讲座题目：Decomposing Both/And: SMART Strategies for Balancing Paradoxical Opposites

主 讲 人：英国纽卡斯尔大学 李鑫 副教授

讲座时间：2024年9月6日（周五）15：00

讲座地点：腾讯会议 644-909-212

主办单位：中南大学商学院

主 持 人：中南大学商学院 周文辉 教授

摘     要：Organizational paradox literature points out the importance of both/and thinking and acting. While the notion of both/and is largely treated as a unitary concept, paradox scholars have associated it with diverse responses to paradoxical tensions, such as ambidexterity, Yin-Yang balancing, and Zhong-Yong middle way. To bring order to the literature, this paper aims to decompose the notion of both/and, and identify generic strategies for balancing paradoxical opposites, i.e., to hold or achieve both elements of a paradoxical tension simultaneously. We first review existing classifications of approaches to paradoxical tensions, resulting in the identification of six distinct non-either/or responses. We then use these distinct responses to help build a typology to accommodate and relate ten generic strategies, falling into five categorical types characterized as superficial, multiversal, amalgamative, reconciliatory, and transcendental, respectively (and hence the SMART acronym). Finally, we propose a prescriptive model of selection of generic strategies under different circumstances.

主讲人简介：

李鑫，现任英国纽卡斯尔大学商学院副教授（长聘教职），曾任丹麦哥本哈根商学院助理教授。研究领域为企业战略、国际商务、管理悖论、中国本土管理研究等。在Academy of Management Review、Management and Organization Review、Asia Pacific Journal of Management、Journal of Management Inquiry、Asia Pacific Business Review、Cross Cultural & Strategic Management、《管理学报》、《南开管理评论国际版》、《外国经济与管理》、《中国文化与管理》等国内外学术期刊发表中英文论文三十余篇，在AOM、AIB、SMS、EGOS、IACMR等国际学术会议上宣读会议论文五十余篇。任多家知名国际管理学期刊编审委员。2015年个人获得丹麦嘉士伯基金会132万丹麦克朗研究资助用于独立研究中国后发企业的国际赶超现象。