PUBLICATIONS

Clark-Hamel, S. D., Bischoff, L., & Sun, Z. (Forthcoming). Bittersweet Symphony: A Music Theory Approach to Stakeholder Dissonance and Value Creation. Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063261469450

  • Earlier version selected for Best Paper Proceedings of the 2025 Academy of Management

Freeman, R. E., Menghwar, P., & Clark-Hamel, S. D. (Forthcoming). A Stakeholder Perspective on Social Entrepreneurship: Toward Stakeholder Entrepreneurship. In Handbook of Social Entrepreneurship Research. De Gruyter.

UNDER REVISION OR REVIEW

Clark-Hamel, S. D. [Stakeholder Utility Functions]. Under review at Academy of Management Review.

Phillips, R. A., Clark-Hamel, S. D., & Freeman, R. E. [Moral Responsibility & Stakeholder Identification]. Under review at Business & Society.

WORKING PAPERS

Clark-Hamel, S. D. Competing for Stakeholder Relationships: The Entanglement of Competition, Cooperation, and Value Creation. (Job Market Paper. Target: Academy of Management Review)

  • This paper develops a theory of “competing for stakeholder relationships,” arguing that firms often compete by creating value with stakeholders whose relationships they share with rivals. It shows how competition, cooperation, and value creation become entangled, and how access to stakeholder resources can emerge as an outcome of relational competition rather than simply its object.

Parmar, B. L. & Clark-Hamel, S. D. Stakeholder Relationships. (Target: Academy of Management Review)

  • This paper develops a process theory of stakeholder relationships, drawing on interdependence theory to explain how patterns of interaction, dependence, and mutual adjustment shape relationships over time.

SELECTED WORKS IN PROGRESS

Clark-Hamel, S. D., Yu, T., & Hsu, G. Country Music Radio and Competition. (Data collection)

  • A longitudinal study examining why female artists have increasingly disappeared from country radio, with particular attention to how competition among radio stations shapes airplay decisions.

Clark-Hamel, S. D. An Ethnographic Study of Competing for Stakeholders. (Dissertation chapter; data collection)

  • An ethnographic study examining how competition for stakeholder relationships emerges and evolves outside firms' traditional product markets.

Clark-Hamel, S. D. An Experimental Study of Stakeholder Evaluations. (Dissertation Chapter. Target: Strategic Management Journal or Academy of Management Journal)

  • An experimental study examining how information about rival firms changes stakeholder evaluations and managerial decisions.

Menghwar, P., Becker, J., Clark-Hamel, S. D., & Freeman, R. E. Global Stakeholder Capitalism. (Target: Corporate Governance: An International Review special issue on Stakeholder Governance)

  • This paper compares corporate law and business practice across G20 economies to examine how stakeholder capitalism emerges through both regulation and voluntary corporate action.

Clark-Hamel, S. D. The Ethics of Competing for Stakeholders. (Conceptual project in development)

  • A conceptual study of the ethical implications of firms competing to attract, retain, and influence stakeholders, including tensions between stakeholder choice, firm power, and value creation.