Based on a joint research project by venture capital investor Project A and the International School of Management, this article discusses the concept of the minimum viable brand and proposes a corresponding framework for early-stage ventures.

The ethical behavior prevalent in an organization often determines business success or failure. Much research in the business context has scrutinized ethical behavior, but there are still few insights into its roots; this study furthers this line of inquiry. In line with identity work theory, we...

Academics and practitioners emphasize the rising importance of Chief Human Resource Officers (CHROs). CHROs act as heads of staff—they motivate the personnel and offer guidance. This study helps clarify the impact of increasingly relevant CHROs and reveals how their company and role tenure...

While the concept of dynamic managerial capabilities was initially developed to understand top managers' strategic decisions, we theorize that it can explain how middle managers successfully contribute to functional outcomes. In this paper, we apply the dynamic managerial capabilities...

Since start‐ups often own cutting‐edge technology and knowledge, acquiring a start‐up can provide buyers with a unique opportunity to boost their radical innovativeness. As a result, start‐up acquisitions have increasingly gained importance. Acquirers, however, face difficult decisions...

Team start-ups have substantial advantages over solo start-ups, but teams often do not live up to their potential due to conflicts creating unfavorable team dynamics. Based on an experiment with 665 individuals in 133 randomly composed teams participating in a new-venture simulation, we found...

Although chief executive officers (CEOs) are the primary decision‐makers in their firms, there has been little research on how CEOs' decision styles affect firm performance. This study explores the relationships between firm performance and two key dimensions of CEO decision style, namely the...

Due to the high importance and severe consequences of credit ratings, we investigate the effect inter‐firm coopetition—simultaneous cooperation and competition—has on credit ratings. So far, coopetition research has disregarded its effect on the debt market and research on credit ratings...