Practitioners and policy makers must find scholarly analysis credible and compelling before taking action based upon it. Yet rigor and relevance are frequently presumed to be at odds. POPN counters this myth by helping scholars understand how to conduct rigorous scholarship on problems of real-world relevance. 

In this section, we post insights that demonstrate how to move beyond placing stretched managerial implications at the end of manuscripts, to fully frame studies around the development of actionable evidence-based solutions to important managerial problems.

M.L. Barnett, S. Cabral, B. H. Cheng, P. Heugens & T. Rajwani. 2025. Crafting credible and compelling conceptual contributions. Academy of Management Perspectives (forth).

M.L. Barnett. 2025. (Re)Building a bridge between scholars and practitioners: Get AMPed! Academy of Management Perspectives, 39(1): 1-6.