PhD defence: Carsten Lund Pedersen

The field of strategic management has long alluded to the idea that lower-level employees immersed in the day-to-day business have experiential insights of potential strategic value. This line of thought has predominantly been supported by anecdotal evidence and explored in meticulous case studies to uncover the evolutionary traits of autonomous ventures. In a related vein, studies of ‘strategic issue management’ (SIM) tried to uncover organizational processes to identify emerging issues in volatile environments and devise proper strategic responses. These conceptual models were introduced in the very first volume of ‘Strategic Management Journal’, but little empirical research has since tried to develop the conception of SIM. An underlying research aim of this dissertation is to address and bridge these two literature streams, honing the idea of utilizing the collective wisdom possessed by frontline employees about ongoing changes in the internal and external environments as a unique information source to extend and advance SIM

Supervisor:
Professor Torben Juul Andersen
Department of International Economics and Management
Copenhagen Business School
 
Secondary supervisor:
Assistant Professor Carina Antonia Hallin
Department of International Economics and Management
Copenhagen Business School

Assessment Committee:
Professor Finn Østrup (Chair)
Department of International Economics and Manageme
Copenhagen Business School

Professor Rudi Bresser
Department of Management
Freie Universität Berlin

Associate Professor Natalia Levina
Kaufman Management Center
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
 
Thesis:
The thesis is available here
 
Reception:
The Doctoral School of Economics and Management will host a reception, which will take place immediately after the defence in the Gallery at Porcelænshaven 26.