Publications

Research in print

21 works · 6,085+ citations · h-index 21 · Google Scholar profile

The limits of pivoting
Knight, A. P., Grimes, M. G., & Gehman, J. (2025). Academy of Management Journal, 68(5): 1130–1162.
Making a theoretical contribution with qualitative research
Rouse, E., Reinecke, J., Ravasi, D., Langley, A., Grimes, M., & Gruber, M. (2025). Academy of Management Journal, 68(2).
Taming unicorns: Toward a new normal of responsible entrepreneurship
Zankl, J., & Grimes, M. (2024). Academy of Management Review, 49(4): 879–905.
From scarcity to abundance: Scholars and scholarship in an age of generative artificial intelligence
Grimes, M., von Krogh, G., Feuerriegel, S., Rink, F., & Gruber, M. (2023). Academy of Management Journal, 66(6): 1617–1624.
Publishing multimethod research in AMJ: A review and best-practice recommendations
Wellman, N., Tröster, C., Grimes, M., Roberson, Q., Rink, F., & Gruber, M. (2023). Academy of Management Journal, 66(4).
Living up to the hype: How new ventures manage the resource and liability of future-oriented visions within the nascent market of impact investing
Logue, D., & Grimes, M. G. (2022). Academy of Management Journal, 65(3): 1055–1082.
Remaking capitalism: The strength of weak legislation in mobilizing B corporation certification
Lucas, D. S., Grimes, M. G., & Gehman, J. (2022). Academy of Management Journal, 65(3): 958–987.
Platforms for the people: Enabling civic crowdfunding through the cultivation of institutional infrastructure
Logue, D., & Grimes, M. (2022). Strategic Management Journal, 43(3).
Inconceivable! Possibilistic thinking and the sociocognitive underpinning of entrepreneurial responses to grand challenges
Grimes, M. G., & Vogus, T. J. (2021). Organization Theory, 2(2).
Navigating compromise: How founder authenticity affects venture identification amidst organizational hybridity
Wagenschwanz, A., & Grimes, M. (2021). Journal of Business Venturing, 36(2).
Beyond hybridity: Accounting for the values complexity of all organizations in the study of mission and mission drift
Grimes, M. G., Williams, T. A., & Zhao, E. Y. (2020). Academy of Management Review, 45(1).
Anchors aweigh: The sources, variety, and challenges of mission drift
Grimes, M. G., Williams, T. A., & Zhao, E. Y. (2019). Academy of Management Review, 44(4): 819–845.
The pivot: How founders respond to feedback through idea and identity work
Grimes, M. G. (2018). Academy of Management Journal, 61(5): 1692–1717.
Positively deviant: Identity work through B Corporation certification
Grimes, M. G., Gehman, J., & Cao, K. (2018). Journal of Business Venturing, 33(2).
From the value of growth to the certification of values: Why we care about Certified B Corporations
Gehman, J., Grimes, M. G., & Cao, K. (2018). Academy of Management Discoveries.
Hidden badge of honor: How contextual distinctiveness affects category promotion among Certified B Corporations
Gehman, J., & Grimes, M. (2017). Academy of Management Journal, 60(6).
Standing out and fitting in: Charting the emergence of Certified B Corporations by industry and region
Cao, K., Gehman, J., & Grimes, M. G. (2017). Hybrid Ventures (Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth).
Organizational sponsorship and founding environments: A contingency view on the survival of business-incubated firms, 1994–2007
Amezcua, A., Grimes, M., Bradley, S., & Wiklund, J. (2013). Academy of Management Journal, 56(6).
Studying the origins of social entrepreneurship: Compassion and the role of embedded agency
Grimes, M. G., McMullen, J. S., Vogus, T. J., & Miller, T. L. (2013). Academy of Management Review, 38(3).
Venturing for others with heart and head: How compassion encourages social entrepreneurship
Miller, T., Grimes, M., McMullen, J., & Vogus, T. (2012). Academy of Management Review, 37(4).
Strategic sensemaking within funding relationships: The effects of performance measurement on organizational identity in the social sector
Grimes, M. (2010). Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 34(4).