Links, templates, and advice I’ve found helpful for research and writing.

Writing & research advice

Writing an introduction as a way to start a project — Russell Funk on the ASQ Blog. The part I keep going back to is Funk’s three-paragraph template: start with the stasis (what people currently think), destabilize it (what’s wrong or missing), then present your solution. I use it for intros but also for thinking through contributions and new ideas from the very start of a project. post | video

Rich Makadok’s strategy interviews — a whole YouTube channel of long-form interviews with strategy and management scholars. Some favorites are the conversations with Chris Rider and Seth Carnahan. channel

STR Meet a Method series — the Strategic Management Division’s short videos walking through specific research methods. The ones on field experiments and difference-in-differences have been especially helpful.

Seminars & lectures

ICOS Lecture Series (University of Michigan) — 15+ years of org-related talks, available online.

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Policy Seminar — a virtual series focused on how policies impact innovation and entrepreneurship. site & schedule

Podcasts

The OMT Podcast — long-form interviews with management and org-theory researchers from the OMT division at AoM. Favorites: Daniel Armanios, Chris Yenkey, Olenka Kacperczyk, Lori Yue. all episodes

Private Innovation in the Public Interest (Anita McGahan). all episodes

The Hidden Curriculum (Sebastian Tello-Trillo & Alex Hollingsworth) — targets an ECON audience but has a lot of good advice for PhDs and junior faculty in other fields. all episodes

PhD applications

The Business PhD Wiki is a good starting point. Chris Blattman’s post on writing a statement of purpose is also helpful.