Table of Contents: May 2025

NBS’s monthly compilation of the latest business sustainability research prioritizes in-press articles, in order to highlight cutting-edge knowledge. The list draws from Financial Times Top 50 journals and other publications.

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Research for May 2025

Academy of Management Learning and Education

• Book Review: Shaping for Mediocrity: The Cancellation of Critical Thinking at our Universities. Véronique Ambrosini.

• Book Review: The Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence. Amon Barros.

• Book Review: Tilling the Ethical Soil of Management Learning. Clare J. M. Burns.

Academy of Management Review

• Entrepreneurship, Inequality, and Fulfilling the Promise: A Reply to “Delivering on the Promise of Entrepreneurship by Thinking Beyond Limiting Economics Assumptions.” Alexander C. Lewis, Garry D. Bruton, Dean A. Shepherd.

• Delivering on the Promise of Entrepreneurship by Thinking Beyond Limiting Economics Assumptions: An Extension of Lewis Et al.’s “A Promise Not (Yet) Fulfilled.” Florence Villesèche, Stratos Ramoglou, Laura Costanzo.

• Leaving Necessity Entrepreneurship Behind: How Entrepreneurs Actualize Desirable Futures. Chad D. Coffman, Griffin W. Cottle, Sanwar A. Sunny.

Accounting Review

• ESG Disclosure, Market Forces, and Investment Efficiency. Hao Xue.

• Diversity and Career Trajectories: Evidence from LinkedIn Data on Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Auditing. Jaehan Ahn; Rani Hoitash; Udi Hoitash; Eric Krause.

• Sustainability (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Reporting: Tracing Materiality’s Visionary and Relational Role over 25 Years through Boundary Objects and Boundary Work. Di Wang; Stuart M. Cooper; Christopher S. Chapman; Donato Calace.

Administrative Science Quarterly  

• Book Review: Christopher Marquis. The Profiteers: How Business Privatizes Profits and Socializes Costs. Michael L. Barnett.

• Applying While Black: The Collateral Effects of Racial Differences in Work Histories. Prasanna Parasurama, Ming D. Leung, Sharon Koppman.

• From Constructive Ambiguity to Escalating Commitment: The Evolution of the Bangladesh Accord as a Transnational Institution for Collective Action. Juliane Reinecke, Jimmy Donaghey.

• Standing on the Shoulders of (Male) Giants: Gender Inequality and the Technological Impact of Scientific Ideas. Michaël Bikard, Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, Ronak Mogra.

• Book Review: Kevin Woodson. The Black Ceiling: How Race Still Matters in the Elite Workplace. Summer Jackson.

• Book Review: Akshat Rathi. Climate Capitalism: Winning the Race to Zero Emissions and Solving the Crisis of Our Age. Auden Schendler. Terrible Beauty: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering Our Soul. Jeffrey G. York.

• Organizational Burden or Catalyst for Ideas? Disability as a Driver of Cognitive Flexibility and Creativity. David J. G. Dwertmann, Stephan A. Boehm, Kristie L. McAlpine, Mukta Kulkarni.

• Book Review: Brooke Harrington. Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism. Kimberly Kay Hoang.

• On Democratic Organizing and Organization Theory. Julie Battilana, Christine M. Beckman, Julie Yen.

Business Ethics Quarterly

• The Legitimizing Power of Contestation: Grounding Global Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives in the Rawlsian Theory of Justice. Adrian Gombert.

• Can Work Be Meaningful Under Algorithmic Management? A MacIntyrean Perspective. Pablo García-Ruiz, Marta Rocchi.

• Multispecies Organizing in the Web of Life: Ethico-Political Dynamics of Matters of Care in Ecologies-in-Place. Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes, Steffen Böhm, Sophia Hagolani-Albov, Linda Annala Tesfaye.

• The Politicization of Business Ethics: State, Corporation, and Society Seen from a Schmittian Perspective. Bart Jansen.

• The Normative Core of Relational Stakeholder Strategies: Explaining Open Buyer-Supplier Relations in the Context of the Amazon Rainforest. Sérgio G. Lazzarini, Dirk M. Boehe, Leandro S. Pongeluppe, Michael L. Cook.

Contemporary Accounting Research

• CEO (in)activism and investor decisions. Michael T. Durney, Joseph A. Johnson, Roshan K. Sinha, Donald Young.

• Investor reactions to climate change disclosures: Joint effects of disclosure focus and controllability. Soon-Yeow Phang, Prabashi Dharmasiri, Dani Puspitasari.

Econometrica

• Soaking up the Sun: Battery Investment, Renewable Energy, and Market Equilibrium. R. Andrew Butters, Jackson Dorsey, Gautam Gowrisankaran.

• Cap-and-Trade and Carbon Tax Meet Arrow–Debreu. Robert M. Anderson, Haosui Duanmu.

Human Resource Management

• Managing Gender Equity and Equality Across Borders—A Review and Introduction to the Special Issue. Anna Katharina Bader, Lena Knappert, Mila Lazarova, Eddy Ng.

• Addressing Algorithmic Bias in AI-Driven HRM Systems: Implications for Strategic HRM Effectiveness. Ruwan J. Bandara, Kumar Biswas, Shahriar Akter, Sujana Shafique, Mahfuzur Rahman.

• Influence of Women in Leadership on Gender-Equality, Work–Life, and Domestic Violence Coping Practices: The Role of Chief Executive Officer Gender. Marzena Baker, Muhammad Ali, Mirit K. Grabarski, Alison Konrad.

• Worker Voice and Mutual Gains From Remote Performance Management: Evidence From Digitalized Services in North America and Germany. Sean O’Brady, Virginia Doellgast, Jelena Starcevic.

• The Role of HRM in Building Resilience: The Relationality Imperative in Times of War. Lina Daouk-Öyry, Fida Afiouni, Rawan Ghazzawi, Huda Alhaffar.

Journal of Applied Psychology

• Attributions of diversity, equity, and inclusion signals in organizations: An integrative conceptual review, theoretical extension, and future research agenda. Roxanne L Ross, Horatio D. Traylor, Enrica N. Ruggs.

• The mitigation–signaling model: An integrative conceptual review of allyship behaviors’ consequences for marginalized individuals. Alyssa Tedder-King, Melanie K. Prengler, Elad N. Sherf.

• A spectrum of bystander actions: Latent profile analysis of sexual harassment intervention behavior at work. Yijue Liang, YoungAh Park.

• Interracial frontline encounters: How White customers’ stereotype threat affects Black frontline employees’ immediate job outcomes. Sven Mikolon, Katharina Dinhof, Janet Kleber, Till Haumann.

• Jekyll and Hyde leadership: Examining the direct and vicarious experiences of abusive and ethical leadership through a justice variability lens. Haoying (Howie) Xu, Sean T. Hannah, Zhen Wang, Sherry E. Moss, John J. Sumanth, Meng Song.

• Equity, openness, rigor, impact, and investing in people: The Journal of Applied Psychology’s values in action. Lillian T. Eby.

• Beyond the prototype: Unpacking the intersectional identity and image work of female minority founders in a startup context. Pisitta Vongswasdi, Julia de Groote, Janine Heinrich, Jamie Ladge.

Journal of Business Venturing

• When hype collides with morality: How entrepreneurial framing affects the behavior and legitimacy of hyped ventures. Christian E. Hampel, Elena Dalpiaz.

• Legitimacy perceptions amid institutional pluralism: How hype over decoupled practices influences entrepreneurial ventures. April J. Spivack, Tom Lahti, Thommie Burström, Joakim Wincent.

• From green to growth: The effect of Go Green on entrepreneurial growth aspirations. Xiaolong Shui, Julia Korosteleva, Bach Nguyen.

• Journal of Business Venturing 2024 year in review: The year of exercising entrepreneurial agency in response to crises. Oana Branzei, Jeffery S. McMullen, Scott L. Newbert, Christian Schwens.

• Immigrant entrepreneurship in the United States: Intersectionality as a blessing and a curse. Punit Arora, Priya Nagaraj, Marta Bengoa, Debmalya Mukherjee.

• Social class origin and entrepreneurship: An integrative review and research agenda. Leif Brändle, Anna-Lena Rönnert, Kristie J.N. Moergen, Eric Yanfei Zhao.

• Emancipatory entrepreneurship in postcolonial economies: The clash of institutional systems in the Kejetia marketplace. Arielle Newman, Alexander Lewis, Ryan Coles.

• Waves and rips: Abalone, entrepreneurial variants, and community functioning. Sarah R. Chase, Dean A. Shepherd.

Journal of Consumer Marketing

• How can communication content be adapted depending on consumers’ diet to encourage consumption of insect-based foods? Céline Gallen, Olivier Brunel, Estelle Masson.

• Predicting self-transcendental and self-serving consumption through spirituality, self-concept clarity and consumer values. Swagata Chakraborty, Veena Chattaraman.

• A systematic review of marketing interventions in reducing consumer plate waste. Tiffany Cheng Han Leung, Daisy Lee, Calvin Wan, Sharyn Rundle-Thiele.

• Nudging green product adoption: leveraging context effects to ease trade-offs in online green buying. Megha Bharti, Vivek Suneja.

• Influencer endorsement of sustainable consumption: the role of vertical individualism. Yoshiko DeMotta, Li Qin.

• How do transparency and traceability enhance purchasing behaviors via consumer trust? Insights for food supply chains. Minh Hue Nguyen, Duy Ha Nguyen.

• Promoting millet mainstreaming among Gen Z consumers – a vignette-based focus group study. Rajani Suresh, Poulami Saha, Diya Annette Ryall.

• Unlocking the path to green customer citizenship behaviour: interplay of values, attitude, and green brand equity. Vibhava Srivastava, Niva Bhandari.

• Speak to their hearts! Enhancing consumer social responsibility through emotional appeals. Stephane Ganassali, Justyna Ganassali.

• Intergenerational dynamics and sustainable wine purchase in light of the theory of planned behavior: testing a conceptual model. Giovanna Bagnato, Cecilia Casalegno, Cristian Rizzo.

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

• Is Pollution Reduced or Redistributed? The Impact of Electric Vehicle Subsidies in China. Lisha Meng, Junji Xiao, Mengxin Liu.

• Are Immigrants More Innovative? Evidence From Entrepreneurs. Kyung Min Lee, Mee Jung Kim, J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Zhen Liu.

• Content moderation and advertising in social media platforms. Leonardo Madio, Martin Quinn.

• On fraud and certification of green production. Carmen Arguedas, Esther Blanco.

Journal of Financial Economics

• CRISK: Measuring the climate risk exposure of the financial system. Hyeyoon Jung, Robert F. Engle, Richard Berner.

• Redeploying dirty assets: The impact of environmental. Jason Chen.

• Can everyone tap into the housing piggy bank? Racial disparities in access to home equity. James N. Conklin, Kristopher Gerardi, Lauren Lambie-Hanson.

Journal of Industrial Ecology

• Pricing the green transition: An investment appraisal of Romanian low-carbon steel. Mara Bălașa, Rickard Sandberg.

• Exploring paths toward enabling transitions: Systems thinking-based approach and its application to shifts toward sustainable circulation of materials in transportation infrastructure. Sara Malmgren, Rajib Sinha.

• The stakeholder business case for circular economy: An ordonomic approach for developing a circular economy business case by stakeholder governance. Felix Carl Schultz, Vladislav Valentinov, Ingo Pies.

• Risks and crisis propagation in global palladium trade network: Implications for critical resource supply chain security. Zhicheng Yang, Zhouying Song, Weidong Liu.

• Assessment of a critical mineral recycling network: A case study on nickel recovery from production waste in Korean eco-industrial parks. Seok Jung, Sangjoon An, Jooyoung Park, Hung-Suck Park, Xiaotao Bi.

• Trade, extended use, and end of life in the Global South: A regionally expanded electric vehicle life cycle assessment. Francisco Parés Olguín, Galym Iskakov, Alissa Kendall.

• Can global modern slavery be footprinted for corporate due diligence? A data review and analysis. Vivienne Reiner, Arunima Malik, Joy Murray.

• Tipping points toward sustainability: The role of industrial ecology. Claudia R. Binder, Aristide Athanassiadis, David Bristow, Helmut Haberl, Christopher Kennedy.

• Global supply chains and domestic climate policy: Addressing the substantial material-related carbon footprint of final consumption in France. Antoine Teixeira, Julien Lefèvre.

• Pricing firms’ biodiversity risk exposure: Empirical evidence from audit fees. Tobias Steindl, Stephan Küster, Sven Hartlieb.

• Targeting carbon reduction in UK households: A new segmentation model using financial transaction data. Jasmine Wells, Anna Trendl, Anne Owen, John Barrett, Norbert Jobst, David Leake.

• Differences in vehicle electrification policies and optimal transition periods across countries. Shohei Tokito, Yuya Nakamoto.

• Biodiversity finance: Sovereign biodiversity loss drivers and financial stability. Michael Mies.

• The urban mine of the Netherlands: The material basis for a circular economy. Ester van der Voet, Janneke van Oorschot, Teun Verhagen, Lauran van Oers, Vincent van Straalen, Vivian Tunn, Kiki Kersten, Roel Delahaye.

• Building circular economy theories: A practical-oriented perspective and a way forward. Benito Mignacca, Serena Filippelli, Serena Strazzullo, Luigi Tiburzi, Andrea Urbinati, Julian Kirchherr.

• Exploring the value ecosystem of digital product passports. Anna Gieß, Frederik Möller.

Journal of Management

• Mind the Gap: A Psychological and Structural Perspective on Activist Shareholders’ Targeting of Women CEOs. Samantha C. Paustian-Underdahl, Richard A. Devine, Ivona Hideg, R. Michael Holmes, and others.

• Putting Out Burning Fires: Investigating the Urgency Triggered By Prohibitive Voice. Alexander C. Romney, Daniel W. Newton, Michael D. Ulrich.

• Moving in Tandem or Failing Altogether: Managing Resource Configurations for Responsible Practice Development. Frank Wijen.

• Bridging Institutional Theory and Social and Environmental Efforts in Management: A Review and Research Agenda. Barbara Galleli, Lucas Amaral.

Journal of Management Studies

• Decolonizing Scaffolding: Learning from First Nations’ Resurgence to Recalibrate Entrepreneurship. Maggie M. Cascadden, François Bastien, Emily Block, P. Devereaux Jennings.

• Indigenizing Brokerage: How Western Brokers Bridge Environment and Nature Worldviews in Global Market Relations. Urs Jäger, Felipe Symmes, Silke Bucher, Rajiv Maher.

• Transformational Hybridity: Shape, Shake, and Shift Up for Societal Grand Challenges. Giacomo Ciambotti, Sophie Bacq, Helen Haugh, Silvia Dorado, Bob Doherty, Matteo Pedrini, Gideon Markman.

• How Alternative Management Ideas Are Realized for the Public Good: Performative Fabrics of Humanistic Practices. Oliver Laasch, Reut Livne-Tarandach, Qing Qu, Pingping Fu, Michael Pirson.

• Leave the Token, Take the Gavel: How National Quotas and Corporate Ownership Shape Gender Diversity on Major Board Committees. Patricio Duran, Roxana Turturea, Pursey P. M. A. R. Heugens, Jean-Luc Arregle, Marc van Essen.

Journal of Marketing Research  

• Retributive Philanthropy. Ethan Milne, Kirk Kristofferson, Miranda R. Goode.

• Understanding Unitized Food Choice: The Role of Social Context and Marketing Factors in Mitigating Overconsumption. Lane Peterson Fronczek, Maura L. Scott, Martin Mende, Brennan Davis, My (Myla) Bui.

Journal of Operations Management

• Prescribers Under Pressure? An Examination of Healthcare Policy, Prescribing Workload, and Competition on Opioid Prescribing. Justin T. Kistler, Luv Sharma, Christopher W. Craighead, Mark Ferguson.

• From the Boardroom to the Jobsite: Female Board Representation and Workplace Safety. Yoonseock Son, Kaitlin D. Wowak, Corinne Post.

• Supply Base attributes and diversion risk in a supply chain for hazardous pharmaceutical products Paul F. Skilton, Alan Mackelprang, Ramin Sepehrirad, Ednilson Bernardes.

• Beyond the Yield: Enhancing Agricultural Sustainability Through Operations Management. Christian F. Durach, Dayna Simpson, Frank Wiengarten, Zhaohui Wu.

• Switching the Telescope Lens: A Sociomaterial Perspective of Sustainable Agricultural (Proto)Practices Transfer in an Agrifood Supply Chain. Minelle E. Silva, Karina A. Santos, Susana C. F. Pereira, Linda C. Hendry.

• From Power to Sustainability? Unpacking the Role of Justice in Agricultural Commodity Supply Networks. Felipe Alexandre de Lima, Evelyne Vanpoucke, Stefan Gold, Stefan Seuring.

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

• On the Feasibility, Costs, and Benefits of an Immediate Phasedown of Coal for U.S. Electricity Generation. Matthew J. Kotchen, Stephen P. Holland, Erin T. Mansur, Andrew J. Yates.

• The Incidence of the U.S.-China Solar Trade War. Wenjun Wang, Sebastien Houde.

• Impacts of ownership changes on emissions and industrial production: Evidence from Europe. Bettina Chlond, Robert Germeshausen.

• The Distributional Consequences of Incomplete Regulation. Danae Hernandez-Cortes.

• The Effects of Renewable Energy Projects on Employment: Evidence from Brazil. Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Sophie-Marie Mathes.

• Dynamic (Mis)allocation of Investments in Solar Energy. Nicolas Astier, Nicolas Hatem.

• Policy-Induced Innovation in Clean Technologies: Evidence from the Car Market. Rik Rozendaal, Herman Vollebergh.

• Incentives and Information in Methane Leak Detection and Repair. Eric K. Lewis, Jiayang (Lyra) Wang, Arvind P. Ravikumar.

• Enforcing Regulation When Violations Are Heterogeneous: Empirical Evidence from US Stationary Emissions Policy. Almira Salimgarieva, Wesley Blundell.

Management Science

• Climate Change and Mutual Fund Voting on Climate Proposals. Alberta Di Giuli, Alexandre Garel, Roni Michaely, Arthur Romec.

• The Politics of Product Safety: Top Management Team Political Ideology and Serious Medical Product Recalls. Kaitlin D. Wowak, John R. Busenbark, George P. Ball, Karthik V. Natarajan.

• Hidden in Plain Sight: The Role of Corporate Board of Directors in Public Charity Lobbying. Changhyun Ahn, Joel F. Houston, Sehoon Kim.

• Reshaping Corporate Boards Through Mandatory Gender Diversity Disclosures: Evidence from Canada. Jinshuai Hu, Mingyi Hung, Siqi Li.

• Utilities’ Managed Home Charging Programs for Electric Vehicles. Ali Fattahi.

• Does Employer-Paid, Job-Protected Maternity Leave Help or Hurt Female IT Workers? Evidence from Millions of Job Applications. Sofia Bapna, Russell J. Funk.

• Can Digital Aid Deliver During Humanitarian Crises? Michael Callen, Miguel Fajardo-Steinhäuser, Michael G. Findley, Tarek Ghani.

• Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: The Impact of California’s Cap-and-Trade Program on Toxic Emissions. Narae Lee, Aseem Kaul.

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