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Brammer, Stephen; Branicki, Layla; Linnenluecke, Martina and Smith, Tom
(2019).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0312896219871337
Abstract
Management scholarship is increasingly paying attention to “grand challenges” such as climate and demographic changes, sociopolitical uncertainty, poverty alleviation, and global health improvement. Drawing upon a review of grand challenges research, we highlight the lack of a coherent conceptualization of a “grand challenge” and examine the diversity of the conceptual, policy, and empirical research. We problematize the failure in current research to distinguish between qualitatively different types of grand challenges—in our view, the resolution of different challenges calls for distinct research, policy, and practice approaches. We propose a novel framework that encompasses four distinct forms of grand challenge, situate the existing empirical literature within our framework, describe how the contributions to our special issue advance grand challenges research, and explore implications for future management research that responds to the imperatives of grand challenges.
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- Item ORO ID
- 72706
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 0312-8962
- Keywords
- Complexity; global problems; grand challenges; research impact; uncertainty
- Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) > Business > Department for People and Organisations
Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) > Business
Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) - Copyright Holders
- © 2019 SAGE Publications, © 2019 The Authors
- Depositing User
- Layla Branicki