Our research interests focus mainly on the following subject areas:
- Strategic corporate transformation and restructuring (i.e. M&A, divestitures)
- Managing growth (i.e. corporate venturing)
- Effectiveness of management “tools” and practices in strategy formulation and implementation
- Strategic decision-making
- Corporate governance and compliance: responsibly managing business groups
Recent manuscripts on these research topics have appeared in leading international journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Organization, Journal of Management or Journal of Management Studies. For his research activities, he was awarded several national and international awards by various institutions, such as the Academy of Management, the Strategic Management Society, the Latsis Foundation, and the University of St. Gallen.
Selected Publications
- Brauer, M. and Vandepoele, L. (2023). Managing the “downside” of downsizing: Firms' impression offsetting around downsizing announcements. Journal of Management Studies : JMS, 1–33.
- Brauer, M., Wiersema, M. and Binder, P. D. (2023). “Dear CEO and board”: how activist investors' confidence in tone influences campaign success. Organization Science, 34, 1487-1508.
- Brauer, M. and Zimmermann, M. (2019). Investor response to workforce downsizing: The influence of industry waves, macroeconomic outlook, and firm performance. Journal of Management : JOM, 45, 1775-1801.
- Wecker, B. and Brauer, M. (2023). Misbehave like nobody’s watching? Investor attention to corporate misconduct and its implications. In , (S. ). Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management: Briarcliff Manor, NY.
- Wecker, B. and Brauer, M. (2019). “Doing well” despite “doing bad”? Investor response to repeated illegal behavior. In , (S. Article 13275). Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Academy of Management: Chicago, IL.
- Brauer, M., Block, J. and Moritz, A. (2023). Dismissed! Exploratory insights into the relative importance of selection criteria in M&A target screening processes. SMS 43rd Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.
- Brauer, M. and Miller, C. C. (2023). The interplay between procedural rationality and political behavior in strategic decision making. SMS 43rd Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.
- Brauer, M., Hoisl, K. and Jerusalem, M. (2021). Searching for the gem: The influence of target knowledge distinctiveness on acquisition likelihood and premium. SMS 41st Annual Conference, Online.
- Wecker, B. and Brauer, M. (2021). Investor response to firm recidivism: an expectancy violations theory perspective. Society and Organizations Institute (S&O) Research Day 2021, Paris, France, Online.
- Wecker, B. and Brauer, M. (2020). Investor response to firm recidivism: An expectancy violations theory perspective. 36th EGOS Colloquium, European Group of Organizational Studies, Online.
- Müller-Stewens, G. and Brauer, M. (2020). Corporate Strategy : Wege zur nachhaltigen Wertsteigerung. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel.
- Wecker, B. and Brauer, M. (2023). “Crowd contamination”? Spillover effects in the context of misconduct allegations. In Organizational wrongdoing as the “foundational” grand challenge : consequences and impact (S. 53–72). Bingley [u.a.]: Emerald.