Reexamining some management lessons from military history

Abstract

History, Organizational learning, World War I, Interwar period, Military,

Publishing in the Asia Pacific Journal of Management

“…These topics will be addressed in greater detail in subsequent editorials, but for now the short answers to the questions are many types, no, and yes. That is to say, APJM publishes a range of research designs and ontologies; it does not only publish empirical, quantitative hypothesis-testing studies (e.g., Ahlstrom, Lamond, & Ding, 2009;Meyer, 2009). A careful scan of APJM over the past decade will demonstrate the variety of papers and research designs that are published in the journal.…”

The early adulthood of the Asia Pacific Journal of Management: A literature review 2005–2014

“…Some key challenges remain (e.g., increasing the volume of conceptual and theory-building works and non-quantitative or case-based empirical articles) and new research foci are arising such as increasing demands for entrepreneurship and small business research (e.g., Guo, Su, & Ahlstrom, 2016), family business (Liu et al, 2017), emotion (Li, 2011;Peng, 2017), history and management (Ahlstrom, Lamond, & Ding, 2009), and work beyond East Asia (e.g., Bruton, Ahlstrom, & Si, 2015;Nair, Guldiken, Fainshmidt, & Pezeshkan, 2015). In doing so, APJM can continue to keep the journal's performance ratings up, while continuing to attract fine contributors (and reviewers), while positioning the journal among the best management journals contributing to the important research on emerging Asia.…”

On the aims and scope of the Asia Pacific Journal of Management: What does APJM really seek to publish?

“…Many authors choose to write and submit fairly standard variance (hypothesis testing) papers to APJM ( Van de Ven, 2007). Fewer authors write exploratory or conceptual papers about fairly new phenomena or theory in management and organizations (e.g., Ahlstrom et al, 2009;Lai, Lam, & Liu, 2010;Young, Peng, Ahlstrom, Bruton, & Jiang, 2008). Since many (though by no means all) papers in APJM are variance-type papers, we have received several inquiries from prospective authors asking if APJM considers exploratory and theory building papers.…”

“…These articles will address related research-and paper-crafting topics in more detail including the importance of making contributions to management and international business research and practice (e.g., Colquitt & Ireland, 2009;Whetten, 1989), some ideas on writing a clearer introduction, and the importance of the paper's literature review (e.g., Ridley, 2008). And as noted, authors should also read several of the journal's published articles to better understand the types of papers APJM publishes, which come from a range of perspectives, ontologies, and research designs (e.g., Ahlstrom, Lamond, & Ding, 2009;Ahlstrom, Chen, & Yeh, 2010;Peng, Li, Xie, & Su, 2010). Indeed, the recent Special Issues in APJM on corporate governance in Asia (Globerman, Peng, & Shapiro, 2011) and on managing in ethnic Chinese communities (Ahlstrom et al, 2010), provide a number of excellent examples of the variety of different papers published in APJM.…”