The Five Essentials of a Modeling Paper
by Phebo D. Wibbens and Tobias Kretschmer
Are you writing a modeling paper? Or planning to do so? This editorial provides the five essentials you'll need to make an impact-based on the experience from many dozens of reviews and editorial decisions.
Published April 2, 2026
Reassessing Constraint's Meaning: A Framework for Reinterpreting Structural Holes' Findings
by John Chandler Johnson and Amir Sasson
The paper reveals that Burt's network constraint operationalizes dyadic constructs, not the triadic constructs with which the index is associated. We provide a path to reinterpret existing research and guide future research.
Published March 10, 2026
A Familiar Face: Measuring Visual Similarity in Venture Capital
by Jane Wu
New research finds that investors tend to back startup entrepreneurs who look like them, literally. Facial similarity, measured using common facial recognition algorithms, is a robust and strong predictor of venture funding.
Published March 19, 2026
Governance Structures and Coordination Trade-offs: A Discriminating Alignment Theory of Innovation Ecosystem Architectures
by David R. Clough
In innovation ecosystems, complementors need to coordinate without hierarchy. This paper develops a typology of architectures that enable ecosystem coordination and theorizes about which environmental conditions best align with each architecture.
Published March 19, 2026
Revisiting the Unitary Actor Assumption: Toward Realistic Aggregation of Individual Preferences in Strategy Research
by Felipe A. Csaszar and John C. Eklund
Strategy research often treats firms as unified actors, but organizations are coalitions. This framework derives organizational utility from individual preferences and aggregation structures, showing how they reshape risk attitudes and strategic outcomes.
Published March 25, 2026
Build, Borrow, Buy … or Bail: Divestiture Following Merger and Acquisition Deal Termination
by Anthony Gibbs, Heejung Byun, and Koungjin Lim
Firms can build, borrow, or buy resources, but what happens when an acquisition deal falls through? This paper finds that sometimes firms bail, divesting the very assets the acquisition was meant to complement.
Published March 30, 2026