Shahzad (Shaz) Ansari

Journal articles

• Cappellaro, G., Mele, V. and Ansari, S. (2025) “Bridging global mandates and local realities: intermediary clusters and interorganizational collaboration for international development.” Organization Studies (DOI: 10.1177/01708406241298398) (published online Oct 2024)
• Etchanchu, H., Aranda, A.M., Harmon, D. and Ansari, S. (2025) “How historical context shapes the construction of field-level frames: a comparative study of France and Germany’s shale gas debates.” Organization Studies (forthcoming)
• Lile, S., Ansari, S. and Urmetzer, F. (2025) “Rethinking disruptive innovation: unraveling theoretical controversies and charting new research frontiers.” Innovation: Organization and Management (DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2024.2313197) (published online Feb 2024)
• Rauch, M. and Ansari, S. (2025) “Reframing silence as purposeful: emotions in extreme contexts.” Journal of Management Studies (DOI: 10.1111/joms.13079) (published online Apr 2024)
• Vassallo, J.P., Seo, Y. and Ansari, S. (2025) “Reputation-damaging events over a long time horizon: an event-system model of substantive reputation repair.” Journal of Management (DOI: 10.1177/01492063231224353) (published online Feb 2024)
• Albertsen, R.R., Ansari, S., Heucher, K., Krautzberger, M., Langley, A., Reinecke, P. C., Slawinski, N. and Vaara, E. (2024) “Strategizing together for a better world: institutional, paradox and practice theories in conversation.” Journal of Management Inquiry, 33(2): 115-130 (DOI: 10.1177/105649261231210238)
• Shi, X., Liang, X. and Ansari, S. (2024) “Bricks without straw: overcoming resource limitations to architect ecosystem leadership.” Academy of Management Journal, 67(4): 1084-1123 (DOI: 10.5465/amj.2021.1440)
• Hein, P. and Ansari, S. (2023) “How managers can dismantle ‘benevolent marginalization’.” Harvard Business Review, 7 July 2023
• Hiquet, R., Wordley, C. and Ansari, S. (2023) “Why does faithful epistemic representation matter for management practices? The case of the natural environment in management theory.” Philosophy of Management, 22(3): 347-372 (DOI: 10.1007/s40926-022-00220-5)
• Gray, B., Purdy, J. and Ansari, S. (2022) “Confronting power asymmetries in partnerships to address grand challenges.” Organization Theory, 3(2) (DOI: 10.1177/26317877221098765)
• Hein, P. and Ansari, S. (2022) “From sheltered to included: the emancipation of disabled workers from benevolent marginalization.” Academy of Management Journal, 65(3): 749-783 (DOI: 10.5465/amj.2020.1689)

Special issues of journals

• Kumaraswamy, A., Garud, R. and Ansari, S. (eds.) (2018) “Special issue on managing in the age of disruptions.” Journal of Management Studies, 55(7)

Book chapters

• Kleinaltenkamp, M.J. and Ansari, S. (2024) “Blockchain and the performativity of emerging technology theories.” In: Tsoukas, H., Langley, A., Barrett, M. and Vaast, E. (eds.) Organizing in the digital age: a process view. Oxford: Oxford University Press
• Rauch, M. and Ansari, S. (2024) “Drone pilots: the struggles of war by remote control.” In: Patton Rogers, J. (ed.) De Gruyter handbook of drone warfare. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter, pp.111-124 (DOI: 10.1515/9783110742039-009)
• Birkinshaw, J. and Ansari, S. (2015) “Understanding management models: going beyond ‘what and why’ to ‘how’ work gets done in organizations.” In: Foss, N.J. and Saebi, T. (eds.) Business model innovation: the organizational dimension. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.85-103
• Wiedner, R. and Ansari, S. (2018) “Appreciating emergence and serendipity in qualitative research: resisting the urge to follow set plans.” In: Mir, R. and Jain, S. (eds.) The Routledge companion to qualitative research in organization studies. New York: Routledge, pp.343-357
• Reinecke, J. and Ansari, S. (2016) “Time, temporality and process studies.” In: Langley, A. and Tsoukas, H. (eds.) The SAGE handbook of process organization studies. London: Sage, pp.402-416
• Ansari, S., Reinmoeller, P. and Reinecke, J. (2015) “Excellence and intelligence: managing practice adaptation in organizations and fields.” In: Örtenblad, A. (ed.) Handbook of research on management ideas and panaceas: adaptation and context. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp.285-301
• Ansari, S. and Munir, K. (2010) “Letting users into our world: some organizational implications of user-generated content.” In: Griffiths, D., Phillips, N. and Sewell, G. (eds.) Technology and organization: essays in honour of Joan Woodward. (Research in the Sociology of Organizations Series, vol.29) Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing, pp.79-105
• Ansari, S.M., Sidhu, J.S., Volberda, H.W. and Oshri, I. (2010) “Managing globally disaggregated teams: the role of organizational politics.” In: Contractor, F.J., Kumar, V., Kundu, S.K. and Pedersen, T. (eds.) Global outsourcing and offshoring: an integrated approach to theory and corporate strategy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.297-324
• Munir, K., Ansari, S. and Gregg, T. (2010) “Beyond the hype: taking business strategy to the ‘bottom of the pyramid’.” In: Baum, J.A.C. and Lampel, J. (eds.) The globalization of strategy research. (Advances in Strategic Management Series, vol.27) Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing, pp.247-276
• Ansari, S.M. and Garud, R. (2008) “Inter-generational transition in technological ecosystem: the case of mobile telephony.” In: Benzoni, L. and Geoffron, P. (eds.): A collection of essays on competition and regulation with asymmetries in mobile markets. Paris: Quantifica Publishing, pp.127-140

Working papers

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Conference papers

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• Rauch, M. and Ansari, S. (2020) “From ‘publish or perish’ to societal impact: framing and serendipity in the emergence of a platform for responsible innovation.” Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 7-11 August 2020, Vancouver, Canada. (forthcoming)
• Castro, A. and Ansari, S. (2017) “Contextual ‘readiness’ and institutional breakthroughs: a study of the fight against corruption.” Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017(1): 10745 (DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2017.10745abstract)
• Claus, L. and Ansari, S. (2015) “‘Keeping it weird’: how anchoring sustains hybrid organizing from the ground.” Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015(1): 15014 (DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2015.15014abstract)
• Thananusak, T. and Ansari, S. (2015) “Identity alignment in the inter-organizational relationship: the case of open access.” Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015(Suppl.): 16390 (DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2015.16390abstract)
• Reinecke, J. and Ansari, S. (2014) “When times collide: temporal brokerage at the intersection of markets and development.” Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1): 11082 (DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2014.280)
• Reinecke, J. and Ansari, S. (2013) “Be fair or care? Fairtrade and the standardization of ethical practices.” Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013(1): 15766 (DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2013.130)
• Thananusak, T. and Ansari, S. (2013) “Adoption of multi-valued practices: a study of open access self-archiving in academic institutions.” Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013(1): 14724 (DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2013.14724abstract)
• Reinecke, J. and Ansari, S. (2012) “The politics of value: The work of value entrepreneurs in shaping categories.” Academy of Management Proceedings, 2012(1): 1 (DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2012.320)
• Ansari, S.M., Wijen, F. and Gray, B. (2009) “Averting the ‘tragedy of the commons’: an institutional perspective on the construction and governance of transnational commons.” Academy of Management Proceedings, 2009(1): 1-6 (DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2009.44244347)