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Firms with exclusive brokerage positions in their collaboration networks outshine their counterparts by an average margin of more than 7% in crisis conditions, according to recent research conducted at ESMT Berlin. The competitive advantage of exclusive brokers stems from their capacity to adapt quickly, and on their own terms, when crisis erupts - unlike their peers trapped in more tightly-knit, constraining networks.

Matthew Bothner, professor at ESMT, speaks with Mercedes-Benz Consulting about sustainability.

How is the importance of responsibility and CSR in companies changing in these times of uncertainty? Matthew Bothner, professor at ESMT Berlin, talks about this topic for the interview series "3 Fragen an ..."

The paper “What is social status and how does it impact the generation of novel ideas?”, co-written by ESMT's professor Matthew Bothner, has recently been accepted and will be published in Research in the Sociology of Organizations.

The paper explores the relationship between two seemingly contradictory assets — status and novelty. As creativity, alongside risk and illegitimacy, is inherent to novelty, how and when does status — a typically stable asset, possessed by those who are highly regarded by highly-regarded others — catalyze the generation of novel practices?

The Forbes article features research by Gianluca Carnabuci and Matthew S. Bothner.

Article on Management by Matthew S. Bothner on the topic of destructive workplace dynamics.