6th Edition of EURAM Research Grants Scheme - Deadline 13 February 2024

Dear colleague,

EURAM is pleased to launch the 6th edition of the Research Grants Scheme. The Executive Committee has set the target of promoting research for our members and devoted the sum of €25,000 funds for the scheme.

One of EURAM's aspiration is to support rigorous and relevant research in the field of business and management, with implications and relevance to the European research community.

Scholars at any stage of their career may apply for the scheme. Each proposal can be in the range of €3000-€5000. About 6-7 grants will be awarded. The submission deadline is 13 February 2024 at 14:00 pm Belgian time.

The research projects should be designed to encourage and support research activities with the ambition of advancing business and management scholarship. The outcomes should have value and contribution to theoretical and practical business and management studies.

The scheme is open to all EURAM Members. Non-members wishing to apply to the scheme can join EURAM. The applicant as well as the co-applicants must be EURAM members for the year 2024. If you are not yet a EURAM member for the year  2024, you will be contacted by the EURAM Office.

Grant applications will be made online here.

Please take a look at the submitter’s guidelines here.

In addition:

  • No applicant can be involved in more than one submission;
  • The applicant as well as the co-applicants must be EURAM members for the year 2024
  • No changes to the applicants can be made after submission.
  • Grant applications are blind review. Applications that allow the evaluators to identify the applicant(s) will be automatically desk-rejected.

The research funds will be transferred no later than 1 October 2024 for short term projects (maximum 12 months). Winners of the grants will be required to send a short report and a description of how the funds were used in October 2025.

A designated committee will select the projects, based on the criteria of anticipated scholarly impact – scientific interest, originality, rigor in methodology, and relevance of the research project – with consideration for the ‘European’ element of the proposal. The winners will be notified by in May 2024 and announced at the EURAM 2024 Conference in Bath, United Kingdom


For any questions, feel free to contact, info@euram.academy
 
Best regards,
Hervé Dumez, Vice President Research 

Research Grant Winners

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EURAM Research Grant Awardees 2022

“Fake it till you make it”: exaggerated entrepreneurial claims and financial resource acquisition
Ciro Donald Esposito, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics and Business

Abstract:

Recent research shed the light on the importance of hype in entrepreneurship (see Logue & Grimes, 2022, for example). Entrepreneurs, because of the difficulties in obtaining external funding, may rely on exaggerated entrepreneurial claims, especially at an early stage of firm development. These exaggerated entrepreneurial claims are, however, difficult to maintain, and "misrepresent" the entrepreneurial proposal. 

In Pursuit of Big Science: How Collaboration in Creating Scientific Instruments Shapes Science
Ekky Tammarar Alfian, Technical University of Denmark

Abstract:

Big Science is an endeavor that entails a grand scientific objective. Despite the importance of collaboration in the success of Big Science, knowledge on how the collaboration process in creating scientific instruments for a Big Science endeavor shapes the scientific outcome of the collaboration, remains limited. To address the limitation, this research aims to study the collaborative development of scientific instruments at the European Spallation Source (ESS) that is currently under construction. ESS is one of the largest public investments in science with 17 partner countries across Europe participating in its development. This research utilizes an inductive approach in conducting a comparative case study between 4 different collaborative consortiums across Europe in developing scientific instruments for ESS. The main contribution of this research is twofold: (1) Elucidating how collaborative efforts in developing scientific instruments is shaped by various organizational and managerial factors; (2) Explaining how a collaboration in developing scientific instruments shapes science. Findings obtained from this research can be used to better design and manage a multi-country and multi-disciplinary scientific collaboration as well as to assess the effects of such Big Science collaboration on science.

Female Leadership and ESG initiatives as Drivers of Firm Performance in EU Countries

Paolo Saona & Laura Muro, Saint Louis University

Abstract:

Our research ambitions explore the moderating effect of female leadership in senior corporate positions on ESG (environmental, social and governance) initiatives, and how it impacts on the financial performance of companies from twenty-three European countries. Our investigation is relevant to the field of business and management as it aims to shed light on the consequences of the implementation of the UN 2030 agenda on the financial performance of European corporations. Gender diversity and sustainable investments are at the top of the agendas of the European Union regulators, and consequently, legislation has been developed on this respect, and it is transforming business as usual for responsible and sustainable businesses practices. We consider of high interest for the European management community to explore this relationship. We will contribute with an empirical approach to demonstrate to what extent female leadership and ESG are value-creating initiatives for firms. Our results will open avenues for policy makers in the process of developing new regulations and guidelines to encourage companies in the process of implementing ethical and sustainable business practices, ensuring gender equality and female empowerment. Our findings will benefit corporations and investors willing to create impact.

Stigma as a Driver of Support: The Success of Polarizing Crowdfunding Campaigns
Ludovica Castiglia, IESE Business School

Abstract:

How and when do entrepreneurial ventures operating in highly contested and stigmatized domains manage to survive and even thrive? Studies suggest that stigmatized organizations are penalized: they have lower chances of survival and perform worse than non-stigmatized organizations. I argue that stigma may benefit a new venture and that this positive effect is contingent on the extent to which tolerant audiences, those that are not part of the critical mass of stigmatizers, mobilize to support the new venture. Specifically, I propose that the consequences of stigma may be positive (1) when the venture is the target of a particularly severe stigmatization process, i.e., when a greater number of stakeholders are involved in its stigmatization, and (2) when the stigma is polarizing, i.e., when the specific elements of the organization that are stigmatized are associated with values and beliefs that are central to but conflicting for different political ideologies. Under these conditions, tolerant audiences will more likely mobilize in support of the new venture because perceiving central values to their identity under threat, overall increasing its chances of survival. I test my theory using data from 339,275 projects launched on the largest reward-based crowdfunding platform (2009-2020) and find support for these predictions and underlying mechanism.

Peer Coaching Groups: Antecedents and Outcomes
Roman Terekhin, Case Western Reserve University

Abstract:

Peer coaching groups (PCG) are widely used for employee development and support by business communities, Fortune 500 companies, and prominent business schools. PCGs successfully complement professional coaching as an affordable and scalable solution by fostering lateral (peer) connections and knowledge exchange within an organization. However, PCG approaches and methods vary widely across organizations. Furthermore, existing research on PCGs within organizations is scarce, leaving practitioners without sufficient guidance on implementing PCGs appropriately to benefit both the individuals and their organizations. To address this gap, this quantitative study draws from prior qualitative research on PCGs (Terekhin, 2022) to examine how group characteristics and relationships impact workplace peer coaching groups’ outcomes for individuals and organizations. The study employs a survey-based approach and includes several global corporations from different industries. The results will benefit both the organizations that implement PCGs and the groups’ participants, helping them to better understand the factors that influence the effectiveness of PCG and maximize its outcomes.

Enhancing Sustainability Investments in Supply Chain Negotiations

Ece Tuncel, Webster University

Abstract:

Sustainability investments require near-term costs, but the benefits may not accrue until sometime in the future.  Decision makers are often concerned with present costs rather than delayed benefits, making sustainability investments difficult.  This project focuses on supplier-retailer negotiations as an important context in which investment decisions are made.  The goal is to look at the negotiation strategies retailers could use to “nudge” their suppliers into making sustainability investments that have long-term benefits for society and the environment. The project proposes a series of controlled experiments that will test the effectiveness of different negotiation strategies in this context. The findings from the project will provide decision makers on the retailer side with concrete advice on how they could approach their negotiations to engender greater receptivity and increased sustainability investments.  The findings from this project have broader implications for enhancing socially responsible behavior in organizations by providing decision makers with concrete steps for how to nudge their collaborators to be more thoughtful about the future implications of their actions.  

Crisis and Microbusiness Survival: Lessons Learned from COVID-19
Tribikram Budhathoki & Muhibul Haq, University of Huddersfield

Abstract:

The adverse effects of crises on organisational performance are well documented. Yet management researchers and policymakers have frequently overlooked the impact of crises on the survival of regional microbusinesses despite the significance of these businesses as engines for economic growth. Drawing on social embeddedness theory, we aim to explore “What lessons are learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and what do these lessons mean for microbusinesses for future pandemic preparedness?’. To explore these research questions, we employ semi-structured interviews to collect qualitative data on microbusinesses located in Northern England. The findings of our study will contribute to the existing literature on crisis management in microbusinesses and provide practical recommendations for future pandemic preparedness. Our research will be especially valuable for policymakers and practitioners, as it will help inform decision-making processes that can aid in the survival of microbusinesses during times of crisis.

Runner Up

Cross-Cultural Comparison of a Sustainable Approach to Innovation Management
Marion Neukam & Sophie Bollinger, Université de Strasbourg

The potential harm to human systems from climate change and weather disasters is increasingly global (IPCC 2022). Resulting global challenges require effort from focused collaboration across both governmental and nongovernmental actors (George et al., 2016). Societies are therefore currently experiencing a paradigm shift where innovation is required to respond to increasing societal challenges (Elkington, 2020; Wilenius, 2014). Private sector firms offer a wide range of solutions to build resilience, but market mechanisms do not automatically channel private innovations into public risk management (Gerber 2020). Many firms often lack incentives to consequently apply that knowledge for the common good (Aguado & Retolaza, 2020; Henderson, 2020); also because the measurability of these investments remains open, making it difficult to make decisions in favor of this type of activity (Turker, 2009). Henderson and Van den Steen (2015) thus conclude that there is a trade-off between such actions in favor of society and firm performance, which questions their profitability. As a result, innovation remains limited to demand-oriented goals within the scope of the firm (George et al., 2016).

This limitation relies to some extent on the quality and scope of manager-employee interactions already during innovation processes. Therefore, we require a close look at how managers and employees interact to integrate ideas and values that not only serve the firm, but also society, such as a sustainability perspective to technology (Neukam & Bollinger 2022). From this perspective, this requires that not only the exchanges of ideas, but also of values between employees and managers become part of a firm’s innovation process.

Whether the trade-off between a firm’s corporate social responsibility and its financial performance exists or not is an empirical question. Hence, scholars increasingly argue that firms should reposition themselves within society and take their responsibility with regard to global challenges (Hamel & Zanini, 2020; Henderson, 2020; WEF, 2020). To avoid negative impacts in form of this trade-off, Bollinger and Neukam (2021) argued that the next generation of firms need to find a coherent equilibrium between (a) their economic performance, (b) their commitment to society as well as (c) their innovative capacity to respond to future challenges.

Such a sustainable approach to business is a specific section of a more general values-based innovation management within firms (Breuer & Lüdeke-Freund, 2017). Therefore, the interplay between organizational and individual values play a central role in its accomplishment. But as soon as values obtain the position of an integrative element of a firm’s innovation management, we expect cultural variations about the perception of those values and refer here to leading research in intercultural management (such as the following iconic works: Hofstede, 2001; Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner, 1998).

In the following, we’ll enter in more details into current literature about this link between economic performance and innovation capacity in order to foster sustainable solutions to society and point to potential cultural variations that will lead us to formulate our research question.

EURAM Research Grant Awardees 2022

Better together or better apart: The use of artificial intelligence, human intelligence and human-in-the-loop systems in HR screening, Ksenia Keplinger and Marina Chugunova, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Organizational practices to successfully integrate international migrants,
Nicole Franziska Richter, University of Southern and Sven Hauff, Helmut Schmidt University

The Impact of Internal Change Agents in Public Sector Digital Transformation (INSTIGATOR),
Jessica Breaugh, Hertie School and Caroline Fischer, University of Potsdam 

Understanding the non-academic impacts of academic research in their national and international contexts,
Bill Lee, University of Sheffield, Gianpaolo Abatecola, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Matteo Cristofaro, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Huiping Xian, University of Leicester, Davide Secchi, University of Southern Denmark, Florence Allard-Poesi, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Marek Szarucki, Cracow University of Economics, Oskar Kosch, Cracow University of Economics, Michael Schlaile, University of Hohenheim, Bernd Ebersberger, University of Hohenheim 

Runner Up
Context matters: an international comparative study to understand EDI interventions in MNCs,
Andri Georgiadou, University of Nottingham and Sabine Bacouel Jentjens, ISC Paris, School of Management

Partnering for health: setting the ground for service ecosystems,
Elena Casprini, University of Siena and Rocco Palumbo, Senior Researcher, University Rome Tor Vergata

EURAM Research Grant Awardees 2021

Human-led vs. hybrid human-led/chatbot-supported coaching for organizations: A quasi-experimental field study on distance coaching as an emerging HRD practice
Silja Kotte, HMKW University of Applied Sciences for Media, Communication and Management, Germany & Gil Bozer, Sapir Academic College, Israel

How to Enhance the Experience of Neurodivergent Employees: The Ability-Motivation-Opportunity Perspective Joanna Szulc & Frances-Louise McGregor, University of Huddersfield, UK

Reconceptualizing competitive dynamics as language game Khoa Nguyen, Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Finland

Plurality in Auditing: A Cross-Cultural Study on Auditor Whistleblowing in Europe Sebastian Oelrich and Anne Chwolka, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
The theorization and organization of festivals as innovative spaces for sustainability transition Leonore van den Ende, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Runner Up
Comparison of e-mentoring with traditional mentoring used at universities on the example of selected European universities Malgorzata Baran, Collegium Civitas, Poland

EURAM Research Grant Awardees 2020

The Role of firm's stakeholder engagement on open innovation
Licia Cerini, Bocconi University

Understanding Conflict in Large Research Consortia: Nature, Implications and Management – A Study of the European Project ‘Galileo’
Isabel Estrada Vaquero, University of Groningen; Anne-Sophie Fernandez, University of Montpellier; Audrey Rouyre, University of Montpellier

The digital side of universities: an international comparative analysis of performance measurement systems
Sara Giovanna Mauro, Institute of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna; Lino Cinquini, Institute of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna; Hanne Nørreklit, School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University

Co-production of public services: an impact evaluation model
Milena Vainieri, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Denita Cepiku, University of Rome Tor Vergata; Marta Marsilio,  Università  delgi Studi di Milano, Maria Francesca Sicilia, Università degli Studi di Bergamo

#BoycottUber? Precarity and agency: Giving voice to migrant ride-share drivers in London
Joana Vassilopoulou, Brunel University 

EURAM Research Grant Awardees 2019

Non-binary view in organization: inquiring gender identity and discrimination in the workplace
Davide Bizjak, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Engaging Universities in Capacity Building for Alternative Business Models
Olga Kuznetsova, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and Andrei Kuznetsov, University of Central Lancashire, UK

Low-Status International Workers: their Situation, Concerns, and Organizational Justice Issues
Washika Haak-Saheem, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK, Gaye Özçelik, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey, Yvonne McNulty, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore

Entrepreneurship, Diversity and Discrimination: An experimental Study
Foteini Papadopoulou and Efstratios Ramoglou, Southampton University, UK

Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity of chronic ill employees at work: implications for HRM practices
Silvia Profili, European University of Rome, Italy and Alessia Sammarra, University of L’Aquila, Italy

Putting Creative Spaces in Place. Agency, Identity, and Perceptions in Cultural Public Policies,
Damiano Razzoli, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Older Worker Retention and Workplace Climate in the Manufacturing Sector,
Wen Wang, University of Wolverhampton, UK

EURAM 2018 Research Grant Awardees

Children of Expatriates: Key Factors affecting their Adjustment
Isabel de Sivatte Font & Bernadette Bullinger, IE Business School , Spain

Entrepreneurial Finance in the Cultural and Creative Industries
Max Höllen, Mainz University, Germany

Contextualising Regional Entrepreneurship through Innovation Biographies: An Embedded Networks Perspective on Fashion Start-ups in Non-Urban Contexts
Birgit Leick, Ostfold University College, Norway

The good, the bad and the ugly of interorganizational ties between social enterprises: Quasi-experimental evidence from the population of Dutch housing corporations (2007-2017)  
Nuno Oliveira, Tilburg University, Netherlands

Women Entrepreneurs within STEM Fields: a Cross-Countries Comparison
Sara Poggesi and Michela Mari, Tor Vergata University, Luisa De Vita, Sapienza University, Italy and Lene Foss, UiT the Arctic University of Norway