Editorial

Purpose – Provides an summary of the workshop and discussions held by Management Decision at the 2005 Academy of Management annual conference. Design/methodology/approach – Reports on the discussions that took place amongst the four work groups on the following subjects: qualitative versus quantitative methodologies, encouraging research from developing nations and practitioner authors, the value of history in management and how publishers can solve the main headaches for researchers. Findings – Journal and institutional rankings are playing an increasingly important part in academic life. This has both positive and negative implications. Originality/value – Provides information about issues that are important to the scholarly community and encourages authors, readers and anyone else involved in research to contribute their thoughts and opinions.