reading
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Why do banks favor employee-friendly firms? A stakeholder-screening perspective. Organization Science (forthcoming).
- Readability of 10-K reports and stock price crash risk. Contemporary Accounting Research (2019).
New and Notable Series Ep 2: Assistant Professor Chris Steele
Assistant Professor Chris Steele focuses on the workings of knowledge, identity, and social order. Dr. Steele talks about his very recently published article in the Academy of Management Review journal titled "When things get odd: Exploring the interactional choreography of taken-for-grantedness."
Further Reading
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Mentalités and Events: Historicizing Institutional Logics, Academy of Management Review (2019)
- History, Society, and Institutions: The Role of Collective Memory in the Emergency and Evolution of Societal Logics. Academy of Management Review (2016)
Classic Series Ep 1: Professor Emeritus Royston Greenwood
Professor Emeritus Royston Greenwood is a world-renowned expert in the field of organization theory who, over the span of nearly five decades, has paid particular attention to the dynamics of organizational and institutional change. In this series, Dr. Greenwood discusses his 2010 paper published in Organization Science titled "The Multiplicity of Institutional Logics and the Heterogeneity of Organizational Responses".
Further Reading
- Proudly Elitist and Undemocratic? The Distributed Maintenance of Contested Practices. Organization Studies (Forthcoming).
- From Logic Acceptance to Logic Rejection: The Process of Destabilization in Hybrid Organizations. Organization Science (2020).
Classic Series Ep 2: Professor Randall Morck
Professor Randall Morck is a globally prominent, influential scholar and educator. His data-driven work applies sophisticated statistical analysis to important real-world economic problems. In this series, Dr. Morck discusses his 1988 paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics titled "Management ownership and marketing valuation: An empirical analysis".
Further Reading
- The great pyramids of America: A revised history of U. S. business groups, corporate ownership, and regulation, 1926-1950. Strategic Management Journal (2019).
- State-run banks, money growth, and the real economy. Management Science (2019).
Classic Series Ep 3: Professor Jennifer Argo
Professor Jennifer Argo is focused on understanding the social elements of consumer behaviour. She looks into the subtle nuances that we, as consumers, are mostly unaware of when selecting our purchases. In this series, Dr. Argo discusses her 2005 paper published in the Journal of Consumer Research titled "The influence of a mere social presence in a retail context".
Further Reading
- Shape- and trait-congruency: Using appearance-based cues as a basis for product recommendations. Journal of Consumer Psychology (2019).
- Standards of Beauty: The Impact of Mannequins in the Retail Context. Journal of Consumer Research (2018).
Classic Series Ep 4: Professor Michael Lounsbury
Professor Michael Lounsbury studies the relationship between entrepreneurship and institutional change, especially the cultural entrepreneurship involved in the creation of new industries and practices. In this series, Dr. Lounsbury discusses his 2001 paper published in the Strategic Management Journal titled "Cultural Entrepreneurship: Stories, Legitimacy and the Acquisition of Resources".
Further Reading
- Into the Clearing: Back to the Future of Constitutive Institutional Analysis. Organization Theory (2020).
- Beyond Homo Entrepreneurus: Judgment and the Theory of Cultural Entrepreneurship. Journal of Management Studies (2019).
- Cultural Entrepreneurship: A New Agenda for the Study of Entrepreneurial Processes and Possibilities (Elements in Organization Theory). Cambridge University Press (2019).
Classic Series Ep 5: Professor Gerald Häubl
Professor Gerald Häubl focuses on the psychological forces that govern how people decide what products to buy; and a significant portion of his research over the years has given particular attention to online environments. In this series, Dr. Häubl discusses his 2000 paper published in Marketing Science titled "Consumer decision making in online shopping environments: The effects of interactive decision aids".
Further Reading
- Mixing It Up: Unsystematic Product Arrangements Promote the Choice of Unfamiliar Products. Journal of Marketing Research (Forthcoming).
- Inaction Traps in Consumer Response to Product Malfunctions. Journal of Marketing Research (2020).
Classic Series Ep 6: Professor Trish Reay
Professor Trish Reay studies institutional and organizational change, professions and professionals, and organizational learning in the contexts of health care and family business. In this series, Dr. Reay discusses her 2009 paper published in Organization Studies titled "Managing the rivalry of competing institutional logistics".
Further Reading
- Maintaining Places of Social Inclusion: Ebola and the Emergency Department. Administrative Sciences Quarterly (Forthcoming).
- Constructing and Sustaining Counter-Institutional Identities. Academy of Management Journal (Forthcoming).