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AUTHOR
Maria Serena Chiucchi
Advising in family firms: shaping relational dynamics and trustful connections in strategy work
The purpose of this article is to explore strategy advisors’ actions and interactions with family actors and nonfamily managers for strategy work in family businesses. By combining the strategy-as-practice perspective with the concept of emotional engagement practices, we interpret the case of a family firm collaborating with an external advisor over a 15-year period. We add to prior studies by showing how advisors work to build trustful and emotional connections that shape relational dynamics within evolving spaces of strategic discussion. We highlight the implications for strategy work, which change as relational dynamics develop over time.
Intellectual Capital Measurement, Management, and Valuation
At the present time one of the different methods of competitive advantages for businesses the—so-called soft values, i.e., intangible assets to face the new challenges. It is in this perspective that companies are changing their strategies and rethinking their organization, structures and processes in order to obtain a better detection and measurement of intangible assets.
Interventionist research in management accounting: promoting engagement through face-to-face dialogues
PurposeThis paper explores face-to-face dialogues between practitioners and interventionist researchers in the management accounting (MA) field during real-time interactions for the development of accounting devices. It aims to shed light on whether and how these dialogues can affect the construction of meanings around the devices, thereby influencing the course of interventionist research (IVR) projects.Design/methodology/approachThis study presents a reflective analysis (both in itinere and ex-post) of an IVR project conducted by one of the authors within a healthcare organisation. It draws on a dialogical perspective to delve into the conversations between the author and the organisation…