EURAM Awards and Grants
EURAM allocates each year a series of awards and grants designed to recognise and foster excellence in management research and education across Europe and beyond. These prestigious awards celebrate outstanding contributions to the field of management, honouring scholars who have demonstrated exceptional innovation, rigor, and impact in their work.
Research Grants Scheme – Grants between 3000 – 5000 Euro
EURAM promotes research through the EURAM Research Grants Scheme.
More information here.
Deadline: 12 February 2026
Best Book – Prize Money 2500 Euro
The Best Book award is given during the Award Ceremony of EURAM Conference.
Submit here.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
Edith Penrose Award for Trailblazing Researchers sponsored by INSEAD - Prize Money 5000 Euro
To be trailblazing, a scholar will demonstrate how they have challenged established wisdom and have been the first to propose a new, alternative or complementary view of it: i.e., they have blazed a new trail (as did Penrose in 1959).
Submit here. Deadline: 26 February 2026
Triennial Awards (new)
Since 2025, three new awards are granted on a triennial basis and are announced at the EURAM annual conference:
- Innovation in Management Teaching (2025 winner: Estelle Peyrard, i3-CRG, Ecole polytechnique, CNRS, Institut polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau)
- Impactful Researcher (2026)
- Emerging Scholar (2027)
Conference Awards
Each year during the annual conference, EURAM presents awards for the best conference papers, the most inspirational papers, and the best reviewer. The Scientific Council and the paper reviewers are in charge of the selection process. Winners are awarded during the conference.
Doctoral Colloquium Awards
The EURAM Doctoral Colloquium recognises and celebrates outstanding doctoral research in management studies through two prestigious awards that acknowledge excellence and impact in early-career scholarship.
EMR Awards
The EMR Best Reviewer and Best Paper Awards are given annually by the European Management Review journal. Winners are announced during the EURAM annual conference.
Questions? Email the EURAM team at info@euram.academy.
EURAM Edith Penrose Award sponsored by INSEAD
Deadline for (self-)nominations: 26 February 2026
Since 2019, this €5,000 award honours researchers who have challenged established wisdom and pioneered new perspectives in management studies, following in the footsteps of Edith Penrose's groundbreaking work.
Award Criteria: The award recognises scholars who have been the first to propose new, alternative, or complementary views in their field, demonstrating originality, rigour, relevance, and impact.
Application Process:
- Submit a 250-word statement explaining your trailblazing contribution
- Include references to publications supporting your claim
- Nominate a referee for committee consultation
- Self-candidatures and nominations of others are welcome
The award reflects EURAM's commitment to multidisciplinary perspectives, methodological pluralism, and critical examination of management theory's historical and philosophical foundations.
Application Deadline: February 26, 2026
Submission platform: here.
For any questions, please contact info@euram.academy.
Previous recipients of the Edith Penrose Award
George Romme, Eindhoven University of Technology (2025)
Bruce Kogut, Columbia Business School (2024)
Barbara Cziarnawska, University of Gothenburg (2023)
Giovanni Dosi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa & Anna Grandori, Bocconi University (2022)
Amy Whitaker, University of New York (2021)
Stewart Clegg, University of Technology Sydney (2020)
Jay Barney, University of Utah (2019)
Bio of Edith Penrose
Edith (Elura Tilton) Penrose (1914–1996) was a USA-born British citizen who spent significant time of her academic career in Europe, first at the London School of Economics and later becoming the first woman faculty in INSEAD who also served as Dean for Faculty. She published several articles and books, some of which became seminal in the management field, such as her 1952 article challenging the biological or evolutionary analogy of the firm and her book titled ‘The Theory of the Growth of the Firm’ first published in 1959 in which she challenged the then dominant (economics’) view of the optimal size of the firm: firms continue to grow because their managers identify in firms’ resources potential of generating new services and serving a market need. That is why Penrose is considered the forerunner of the resource-based view of the firm.
Best Book Award
Applications for 2026 open!
This annual award recognises outstanding scholarly contributions to management studies through authored books and monographs published in the previous year.
Award Details:
- Prize: €2,500
- Eligible publications: Scholarly books published in 2025
- Language: English
- Type: Authored books/monographs only (not edited books or textbooks)
Nomination Process: Strategic Interest Groups (SIGs) or individuals may submit nominations, including self-nominations. The nomination document should not exceed 600 words plus a short cover letter.
Requirements:
- At least one author must be a current EURAM member
- Submit e-book version online
- Three physical copies required for review (instructions provided after submission)
The selection committee evaluates books based on scholarly impact, rigour, relevance, and consideration of European elements.
Submission Deadline: January 21, 2026
Submission platform: here.
The winner(s) will be announced at EURAM Conference 2026.
For any questions, please contact info@euram.academy.
Past winners of the award:
2017
The Quest for Professionalism: The Case of Management and Entrepreneurship (2016), Oxford University Press
Georges Romme
2018
Managing the Family Business: Theory and Practice (2017), Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd
Thomas Zellweger
2019
Using Praise for Reinventing Business Models: How firms cope with disruption, (2018), Oxford University Press
Henk Volberda, Frans A.J. Van Den Bosch, Kevin Heij
2020
Hierarchy: A Key Idea for Business and Society, Routledge (2019)
John Child
2021
Cross-cultural management revisited. A qualitative approach, Oxford University Press (2020), Philippe d’Iribarne, Sylvie Chevrier, Alain Henry, Jean-Pierre Segal & Geneviève Tréguer-Felten
2022
Paradoxes of Power and Leadership, Routledge (2021)
Miguel Pina e Cunha, Stewart R. Clegg, Arménio Rego, Marco Berti
2023
Reimagining Sustainable Organization, Palgrave Macmillan (2022)
Birgit Helene Jevnaker, Johan Olaisen
2024
Interdisciplinarity in Entrepreneurship, Investigating Issues and Debates with New Lenses, Palgrave Macmillan (2023)
Diego Matricano
2025
Key Questions and Inspiring Answers in Cross-Cultural Management. Conversations with Leading Women Scholars (2024)
Christoph Barmeyer & Constanze Ruesga-Rath
Best Reviewer Award
The EURAM Best Reviewer Award is given annually at the EURAM conference to recognize exceptional reviewing contributions.
Prize Money: 500 Euro
Nomination Process:
- Nominations are made by SIGs.
- Authors (whether their paper was accepted or not) are asked to rate their reviewers through a short questionnaire.
- All anonymised reviews are read by two Scientific Council members who are asked to give a score of 1 to 10.
Evaluation Criteria:
The award recognizes reviewers who provide:
- Comprehensive feedback taking into consideration both relevance and rigour dimensions of the research (emphasizing responsible research).
- Constructive feedback which is based on up-to-date knowledge, and which addresses all the parts of the paper.
- Feasible feedback EURAM Conference Awards.
- Clearly written and well-organized feedback.
- Feedback that provides not only additional references but also comments on how they can be helpful for the development of the paper
Past winners:
Best Reviewers 2025
Charlotta Linse, KTH, The Royal Institute of Technology
SIG Project Organising
Daniel Siegfried, ESCP Business School
SIG Strategic Management
Best Reviewer 2024
Matin Mohaghegh, Stockholm School of Economics
SIG Strategic Management
Best Reviewer 2023
Michael Collins, The University of Queensland Business School
SIG Organisational Behaviour & HRM
Best Reviewer 2022
Adam Ayaita, RTWH Aachen, Germany
SIG Gender, Race & Diversity in Organisations
See video of Award Winner here. Adam tells how he approaches the task of reviewing papers for a conference.
Best Reviewers 2021
Alexandre Azoulay, GREDEG, France, SIG Strategic Management
Nuno Oliveira, Tilburg University, SIG Strategic Management
Francesca Sanguineti, University of Pavia, SIG Entrepreneurship
Christine Unterhitzenberger, University of Leeds, SIG Project Organising
Best Reviewers 2020
Rosa Lutete Geremias, ISCSP - School of Social & Political Sciences University of Lisbon
SIG Organisational Behaviour
Best Reviewers 2019
Dennis Veltrop, University of Groningen
SIG Corporate Governance
Best Reviewers 2018- Prize Money 500 Euro
Kazem Mochkabadi, University of Wuppertal
Strategic Interest Group: Entrepreneurship
Best Reviewers 2017 - Prize Money 500 Euro
Emilie Malcourant, Université Catholique de Louvain
Strategic Interest Group: Managing Sport
Desmond Tutu Ayentimi, Curtin University, Australia
Strategic Interest Group: International Management
Best Reviewers 2016
Ami-Church-Morel, IAE Savoie Mont Blanc
Strategic Interest Group: International Management
Eda Ulus, University of Leicester
Strategic Interest Group: Business for Society
Best Reviewer 2015
Axel Walther,Reinhard-Mohn Institute, University of Witten/Herdecke
Strategic Interest Group: Corporate Governance
Best Reviewer 2014
Lies Dobbels, Ghent University (Managing Sports SIG)
Strategic Interest Group: Managing Sport
Best Reviewer 2013
Barbara Unger, Technische Universitaet Berlin
Strategic Interest Group. Project Organising
Best Reviewer 2012
Tomi Lamaanen, University of St. Gallen
Strategic Interest Group: Strategic Management
Best Reviewer 2011
Aswin van Oijen, Tilburg University
Track: Top management teams & business elites
Best Reviewer 2010
Audra Mockaitis, Victoria University of Wellington
Track: Leveraging the positive in multicultural teams
Best and Most Inspirational Papers Awards
Both awards recognise annually outstanding contributions to management research, with the Best Paper Award focusing on advancing the field through rigorous research, while the Most Inspirational Paper Award emphasises originality and relevance to contemporary debates in management scholarship.
Each is awarded during the EURAM annual conference. Members of the Scientific Council select the winners on the basis of SIG's nominations.
Past winners:
Best Paper (Since 2010)
2024
Projecting for accelerating sustainability transitions: practices of joint value creation in circular economy programs
Marina Bos-de Vos, Delft University of Technology; Miia Martinsuo, University of Turku; Ellen Loots, Erasmus University Rotterdam
SIG 10 Project Organising
2023
The Spark that Ignites the Whole: A Case-study on Aggregation Processes of Individual Ambidexterity within Entrepreneurial Teams in the Creative Industries
Florian Koch & Elmar Konrad, University of Applied Sciences Mainz; Alexander Kock, TU Darmstadt
SIG Entrepreneurship
2022
When the going gets tough: In-group bias and board gender diversity in the wake of economic shock
Shibashish Mukherjee, EM LYON Business School & Sorin Krammer, University of Exeter Business School
SIG Gender, Race & Diversity in Organisations
2021
The Choice of a Leader: CEO Sociopolitical Activism as a Signal of Authentic Leadership
Moritz Appels, University of Mannheim
SIG Organisational Behaviour
2020
From theory to theorizing: framing and assessing the vitality of management and organization studies
Stwart Clegg, University of Technology Sydney, Miguel Cunha, Nova School of Business and Economics, Marco Berti, University of Technology Sydney,
SIG: Research Methods and Research Practice
2019
Dividends in the Family Firm Context: Does Socioemotional Wealth Matter?
J. Samuel Baixauli-Soler, Maria Belda-Ruiz and Gregorio Sanchez-Marin, University of Murcia
SIG : Family Business Research
2018
Managing Innovation in a Multi-Divisional Firm: How Mobility across Divisions Affects R&D Managers’ Performance
Anne ter Wal, Imperial College Business School, Paola Criscuolo, Imperial College Business School London, Martine Haas, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Ammon Salter, University of Bath
SIG : Innovation
2017
The Influence of Cultural Intelligence on Expatriate Knowledge Sharing: A Multilevel Country Analysis
Sebastian Stoermer, Samuel Edward Davies & Fabian Jintae Froese - University of Goettingen
SIG : International Management
2016
Beauty or beast: Organizational Aspirations and Dynamic Embeddedness in Strategic Transactions
Elio Shijaku, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Martin Larraza-Kintana, U. Publica de Navarra and Ainhoa Urtasun-Alons, U. Publica de Navarra
SIG : Strategic Management
2015
The more International Experience, the better? The link between Itnernational Experience Variety and Career Advancement
Dimitrios Georgakakis, University of St. Gallen, Tobias Dauth, HHL Leipzig and Winfried Ruigrok, University of St. Gallen
SIG : Corporate Governance
2014
Role of Performance Aspiration Gaps and Ownership in explaining Business Exits
Xavier Castner, University of Lausanne and Nikolaos Kavaidis, Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management
SIG : Corporate Governance
2013
Organizational Control Systems in the Public Sector and in Research Governance
Margit Osterloh, Zurich University, Bruno S. Frey, University of Warwick and Homberg Fabian, Bournemouth University
SIG : Public and Non-Profit Management
2012
Trust in the Entrepreneur-Angel: Investor Dyad: Functions and Dysfunctions
Yannick Bammens and Veroniek Collewaert, Maastricht University
2011
Research as Practice: Practical Insights for Developing Rigorous Conceptual Knowledge for and from Practice
Marie-José Avenier, Grenoble II Pierre Mendes France University and Aura Parmentier Cajaiba, University of Grenoble / CERAG
SIG : Research Methods & Research Practice General Track
2010
A Dynamic Managerial Capabilities Model of Organizational Ambidextrity
Heavy Ciaran, University College Dublin and Simsek Zeki, University of Connectictut
SIG : Strategic Management
Most Inspirational Paper (Since 2015)
2025
Violent conflicts, institutional frictions and foreign divestment. The case of MNCs’ market exit from Russia
Dirk Holtbrűgge, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Marc Oberhauser, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Laura Kirste, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
SIG 07 - International Management
2024
This is me as a leader: Visualizing ethics of care in professional narratives of women in leadership
Zuzanna Staniszewska, Kozminski University
SIG Gender, Race, and Diversity in Organisations
2023
How Effective is Implementation of Gender-based Equality and Diversity Practices in Project-based Organizations?
Marzena Baker, The University of Sydney
SIG Project Organising
2022
Looking through the Kuhnian lens: The structure of scientific misconduct and the four futures of management, Ksenia Keplinger, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart Germany & Russell Cropanzano, University of Colorado
SIG Business for Society
2021
The micro-foundations of ambidexterity for corporate social performance: A study on sustainability managers’ response to conflicting goals
Maria Carmela Annosi, Wageningen University, Elisa Mattarelli, San Jose State University, Domenico Dentoni, Montpellier Business School & Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Politecnico of Bari
SIG: Business for Society
Spoiled Kids? Or Not? Age and Generation Effects on Luxury Expenditure
Manfei Li, Department of Economics, LMU Munich
SIG: Research Methods & Research Practice
It’s not what you know, it’s where you are: understanding the relationship between hierarchy and experience on performance
John Eklund, University of Southern California & Ankur Chavda, HEC Paris
SIG: Strategic Management
2020
Self-locking effects and strategy relatedlearning. The protracted way to heralding new project epochs.
Georg Windish, Techncial University Mûnchen,
SIG: Project Organising
2019
Motivating on-demand workers through task-effective strategies: The differential effects of setting single vs. double goals on performance contingent upon regulatory foci
Xiao Chen, Faculty of Business, University of Prince Edward Island and Wei Chi, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
SIG Organisational Behaviour
2018
Exploiting the Potential of Intuition in Interpretative Organizational Research Barbara Kump, Vienna University of Economics and Business and Christina Schweiger, FHWien GmbH
SIG : Research Methods and Research Practice
2017
Political Ties and Anti-Trust Holdup: How do firms use non-market strategies to influence the regulatory control over their market strategies?
Asli Kozan - IPAG Business School, Birgül Arslan - Koç University
2016
The impact of fairness on performance of crodwdsourcing on empirical analysis of two intermediate crowdsourcing platforms
Erica Mazzola. Universita di Palermo, Mariangela Piazza, Uiniversity di Palermo, Nuran Acur, University of Strathclyde, Giovanni Perrone, Universita di Palermo
SIG : Innovation
2015
Sharing Knoweldge on Demand: Some Paradox of Organiszational Factors. Empirical Evidence from International Manufacturing Companies
Sara Lombardi, LUISS Guido Carli University, Vincenzo Cavaliere, University of Florence and Mariacristina Bonti, University of Pisa
SIG : Organisational Behaviour
Doctoral Colloquium Awards
The EURAM Doctoral Colloquium recognises and celebrates outstanding doctoral research in management studies through two prestigious awards that acknowledge excellence and impact in early-career scholarship.
The Doctoral Colloquium (DC) presents awards annually to recognise exceptional contributions from doctoral students across all management disciplines. These awards not only celebrate academic excellence but also provide financial support and recognition that can significantly advance early academic careers.
Selection Process: DC Chairs and Mentors conduct a rigorous evaluation of all accepted submissions to the Doctoral Colloquium. Winners are selected based on the quality, originality, and potential impact of their research contributions.
Past awardees can be found here.
EMR Best Reviewer Award
The EMR Best Reviewer Award is given annually by the European Management Review journal. It acknowledges the outstanding contribution of one reviewer or a selection of reviewers whose insightful and supportive feedback has helped authors substantially improve their papers.
The awardees are announced at the EURAM annual conference and are selected by EMR's editors. A prize money is gifted to each of them.
Best Reviewers 2024
Joost Luyckx, Associate Professor, IÉSEG School of Management, France
Petya Platikanova, Associate Professor, ESADE Business School, Spain
Rebecca Rice, Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, USA
Best Reviewers 2023
Olav Sorenson, Anderson School of Management, UCLA
Domenico Rocco Cambrea, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Jonas Gabrielsson, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability, Halmstad University
Best Reviewers 2022
Oliver Butzbach, Universita delgi Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Robert Nason, McGill University
David W Williams, University of Tenessee at Knoxville
Best Reviewers 2021
Wisanupong Potipiroon, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Brian Harney, Dublin City University, Ireland
Best Reviewer 2020
Vikrant Shirodkar, University of Sussex Business School, UK
Best Reveiwer 2019
Mark NK Saunders, University of Birmingham
Gabriele Morandin, University of Bologna
Best Reviewer 2018
Nagarajan Ramamoorthy, School of Business Administration, University of Houston-Victoria
Best Reviewer 2017
Linda Baines, University of Southampton
Best Reviewers 2016
Angel Barajas, University of Vigo
Dorota Bourne, Henley Business School
Jose Pascal da Rocha, Columbia University
Andri Georgiadou, University of Hertofrdshire
Olivia Kyriakidou, Athens University of Economics and Business
EMR Best Paper Award
The European Management Review (EMR) Best Paper Award recognises outstanding scholarship published in EURAM's flagship journal, celebrating research that advances our understanding of management practices across diverse organizational contexts.
Established in 2010, the EMR Best Paper Award represents one of the most prestigious recognitions for management research published in the European Management Review. The award honours exceptional contributions to management scholarship that exemplify the journal's commitment to advancing theoretical understanding and practical applications in management studies. The award is presented annually during the EURAM annual conference.
Past winners:
2024
Managerial advice-taking—Sharing responsibility with (non) human advisors trumps with decision accuracy
Florian Aschauer, Bundeswehr University Munich, Matthias Sohn, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Bernhard Hirsch, Bundeswehr University Munich, Neubiberg
Obstacles to collective action during a crisis: A meta-organizational perspective
Christopher A. Hartwell, Zurich University of Applied Sciences / Kozminski University, Warsaw, Thomas C. Lawton, University College Cork / University of Surrey, Guildford, Ishmael Tingbani, University of Southampton
A method for unraveling the complexity of single disaster cases: Lessons for “normal” functioning
Florence Allard-Poesi, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Jan Dul,University Rotterdam
2023
The biasing effect of networks in the implementation of innovations
Balazs Szatmari, Amsterdam Business School & Dirk Deichmann, Rotterdam School of Management
Revitalizing double-loop learning in organizational contexts: A systematic review and research agenda
Mercedes-Victoria Auqui-Caceres & Andrea Furlan, University of Padova
The rationality of qualified lotteries
Bruno Frey & Margit Osterloh, University of Basel, Katja Rost, University of Zurich
2022
Private corruption: An integrated organizational model
Roberta Troisi, Primiano Di Nauta & Paolo Piciocchi
European Management Review, 19(3), 476-486.
2021
Contextual Expertise and the Development of Organization and Management Theory
Ali Aslan Gümüsay, University of Hamburg and John M. Amis, University of Edinburgh (2021)
European Management Review, Vol. 18(1), pp. 9-24
Renewing creative work for business innovation: Architectural practice in the trading zone.
Marianne Stang Våland, Silviya Svejenova, Cophenhagen Business School, and Rune Thorbjørn Jason Clausen, VIA University College (2021)
European Management Review, Vol. 18 (4), pp. 389-403.
2020
New Entrant or Incumbent Advantage in Light of Regulatory Change: A Multiple Case Study of the Swedish Life Insurance Industry
Volume 17, Issue 1
Martin Sköld & Ake Freij, Stockholm School of Economics, and Johan Frishammar, Lulea University of Technology
2019
The impact of Global Economic Crisis and Austerity on Quality of Working Life and Work-Life Balance
Volume 16, Issue 4
Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, Middlesex University Business School, Rea Prouska, London South Bank University, Alexandra Beauregard, Middlesex University Business School
2018
Integrating the Dark Side of Competition into Explanations of Business Failures: Evidence from a Developing Economy
Volume 15, Issue 1
Joseph Amankwah‐Amoah, University of Kent, Issek Antwi‐Agyei and Hongxu Zhang, Bristol University
2017
Social capital formation in EU ICT SMEs. The role played by the mobility of knowledge workers
Volume 14, Issue 4, Winter 2017
Kanellos-Panagiotis Nikolopoulos, Open University Nederland and Leo-Paul Dana, Montpellier Business School Montpellier
2016
Managing Creativity: A Critical Examination, Synthesis, and New Frontiers
Volume 13, Issue 4, Winter 2016
Barbara Slavich, IÉSEG School of Management and Silviya Svejenova, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; and BI Norwegian Business School, Norway
2015
Embodying Sensemaking: Learning from the Extreme Case of Vann Nath, Prisoner at S-21
Volume 12, Issue 1, Spring 2015
Miguel Pina e Cunha, Stewart Clegg, Arménio Rego and Jorge F.S. Gomes
2014
Show Me the Money! Pay Structure and Individual Performance in Golden Teams
Volume 11, Issue 1, Spring 2014
Edoardo Della Torre, Antonio Giangreco and Johan Maes
2013
Management Innovation: Management as Fertile Ground for Innovation
Volume 10, Issue 1, Spring 2013
Henk W. Volberda, Frans A.J. Van Den Bosch, Cornelis V. Heij
2012
Knowledge Sharing in an Online Community of Volunteers: The Role of Community Munificence
Volume 9, Issue 4, Winter 2012
Zeynep Erden, Georg Von Krogh, Seonwoo Kim
2011
Gurus or Wizards? A Review of the Role of Management Consultants
Volume 8, Issue 4, Winter 2011
Anna Canato and Antonio Giangreco
2010
Women directors' contribution to board decision-making and strategic involvement: The role of equality perception
Volume 7, Issue 1, Spring 2010
Sabina Nielsen and Morten Huse