Sven Kunisch

Research output

Research output per year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 2018 2024 2025

• 40 Journal article
• 24 Paper
• 11 Book chapter
• 5 Book
• 14 More
  • 4 Review
  • 3 Contribution to newspaper - Newspaper article
  • 2 Comment/debate/letter to the editor
  • 1 Report
  • 1 Preface/postscript
  • 1 Conference abstract for conference
  • 1 Other contribution
  • 1 Working paper

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  From Bouncing Back to Bouncing Forward: A Temporal Trajectory Model of Organizational Resilience

  Hernes, T., Blagoev, B., Kunisch, S. & Schultz, M., Jan 2025, In: Academy of Management Review. 50, 1, p. 72-92

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Organizational Resilience 100%
  • Organisational Resilience 100%
  • Stochastics 20%
  • Ecological Research 20%
  • Stochastic Events 16%
• 2024

  Advocacy and the Search for Truth in Management Scholarship: Can the Twain Ever Meet?

  Wright, T. A., Emich, K., Pearce, J. L., Ramoglou, S., Ashkanasy, N., Bartunek, J. M., Kunisch, S., Denyer, D., Foss, N. J., Klein, P. G., Town, S., Hollwitz, J., Barney, C. E., Harms, P., Munyon, T. P., Seijts, G. & Tsang, E. W. K., Jan 2024, In: Journal of Management Inquiry. 33, 1, p. 11-25 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Tuition Fee 100%
  • Advocacy 100%
  • Professional Development 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Chief Digital Officers: A Framework for Guiding Research on a New Strategic Leader

  Menz, M., Kunisch, S. & Langan, R., Jul 2024, The Handbook of Research on Strategic Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Simsek, Z., Heavey, C. & Fox, B. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 435-456

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Research Question 100%
  • Digital Transformation 100%
  • Research Direction 100%
  • Senior Executive 100%
  • Strategic Leadership 100%

• M&A-Markt im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert: Entwicklungen und Analysen

  Bauer, F., Kunisch, S. & Düsterhoff, H., 2024, Mergers & Acquisitions: Handbuch für Strategie, Consulting und Rechtsberatung. Müller-Stewens, G., Schalast, C., Binder, A. & Kunisch, S. (eds.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel, p. 65-102

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Education › peer-review

• Mergers & Acquisitions: Drei Perspektiven auf ein komplexes Phänomen

  Müller-Stewens, G., Kunisch, S., Binder, A. & Schalast, C., 2024, Mergers & Acquisitions: Handbuch für Strategie, Consulting und Rechtsberatung. Müller-Stewens, G., Schalast, C., Binder, A. & Kunisch, S. (eds.). 3 ed. Schäffer-Poeschel, p. 1-10

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Education › peer-review

• Mergers & Acquisitions – Handbuch für Strategie, Consulting und Rechtsberatung

  Müller-Stewens, G. (Editor), Schalast, C. (Editor), Binder, A. (Editor) & Kunisch, S. (Editor), 2024, Stuttgart: Schaeffer - Poeschel Verlag.

  Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Education

• Strategy Can No Longer Ignore Planetary Boundaries: A Call for Tackling Strategy’s Ecological Fallacy

  Bansal, T., Durand, R., Kreutzer, M., Kunisch, S. & McGahan, A., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Management Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Tuition Fee 100%
  • Micro Level 100%
  • Natural Environment 100%
  • Macro Level 100%
  • Business Policy 100%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Time as a Research Lens: A Conceptual Review and Research Agenda

  Blagoev, B., Hernes, T., Kunisch, S. & Schultz, M., Jul 2024, In: Journal of Management. 50, 6, p. 2152-2196 45 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Review › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Conception of Time 100%
  • Conception 100%
  18 Citations (Scopus)
• 2023

  Corporate Governance and Grand Societal Challenges: Organization-Centric and Problem-Centric Perspectives

  Pop, M., Kunisch, S. & Aagaard, A., 2023, Research Handbook on Corporate Governance and Ethics. Talaulicar, T. (ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 383-420 38 p. (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series).

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Grand Challenge 100%
  • Corporate Governance 100%
  • Organization Study 50%
  • Management Study 50%
  • Business Organisation 50%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Organizing for good—using organization design to take on grand challenges

  Baumann, O., Davis, G. F., Kunisch, S., Luo, J. & Wu, B., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Organization Design. 12, 4, p. 165-176 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Grand Challenges 100%
  • Organization Design 100%
  • Organizational Design 100%
  • Scholarly Work 100%
  • Grand Challenge 100%
  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Review Research as Scientific Inquiry

  Kunisch, S., Denyer, D., Bartunek, J. M., Menz, M. & Cardinal, L. B., Jan 2023, In: Organizational Research Methods. 26, 1, p. 3-45 43 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Literature Review 100%
  • Rigor 100%
  • Research 100%
  • Research Method 9%
  82 Citations (Scopus)

  15 Downloads (Pure)

• Using Review Articles to Address Societal Grand Challenges

  Kunisch, S., zu Knyphausen-Aufseß, D., Bapuji, H., Aguinis, H., Bansal, T., Tsui, A. & Pinto, J., Apr 2023, In: International Journal of Management Reviews. 25, 2, p. 240-250 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Societal Grand Challenges 100%
  • Practitioners 100%
  • Practical Knowledge 25%
  • Management Review 25%
  • Scale Issues 25%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Why Do Firms Launch Corporate Change Programs? A Contingency Perspective on Strategic Change

  Kunisch, S., Birkinshaw, J., Boppel, M. & Choi, K., Dec 2023, In: Scandinavian Journal of Management. 39, 4, 101297.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Strategic Change 100%
  • Financial Services 33%
  • Prior experience 33%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  Chief Digital Officers: An Exploratory Analysis of Their Emergence, Nature, and Determinants

  Kunisch, S., Menz, M. & Langan, R., Apr 2022, In: Long Range Planning. 55, 2, 18 p., 101999.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Exploratory Data Analysis 100%
  • Large Firm 100%
  • Senior Executive 100%
  • Task Demand 100%
  • Professional Personnel 50%
  47 Citations (Scopus)
• 2021

  CEO Tenure: An integrative review and pathways for future research

  Darouichi, A., Kunisch, S., Menz, M. & Cannella, A. A., Nov 2021, In: Corporate Governance: An International Review. 29 , 6, p. 661-683 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Review › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Integrative Review 100%
  • Managers 100%
  • Chief Executive Officer 100%
  • Policy Implication 100%
  • Finance 17%
  38 Citations (Scopus)

• Complex Times, Complex Time: The Pandemic, Time-Based Theorizing and Temporal Research in Management and Organization Studies

  Kunisch, S., Blagoev, B. & Bartunek, J., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Management Studies. 58 , 5, p. 1411-1415 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• Corporate Strategy and the Theory of the Firm in the Digital Age

  Menz, M., Kunisch, S., Birkinshaw, J., Collis, D. J., Foss, N. J., Hoskisson, R. E. & Prescott, J. E., Nov 2021, In: Journal of Management Studies. 58, 7, p. 1695-1720 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Strategic Management 100%
  • Theory of the Firm 100%
  • Corporate Strategy 100%
  • Competitive Advantage 25%
  • Digitization 25%
  95 Citations (Scopus)

• Zur Rolle der BWL in Zeiten großer gesellschaftlicher und ökologischer Herausforderungen

  Translated title of the contribution: On the Role of Business Administration in Times of Grand Societal and Environmental Challengeszu Knyphausen-Aufseß, D., Kunisch, S. & Nippa, M., 2021, In: Die Unternehmung: Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice. 75, 2, p. 188-197

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Environmental Challenge 100%
  • Business Management 100%
  • Empirical Research 100%
  • Business Economics 100%
  • Reciprocal Relationship 100%
  576 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Corporate Headquarters in the Twenty-First Century: An Organization Design Perspective

  Kunisch, S., Menz, M. & Collis, D., 6 Nov 2020, In: Journal of Organization Design. 9, 32 p., 22.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Twenty-First Century 100%
  • Corporate Headquarters 100%
  • Practitioners 100%
  • Twentieth Century 66%
  • Special Collections 66%
  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  Spatially Dispersed Corporate Headquarters: A Historical Analysis of their Prevalence, Antecedents, and Consequences

  Kunisch, S., Menz, M. & Birkinshaw, J., Feb 2019, In: International Business Review. 28, 1, p. 148-161 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Historical Research 100%
  • Information Processing 100%
  • Information-Processing Theory 50%
  • Germany 33%
  • USA 33%
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Strategic Initiative Portfolios: How to Manage Strategic Challenges Better Than One at a Time

  Kunisch, S., Keil, T., Boppel, M. & Lechner, C., Jul 2019, In: Business Horizons. 62, 4, p. 529-537 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Strategic Renewal 100%
  • Key Management 100%
  • Performance Improvement 100%
  • Value Creation 100%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• The CEO as a Key Micro-Foundation of Global Strategy: Task Demands, CEO Origin, and the CEO's International Background

  Kunisch, S., Menz, M. & Cannella, A. A., 1 Feb 2019, In: Global Strategy Journal. 9, 1, p. 19-41 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Internationalization 100%
  • Global Strategy 100%
  • Specific Industry 75%
  • International Business 25%
  • Board of Directors 25%
  33 Citations (Scopus)

• Unravelling Agency Relations inside the MNC: The Roles of Socialization, Goal Conflicts and Second Principals in Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationships

  Ambos, B., Kunisch, S., Leicht-Deobald, U. & Schulte Steinberg, A., 1 Feb 2019, In: Journal of World Business. 54, 2, p. 67-81 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Socialization 100%
  • Multinational Corporation 100%
  • Subsidiary Relation 50%
  • Study Design 50%
  • Agency Theory 25%
  39 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Central Perspectives and Debates in Strategic Change Research

  Müller, J. & Kunisch, S., 2018, In: International Journal of Management Reviews. 20, 2, p. 457-482 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Strategic Change 100%
  • Research Focus 9%
  • Empirical Research 9%
  48 Citations (Scopus)

• Emergent Perspectives of Strategic Change: Toward a New Paradigm?

  Kunisch, S., Lamaanen, T., Schmid, T., Huy, Q., Nadkarni, S., Ocasio, W. & Vaara, E., 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Communication

• Feature Topic at Organizational Research Methods: How to Conduct Rigorous and Impactful Literature Reviews?

  Kunisch, S., Menz, M., Denyer, D., Cardinal, L. & Bartunek, J., 1 Jul 2018, In: Organizational Research Methods. 21, 3, p. 519–523 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  79 Citations (Scopus)

  1034 Downloads (Pure)

• Firm Performance and Voluntary CEO Departure: The Role of CEO Outside Options and Skill Transferability

  Darouichi, A., Kunisch, S. & Menz, M., 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

• Firm Performance and Voluntary CEO Departure: The Roles of Outside Options and Skill Transferability

  Darouichi, A., Kunisch, S. & Menz, M., 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

• Social Comparisons in the Headquarters-Subunit Relationship – The Negative Effect of Envy

  Zobel, N., Nell, P., Ambos, B. & Kunisch, S., 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

• The Roles of Outside Options and Skill Transferability

  Darouichi, A., Kunisch, S. & Menz, M., 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review
• 2017

  Benchmarking Corporate Headquarters: Instrumental, but not Strategic?

  Kunisch, S., 2017, In: Long Range Planning. 50, 1, p. 30-32 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Does Headquarter Structure Follow Corporate Strategy? An Empirical Study of Antecedents and Consequences of Changes in the Size of Corporate Headquarters

  Kunisch, S., 2017, In: Journal of Business Economics and Management. 18, 3, p. 390-411 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Strategic Management 100%
  • Corporate Headquarters 100%
  • Strategic Change 100%
  • Corporate Strategy 100%
  • Organizational Adaptation 20%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  108 Downloads (Pure)

• Mind the Gaps! An Assessment of Research on Managerial Perception Gaps

  Hauptmann, G. & Kunisch, S. G. T., 2017, In: Die Unternehmung: Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice. 71, 1, p. 30-49 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Time in Strategic Change Research

  Kunisch, S., Bartunek, J. M., Mueller, J. & Huy, Q. N., 2017, In: Academy of Management Annals. 11, 2, p. 1005-1064 60 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Strategic Change 100%
  • Change Agent 11%
  189 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Die «Konzernzentrale 4.0» – eine Folge der zunehmenden Flexibilisierung von zentralen Managementfunktionen

  Menz, M. & Kunisch, S., 2016, In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Contribution to newspaper - Newspaper article

• Drei Perspektiven auf ein komplexes Phänomen

  Müller-Stewens, G., Kunisch, S. & Binder, A., 2016, Mergers & Acquisitions: Handbuch für Strategen, Analysten, Berater und Juristen. 2 ed. Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag, p. 1-13

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Ein Due Diligence-Bericht zur Entwicklung des deutschen M&AMarktes

  Düsterhoff, H. & Kunisch, S., 2016, Mergers & Acquisitions: Analysen, Trends und Best Practices. Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Mergers & Acquisitions : Handbuch für Strategen, Analysten, Berater und Juristen

  Müller-Stewens, G., Kunisch, S. (Editor) & Binder, A., 2016, Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag.

  Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review

• The Agency Perspective for Studying Headquarters-Subsidiary Relations: An Assessment: Perspectives on headquarters-subsidiary relationships in the contemporary MNC

  Schulte Steinberg, A. & Kunisch, S., 2016, Research in Global Strategic Management. p. 87-120 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research
  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  Changes at Corporate Headquarters: Review, Integration and Future Research

  Kunisch, S., Menz, M. & Ambos, B., 2015, In: International Journal of Management Reviews. 17, 3, p. 356-381 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Intelligentsia 100%
  • International Business 100%
  • Science Administration 100%
  • Organizational Design 100%
  • Resistance to Change 100%
  61 Citations (Scopus)

• Corporate Parenting Reviews : Die Strategische Bedeutung der kritischen Überprüfung der Konzernzentrale

  Kunisch, S., Schulte Steinberg, A. & Ambos, B., 1 Feb 2015, In: zfo - Zeitschrift Führung und Organisation. 84, 1, p. 25-31 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Der Mythos Konzernzentrale

  Menz, M., Kunisch, S. & Collis, D. J., 2015, In: Frankfurter Allgemeine.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Contribution to newspaper - Newspaper article

• Goal Conflicts and Corporate Control: Implications for Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationships of Multinational Corporations: 2015 SMS Strategic Management Society Special Conference

  Schulte Steinberg, A., Kunisch, S. & Ambos, B., 30 May 2015, p. 1-7. 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

• Goal Conflicts in the Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationship: Corporate Control Effects and Implications: 2015 SMS Strategic Management Society Special Conference

  Schulte Steinberg, A., Kunisch, S. & Ambos, B., 19 Mar 2015, p. 1-7. 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

• Organizational Control and Goal Conflicts in Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationships: An Agency Theory Perspective: 57th Academy of International Business (ABI) Annual Meeting

  Mudambi, R. (Editor), Kiyak, T. (Editor), Schulte Steinberg, A., Kunisch, S. & Ambos, B., 27 Jun 2015, p. 1-34. 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

• Organizational Practice Adoption in the MNC: The Role of Managers' Core Self-Evaluations: 75th Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM) 2015 "Opening Governance"

  Schulte Steinberg, A., Kunisch, S. & Ambos, B., 7 Aug 2015, p. 1-32. 32 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

• Principal-Agent Multiplicity in Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationships of Multinational Corporations: 2015 SMS Strategic Management Society Special Conference

  Schulte Steinberg, A., Kunisch, S. & Ambos, B., 30 May 2015, p. 1-7. 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

• The Corporate Headquarters in the Contemporary Corporation: Advancing a Multimarket Firm Perspective

  Menz, M., Kunisch, S. & Collis, D. J., 1 Jan 2015, In: Academy of Management Annals. 9, 1, p. 633-714 82 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Corporate Headquarters 100%
  • Multinational Firm 100%
  • Value Creation 12%
  80 Citations (Scopus)

• Verjüngungskur für die Zentrale

  Kunisch, S., Müller-Stewens, G. & Campbell, A., 21 Apr 2015, In: Harvard Business Manager. 5, p. 52-61 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
• 2014

  Corporate Programs: Analysis of a Major Structural Choice in Strategy Implementation: 74th Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM) 2014 "The Power of Words"

  Boppel, M., Kunisch, S. & Birkinshaw, J., 4 Aug 2014, p. 429-434. 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review