Roy Suddaby is the Winspear Chair of Business at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria, Canada and Research Professor at the Newcastle University Business School, U.K. Professor Suddaby is an internationally regarded scholar of organizational theory and institutional change. His work has contributed to our understanding of the critical role of symbolic resources – legitimacy, authenticity, identity and history – in improving an organization’s competitive position. His current research examines the changing social and symbolic role of the modern corporation.
Regina Lenz is a research associate at the Chair of Economic and Social Geography at Heidelberg University. She studied geography, history, English literature and philology, and economics at Heidelberg University and wrote her diploma thesis on the effectiveness of a development approach in Bangladesh’s leather sector. Furthermore, she has worked for a local business development agency and has done internships in development cooperation and international site selection. Her research focuses on the mechanisms of social institutions, as well as their effects on human interaction and public policy-making.