Sub-theme 27: Conflicting Goals and Decisions: Balancing Short-Term and Long-Term Demands in Organizations
Convenors:
Ann-Christine Schulz, University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication, Austria
Florian Bauer, Lancaster University Management School, United Kingdom
Satu Teerikangas, University of Turku, Finland
Session I: Thursday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, U9-P-1-05
Introduction: Balancing Short-Term and Long-Term Objectives
Chair: Ann-Christine Schulz, Florian Bauer, Satu Teerikangas
Deepika Chhillar
Aligning aspirations: Purpose as a solution for short-term and long-term goals in corporations
Discussant(s): Niina Erkama
Laura Fey, John Amis and Royston Greenwood
Temporal boundary work and the balancing of short-term and long-term demands: Achieving mission alignment through organisational
design
Discussant(s): Franca Cantoni
Session II: Thursday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, U9-P-1-05
Balancing Strategic Decisions in Uncertain Environments
Chair: Satu Teerikangas
Marc Lenglet, Gaurav Gupta and Laurence Gialdini
Making timely decisions: Strategic decision-making recipes under radical uncertainty
Discussant(s): Mette Lund Kristensen
Maria Leite, Marcelo Moll Brandão, Luiz Cláudio Louzada and Gilmar Gazzoni Junior
Marketing capabilities and firm performance: The moderating effects of analysts' pressures and R&D investments
Discussant(s): Andrew J. Foley
Kris Gericke and Andrea Greven
A double-edged sword: How grit influence effectual and causal decision-making
Discussant(s): Hitoshi Iwashita
Niina Erkama and Stephanie Koornneef
Temporal orientation in competing organizational identity constructions: Rhetorical legitimation of restructuring plans
Discussant(s): Peiran Su
Session III: Thursday, July 04, 14:00 to 15:30, U9-P-1-05
Ambidexterity: Balancing Exploration and Exploitation
Chair: Ann-Christine Schulz
Peiran Su and Yingyong Ding
The role of failure and firm performance in achieving organizational ambidexterity
Discussant(s): Fabien Littel
Hélène Delacour, Rachel Bocquet and Isabelle Bouty
Managing the temporal tensions inherent to organisational ambidexterity: A practice-based approach
Discussant(s): Isabella Listl
Stefan Konlechner, Wolfgang H. Güttel, Nicole Lettner and Arne Keller
Modes and pathways of structural ambidexterity: On the structural coupling of exploratory units with the core business
Discussant(s): Maximilian Weis
Alireza Javanmardi Kashan
Managing tensions of actors when implementing structural ambidexterity in technological innovation process: Evidence from
Australian mining organisations
Discussant(s): Renato Chaves
Session IV: Friday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, U9-P-1-05
CEO's Temporal Perspectives
Chair: Florian Bauer
Maximilian Weis
Synchronizing the clocks: Exploring the alignment of CEO and organizational time horizons
Discussant(s): Marc Lenglet
Patrick Rupprecht and Ann-Christine Schulz
The impact of CEOs’ time perspectives on exploration and exploitation efforts
Discussant(s): Deepika Chhillar
Atefeh Maghzi and Ali Akyol
Future-focused CEOs and institutional investors: The tension of information asymmetry
Discussant(s): Maria Clara Leite
Session V: Friday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, U9-P-1-05
Senior and Middle Managers: Balancing between Different Levels of Decision-Making
Chair: Elisabeth Müller
Samir Lótfi Vaz, Fabiano da Silva, Maria-Elisa Brandão-Bernardes and Rosalia Aldraci Lavarda
The interface of top and middle managers in the strategic divestment process
Discussant(s): Bernard Leca
Renato Chaves and Gustavo Birollo
Implementation of an ethics and compliance program: From a witch hunt to preaching the new word. A middle management’s story
Discussant(s): Kris Gericke
Melanie Rich, Lydia Milly Certa, Gianluigi Narciso, Hannah Gooding , Lambros Viennas, Riccardo Parviero and Sebastiano Massaro
Stuck in the pollution trap: The impact of CEO’s experience and short-termism on environmental performance in local monopolies.
A study of the water industry in the UK
Discussant(s): Annabelle Müller
Session VI: Friday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, U9-P-1-05
Tensions in Public and/or Private Logics
Chair: Hélène Delacour
Hitoshi Iwashita
From long-termism to short-termism through privatization: Temporality and logic complementarity
Discussant(s): Stefan Konlechner
Patrick Fleurentdidier
Temporal dimensions of sensemaking situations: A case-based analysis within a public force organization
Discussant(s): Laura Fey
Stefano Magistretti, Silvia Sanasi and Josip Kotlar
Managing the tension between private and public goals in social ventures: An embeddedness perspective
Discussant(s): Alireza Javanmardi Kashan
Mette Lund Kristensen
Balancing academic identity between multitemporal narratives
Discussant(s): Martin Friesl
Session VII: Saturday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, U9-P-1-05
The Context of SMEs, Family Firms and Start-ups
Chair: Gustavo Birollo
Franca Cantoni, Caterina Muzzi and Martina Gianecchini
Talent management in resilient SMEs: Exploring the role of the context
Discussant(s): Samir Lótfi Vaz
Ji Sok Choi and Andrew J. Foley
Interorganizational endorsements or golden handcuffs? High-status ties and foregone startup pivots
Discussant(s): Arne Keller
Isabella Listl and Elisabeth F. Mueller
The path to impact investing: How single family pffices can break free from their history
Discussant(s): Rachel Bocquet
Session VIII: Saturday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, U9-P-1-05
Tensions in Organizing for Sustainability Goals
Chair: Satu Teerikangas
Annabelle Müller and Martin Friesl
Whose job is it? Felt accountability in emergent sustainability scaling
Discussant(s): Patrick Fleurentdidier
Bernard Leca and Aziza Laguecir
Balancing short term and long term decisions when addressing grand challenges. Insights from an institutional logics perspective
on the management of pandemics
Discussant(s): Atefeh Maghzi
Gustavo Birollo, Susana Esper, Maria Castillo and Frank de Bakker
Measuring the carbon footprint is not enough! A sustainability strategy’s journey
Discussant(s): Patrick Rupprecht
Fabien Littel and Ai Yu
From oil and gas to climate action: Seeking meaningful long-term impact through radical action
Discussant(s): Melanich Rich