2026
More Versus Better: Artificial Intelligence, Incentives, and the Emerging Crisis in Peer Review
Organization Science
How AI and academic incentives are changing the production and evaluation of research.
Research
How firms organize collective action: theory and evidence on purpose, governance, incentives, and the changes brought by AI.
AI and institutions
How institutions organize collective choice, allocate authority, and sustain cooperation—and how AI is reshaping these arrangements.
2027
Corporate Ownership, Purpose, and the Social Choice Problem
Working paper · Listed as 2027 in the September 2026 CV
Owners do more than monitor managers: they determine how firms reconcile conflicting values, commit to a purpose, and assemble a coalition able to act on it.
2027
Corporate Purpose and Polarization
Cambridge University Press · Forthcoming chapter
Purpose helps firms make collective choices, but polarization raises a further question: which choices belong inside corporations, and which require public authority?
2026
Corporate Purpose and the Problem of Social Choice in Firms
Working paper · In revision
Corporate purpose and the challenge of collective choice within firms.
Corporate purpose & ownership
How purpose, ownership, and strategic choices shape what firms pursue and how they perform.
2026
2023
The Firm as a Subsociety: Purpose, Justice, and the Theory of the Firm
Organization Science, 34(5), 1965–1980
Firms are social as well as economic institutions. Authority and boundaries shape the principles of purpose and justice that sustain cooperation.
2026
Corporate Purpose and Firm Strategy
Strategic Management Review
What corporate purpose brings to the study of firm strategy.
2023
The Contingent Relationship Between Purpose and Profits
Strategy Science, 8(2), 256–269
The conditions under which purpose and profits reinforce one another—or come into tension.
2023
Acquisitions and Corporate Purpose
Strategy Science, 8(4), 444–463
How acquisitions affect employees’ sense of purpose within their organizations.
2023
Corporate Purpose in Public and Private Firms
Management Science, 69(9), 5087–5111
Examining corporate purpose through the lens of public and private ownership.
2019
Corporate Purpose and Financial Performance
Organization Science, 30(1), 1–18
Firms combining a strong sense of purpose with clarity from management exhibit higher subsequent financial performance.
Compensation, incentives & inequality
How firms reward work, respond to social comparisons, and shape economic outcomes for employees.
2026
The Relationship between Pay Inequity, Organizations, and Industries
Handbook of Pay Equity and Transparency · Bamberger and Weller, editors
2026
Internal Versus Market Pay References in Knowledge-Intensive Firms
Organization Science · Forthcoming
When firms set pay, how much do internal colleagues matter relative to the external labor market?
2026
More Monitoring, Less Pay: Active Ownership and Employee Compensation
Management Science · Forthcoming
The relationship between active corporate ownership, employee monitoring, and compensation for comparable work.
2020
Competition and Pay Inequality Within and Between Firms
Management Science, 66(12), 5925–5943
How product-market competition relates to pay inequality within and between firms.
2018
Pay Inequality and Corporate Divestitures
Strategic Management Journal, 39(11), 2829–2858
The relationship between pay inequality and firms’ decisions to divest businesses.
2017
Pay Harmony? Social Comparison and Performance Compensation in Multibusiness Firms
Organization Science, 28(1), 39–55
How social comparisons shape performance compensation across divisions within firms.
Selected publications and work in progress. Full publication list in my CV