Editorial: Methodological approaches to addressing grand challenges in management research

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Hamann, R., Nilsson, W., Drimie, S., & Freeth, R. (2024). EXPRESS: Researchers convening dialogue to address grand challenges: Affordances, tensions, and the shift to deep dialogue. Strategic Organization, 14761270241279132. 10.1177/14761270241279132.

Heron, J., & Reason, P. (2008). Extending epistemology within a co-operative inquiry, in Reason, P., Bradbury, H. (Eds), The sage handbook of action research: Participative inquiry and practice, Vol. 2, pp. 366–380.

Langley, A. (2021). What is “this” a case of? Generative theorizing for disruptive times. Journal of Management Inquiry, 30(3), 251–258. 10.1177/10564926211016545.

Muñoz, P., & Dimov, D. (2023). A translational framework for entrepreneurship research. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 19, e00361. 10.1016/j.jbvi.2022.e00361.

Schiele, H., Krummaker, S., Hoffmann, P., & Kowalski, R. (2022). The “research world café” as method of scientific enquiry: Combining rigor with relevance and speed. Journal of Business Research, 140, 280–296. 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.10.075.

Simsek, Z., Bansal, P., Shaw, J. D., Heugens, P., & Smith, W. K. (2018). From the editors—seeing practice impact in new ways. Academy of Management Journal, 61(6), 2021–2025. 10.5465/amj.2018.4006.

Wickert, C., Post, C., Doh, J. P., Prescott, J. E., & Prencipe, A. (2021). Management research that makes a difference: Broadening the meaning of impact. Journal of Management Studies, 58(2), 297–320. 10.1111/joms.12666.

Williams, A., Parker, J. N., Kennedy, S., & Whiteman, G. (2024). A process study of evolving paradoxes and Cross-Sector goals: a partnership to accelerate global sustainability. Journal of Management, 1492063241278803 10.1177/01492063241278803.

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Zandee, D. P., & Coghlan, D. (2024). Action research for impact in addressing the grand challenges. Strategic Organization, 14761270241270913 10.1177/14761270241270913.