2023 Award
Our communication partner NBS offers four tips for effective outreach activities from the finalists of the 2023 award
Runner-up
Vanessa C. Burbano (Columbia University)
for outreach activities based on the paper “The demotivating effects of communicating a social-political stance: Field experimental evidence from an online labor market platform” (Management Science, 2021)
Suntae Kim (Johns Hopkins University)
Anna Kim (McGill University)
for outreach activities based on the paper “Going viral or growing like an oak tree? Towards sustainable local development through entrepreneurship” (Academy of Management Journal, 2022)
“The jury is impressed by how the author was highly effective in getting topic insights about the benefits and hazards of corporate political activism into a wide array of top media outlets that can impact practical action.”
Winner
“The jury is impressed by how the authors translated nuanced and multilayered ethnographic findings about the most effective methods of incubating new businesses into actionable insights for the business community, policymakers and nonprofits, and the broader public.”
2022 Award
Our communication partner NBS has collected six tips for effective outreach activities from the finalists of the 2022 award
Winner
Mark DesJardine (Dartmouth College)
Rodolphe Durand (HEC Paris)
for outreach activities based on the paper “Disentangling the effects of hedge fund activism on firm financial and social performance” (Strategic Management Journal, 2020)
“The jury is impressed by the authors’ ability to reach major news outlets, how they effectively reached a multiplicity of audiences overall, and how the authors’ outreach pushed the public debate forward on a timely and important topic.”
Runner-Up
Dror Etzion (McGill University)
Emmanuel Kypraios (Maynooth University)
Bernard Forgues (Emlyon Business School)
for outreach activities based on the paper “Employing finance in pursuit of the sustainable development goals: The promise and perils of catastrophe bonds” (Academy of Management Discoveries, 2019)
“The jury is impressed by the authors’ efforts to translate their research and elaborate on its applications for multiple audiences and with respect to important topics over and above the scope of the original paper, such as the COVID19 pandemic.”
2021 Award
Winner
Michel Anteby (Boston University)
Curtis K. Chan (Boston College)
for outreach activities based on the paper “A self-fulfilling cycle of coercive surveillance: Workers’ invisibility practices and managerial justification” (Organization Science, 2018)
“The jury is impressed by the authors’ multilayered strategy: they shared insights with the partner-organization early on, wrote a practitioner-oriented version of the paper, communicated with thought leaders, and conducted interviews with media outlets.”
2020 Award
Winner
Edmund Malesky (Duke University)
Markus Taussig (Rutgers Business School)
for outreach activities based on the paper “Participation, Government Legitimacy, and Regulatory Compliance: A Firm Level Field Experiment in Vietnam” (American Political Science Review, 2019)
“The jury is impressed by how the authors collaborated with local policy makers to generate insights that the authors then communicated to policy makers around the world.”
Runner-Up
David Barberá-Tomás (Universitat Politècnica de València)
Itziar Castelló (Surrey Business School)
Frank G. A. de Bakker (IESEG School of Management)
Charlene Zietsma (Penn State University)
for outreach activities based on the paper “Energizing through Visuals: How Social Entrepreneurs Use Emotion-symbolic Work for Social Change” (Academy of Management Journal, 2019)
“The jury is impressed by the powerful videos and visuals that the authors produced, which was also a key message of the research itself, and by their effective use of non-traditional media.”