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Hedge fund activism is a topic of increasing importance among scholars and policy-makers.In the post-financial crisis time period, hedge fund activist interventions at target companies have generated extensive discussion and policy debate, but activism in this time period has not yet been studied in a systematic way.

In order to obtain the PhD degree, Cecilie Glerup has submitted her thesis entitled: Organising Science in Society - The Conduct and Justifications of Responsible Research.

I will assess the prospects for deepening the dialogue between organization studies and history. Leading organization theorists from the dominant perspectives of new institutionalism and evolutionary theory, along with critical and interpretive studies, have identified exemplars of historical research. These exemplars illustrate the distinction between research that uses history to illustrate or advance theory, and research that draws on theory to contribute to historiography. There is a convergence of organization studies with history in relation to the topics of memory and historical responsibility. There are also methodological convergences, in relation to narrative interpretation and analysis, as well as the common interest in techniques such as topic modeling. History, no less than organization studies, is a diverse field, and the fields of business history and management history differ in their receptiveness to organization theory, and both remain relatively insulated from wider theoretical debates in history. Finally, the history of management theory itself needs be considered in the historical context of the rise of business schools.

Upcoming FRIC practitioner Seminar with Rene Kallestrup and Josefine Mollerup, Capital Four Management: Contingent Capital Instruments for European Banks: A review of Structures and Pricing