Every paper, every framework, every empirical finding that ends up shaping how we understand organizations has a backstory: a question that wouldn't go away, a result nobody expected, a methodological choice that almost killed the project, a moment when the story finally came together. Those stories are rarely told.

Each episode is a focused conversation with one researcher about a specific project. Guests come from business schools and from industry research teams, across strategy, finance, accounting, marketing, operations, organizational behavior, information systems, and economics.

Hosted by Seyed Emadi, Associate Professor of Operations Management at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.