The purpose of this article is to investigate how ownership structure, especially family and/or venture‐capital involvement, as well as entrepreneurial activities, defined as strategic change and renewal, help explain the involvement of independent members on boards of directors. The CEOs of...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore how organizational actors make reference to history and how they use historical reference purposefully in order to affect strategy‐making. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on in‐depth case studies on two Swedish MNCs. Data have been...

Purpose The aim of this study is to discuss what implications referencing to the past can have on how firms manage their supply chains and communicate about them, drawing on the social memory literature. Design/methodology/approach In a conceptual manner, the authors connect the field of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on how firms draw on historical references in corporate marketing. The paper seeks to analyze the logic behind such efforts from a corporate identity perspective and to propose potential risks and/or benefits of doing so. The paper aims to...

Purpose – This paper seeks to uncover why and how the combination of family and company history in family businesses implies idiosyncratic opportunities in the process to uncover, activate, and nurture heritage‐based corporate identities and brands. Design/methodology/approach – The...