Objective: investigate the extent to which women working in the Brazilian political field adhere to the characteristics of the queen bee phenomenon (QBP), specifically analyzing the traits of adherence to a masculinized culture, intragroup comparison, and the maintenance of gender hierarchy. Methods: this is a qualitative study; 40 semi-structured interviews were conducted with women active in the political context. Results: the analysis,...

Objective: examine how corporate governance indicators — Novo Mercado (NM), Novo Mercado Index (IGNM), Corporate Governance Index (IGC), and Tag Along Index (ITAG) — relate to tax litigation among B3-listed firms. Methods: we analyze 3,290 firm-year observations from 254 B3 companies (2009–2023) using OLS, random effects, difference GMM, system GMM, and quantile regressions, with controls for size, business risk, liquidity, leverage, age, profitability,...

Objective: the objective of this study was to analyze the effect of capital structure on the relationship between intangible resources and innovation capability. Methods: the hypotheses were tested using a panel dataset of 487 US companies listed on the S&P index from 2015 to 2022, employing fixed-effects regression models. Results: the results indicate that three intangible resources — accounting intangibility, marketing investments,...

Despite the consolidation of experimental designs as a central standard for causal inference in adjacent fields, experiments remain peripheral in large segments of management research. This article argues that such marginalization is not primarily technical, but epistemic and institutional. It reconstructs six recurrent objections — complexity, external validity, feasibility, theory reduction, non-manipulability, and ethical scope — that structure skepticism toward experimentation and...

Research in operations and supply chain management (OSCM) in emerging economies has gained rigor and international visibility in recent years. This progress reflects increasing integration into global debates and methodological standards. However, much of the literature remains strongly performance-oriented and firm-centric, often overlooking institutional fragility, informality, and power asymmetries that shape OSCM in these contexts. By thinking outside the box, this paper proposes that...

The academic publication landscape in marketing and management has changed greatly in the past decades. In this interview, Professor Adamantios Diamantopoulos reflects on increased competition in top journals, the rise of open-access outlets, higher methodological standards, and more complex editorial structures. Drawing on his experience as an author, reviewer, associate editor, and editor, he discusses changes in peer review, editorial roles, and the challenges of desk rejections and...