A Tribute to Roland Calori’s Scholarly Legacy, 20 Years Later

• Published in: M@n@gement Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 77 - 82
• Main Authors: Atamer, Tugrul, Durand, Rodolphe, Monin, Philippe, Véry, Philippe
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Nantes AIMS 01-01-2022; Association Internationale de Management Stratégique; Association International de Management Stratégique (AIMS)
• Subjects: Bibliometrics; Careers; Cognitive models; Dialectics; Evolution; Executives; Long term planning; Modems; Organization studies; Organizational change; Perceptions; Retail banking; Strategic management; Success
• ISSN: 1286-4692; 1286-4692
• DOI: 10.37725/mgmt.v25.8700

Between 1983, when he defended his doctoral dissertation in Aix-en-Provence University, and 2002, he would publish more than 60 articles, books, and chapters, in journals as prestigious as Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of International Business Studies, British Journal of Management, Long Range Planning - his favorite journal with eight articles, Journal of World Business, Organization Studies, Human Relations, Academy of Management Perspectives, but also Organizations, La Revue Française de Gestion, La Revue d'Economie Industrielle, Metamorphosis, etc. The authors would like to thank Olivier Germain for his invitation to write these few pages of testimonies and memories, so that the readers of M@n@gement, and beyond the entire AIMS community, (re)-discover the man Roland Calori, his work, and his lasting imprint in the fields of strategic management and organizational theory Tugrul Atamer (former professor of strategy, vice-dean for faculty, and dean of emlyon business school) I first met Roland Calori in 1986 when he and his team invited me to the 'Groupe ESC Lyon' (now emlyon business school) to give a course to students - an excuse to organize interviews and eventually recruit me. 2nd period - Processes of change and managers' perceptions in relation to the formation of the Single European Market At the end of the 1980s, Roland took the initiative to create a European research group to study the Single European Market that was to come. [...]in May 1989, colleagues from Bocconi, Cranfield School of Management, and Groupe ESC Lyon decided to conduct a research program on the perceptions by European managers of the evolution of their industries. The simple idea of arguing that change first takes place in the mental schemas appeared as fruitful in the practice of management as in theory This work led to an article published in 1992 in the British Journal of Management: 'French and British top managers' understanding of the structure and dynamics of their industries: A cognitive analysis and comparison', and to Roland's most cited article (1994) as first author in Strategic Management Journal: 'CEO's cognitive maps and the scope of the organization'.