Dr. S.N. (Siri) Boe-Lillegraven

Faculty of Economics and Business

Section Strategy & International Business

Area of expertise: strategy in practice, strategic foresight, firms' disaster resilience, firms' strategic responses to societal challenges

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Visiting address

Plantage Muidergracht 12
Room number: M3.01

Postal address

Postbus 15953
1001 NL Amsterdam

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Positions

Associate professor, Strategy

Faculty diversity officer, UvA Economics and Business

Research programme

Strategy and international business

Research interests

Strategy in the context of seemingly conflicting goals (e.g. explore/exploit, economic/social/environmental, collaborate/compete) and identities

How practitioners, and especially non-executives, accomplish strategy in practice

Inter-firm collaboration relevant for addressing large societal challenges

The future and strategy work (e.g. technology foresight, scenarios, trend analysis)

Emotions, cognition, and strategy

Dissertation title

How non-execitives impact firm-level strategic outcomes: A micro-foundational approach

Network activities

Strategic Foresight Research Network

Routines.research.community

International research experience

Aarhus BSS, Department of Management (Aarhus, Denmark) - former employer

Renmin University of China Business School (Beijing, China) - collaboration partners

The Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research (Beijing, China) - former affiliation

Industry experience

Start-up development, incubator (science park)

Communications (management consulting)

Journalism, editorial work (news industry)
Teaching
Currently at Amsterdam Business School

Theories of Strategy* (executive master program)

Qualitative thesis research methods* (executive master program)

Master thesis supervision (strategy tracks of the executive master program and the master of business administration)

PhD supervision

Previously at Amsterdam Business School

Strategy and Organisation* (executive pre-master program)

Thesis proposal (executive master program)

Purpose-driven Strategy (executive MBA and the full-time Amsterdam MBA)

* course coordinator

Previously at Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University, Denmark

Strategy and business development (Msc, MBA)

Strategy workshops (Bachelor)

Corporate Foresight (MBA)

Business Negotiations (Msc)

Thesis Supervision (bachelor and master level)

Published teaching cases

Rohrbeck, R. and Boe-Lillegraven, S. (2017). Corporate Foresight at Cisco: Introduction of the Technology Radar. The Case Centre

Rohrbeck, R., Boe-Lillegraven, S., & Scheel, C. (2013). Schwarz Shipyards: How a Medium Sized Enterprise Struggles to Survive Disruptive Industry Change. The Case Centre

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Practitioner-oriented workshops or masterclasses
Current activities for practitioners and industry partners

Masterclass Futures Thinking and Strategic Foresight (ABS executive education)

Past activities for practitioners and industry partners

Strategic foresight for business model innovation

Collaborative trend analysis and scenario building

Introduction to technology scouting

Introduction to stakeholder management

Business negotiations with internal and external partners

Introduction to innovation
Publications
2024

Boe-Lillegraven, S. N., & Demmers, J. (2024). Leveling up on labels? Consumer preferences for firm-level eco-labels as substitutes for or complements to product-level eco-labels. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.3051

Boe-Lillegraven, S. N., Georgallis, P., & Kolk, A. (2024). Sea change? Sensemaking, Firm Reactions, and Community Resilience Following Climate Disasters. Journal of Management Studies, 61(7), 3021-3051. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12998
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Boe-Lillegraven, S., Kong, F., & Song, L. J. (2024). Heedful proactivity: How individual tactical considerations contribute to pre-screening of innovative ideas in the hierarchy. Creativity and Innovation Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12634

2023

Vishwanathan, P., & Boe-Lillegraven, S. (2023). Bringing Managers Back into Stakeholder Theory: The Role of Practical Wisdom and Moral Agency. Academy of Management proceedings, 2023, Article 204. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2023.204bp [details]
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2020

Bidmon, C. M., & Boe-Lillegraven, S. (2020). Now, switch! Individuals’ responses to imposed switches between exploration and exploitation. Long Range Planning, 53(6), Article 101928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2019.101928 [details]
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Ciulli, F., Kolk, A., & Boe-Lillegraven, S. (2020). Circularity Brokers: Digital Platform Organizations and Waste Recovery in Food Supply Chains. Journal of Business Ethics, 167(2), 299-331. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04160-5 [details]
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2019

Boe-Lillegraven, S. (2019). Transferring Routines Across Multiple Boundaries: A Flexible Approach. In M. S. Feldman, L. D'Adderio, K. Dittrich, & P. Jarzabkowski (Eds.), Routine Dynamics in Action: Replication and Transformation (pp. 31-53). (Research in the Sociology of Organizations; Vol. 61). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20190000061003 [details]
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2015

Boe-Lillegraven, S., & Monterde, S. (2015). Exploring the cognitive value of technology foresight: The case of the Cisco Technology Radar. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 101, 62-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2014.07.014
2022

Boe-Lillegraven, S. N., & Bidmon, C. M. (2022). Emotions from contradictory demands: Individual coping patterns and differential effects over time. Academy of Management proceedings, 2022, Article 14903. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.14903abstract

Rietkerk, M., & Boe-Lillegraven, S. N. (2022). All Clear? Firms’ Options to Combine Different Eco-Labels and (Un)informed Consumer Responses. Academy of Management proceedings, 2022, Article 15081. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.15081abstract

2021

Boe-Lillegraven, S. N., Georgallis, P. G., & Kolk, A. (2021). A tale of two cities: How firms’ reactions may shape societal adaptation following climate disasters. Academy of Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2021, Article 14611. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.14611abstract

2020

Vishwanathan, P., & Boe-Lillegraven, S. N. (2020). A Strategy-as-Practice Perspective on Stakeholder Management. Academy of Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2020, Article 19931. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.19931abstract

2019

Vishwanathan, P., & Boe-Lillegraven, S. N. (2019). Unpacking Stakeholder Management as a Practice. Academy of Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2019, Article 18001. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.18001abstract

van den Ouweland, C., & Boe-Lillegraven, S. N. (2019). Identity Tensions in CSR Communication: Unpacking the Role of Employees. Academy of Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2019, Article 13927. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.13927abstract

2018

Bidmon, C., & Boe-Lillegraven, S. N. (2018). How ambidexterity plays out in situ: Unpacking switches between exploration and exploitation. Academy of Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2018, Article 12365. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.12365abstract [details]
2025

Georgallis, P., Kolk, A., & Boe-Lillegraven, S. N. (2025). How can communities bounce back from climate disasters? Policymakers must consider how companies’ reactions matter. Web publication or website, Research to Action. The Global Guide to Research Impact. https://www.researchtoaction.org/2025/01/how-can-communities-bounce-back-from-climate-disasters-policymakers-must-consider-how-companies-reactions-matter/

2023

Boe-Lillegraven, S. N., Georgallis, P., & Kolk, A. (2023). Freeze, fight, or flee? Firms’ reactions to climate disasters and the consequences for community resilience. Web publication or website, Management Studies Insights Blog. https://managementstudiesinsights.com/freeze-fight-or-flee-firms-reactions-to-climate-disasters-and-the-consequences-for-community-resilience/ [details]
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2019

Ciulli, F., Kolk, A., & Boe-Lillegraven, S. (2019). Digital platforms for food waste recovery. Web publication or website, Springer Nature: Grand Challenges. https://grandchallenges.springernature.com/users/183875-guest-contributor/posts/48729-digital-platforms-for-food-waste-recovery [details]
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2021

Boe-Lillegraven, S. N., Shobha, M., Moitra, R., & Quintelier, K. (2021). What happens to diversity when education goes to business school? Professional identity tensions and their impact on categories of difference: Sub-theme 09: [SWG] Unpacking Paradoxical Nestedness across Level of Analysis. Paper presented at 37th EGOS Colloquium, Amsterdam 2021.

Quintelier, K., Boe-Lillegraven, S. N., Moitra, R., & Shobha, M. (2021). Including all sentient beings: A care approach to create value for non-human animals: Sub-theme 56: Organizing for a Living Earth: Beyond Human-centered Analyses of Organization and Management. Paper presented at 37th EGOS Colloquium, Amsterdam 2021.

Vishwanathan, P., & Boe-Lillegraven, S. N. (2021). Flexibility Strikes a Balance: How Managers Deal with Stakeholders in Practice.

2020

Vishwanathan, P., & Boe-Lillegraven, S. N. (2020). Unpacking the Balancing of Stakeholder Demands: Learning from Executives in Dual Objective Organizations. Paper presented at GRONEN Conference 2020, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Program-GRONEN-2020-latest-June-1st

2018

Boe-Lillegraven, S. N. (2018). Competitors as stakeholders: How implicit aspirations and collaboration costs impact the process and outcomes of multi-partner coopetition. Paper presented at Summer Seminar in Stakeholder Theory, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.

Boe-Lillegraven, S. N., & Bidmon, C. (2018). Ambidexterity, Cognitive Strain and Emotional Labor: Furthering our Understanding of the Costs of Attentional Switching. Paper presented at Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Paris, France.
Prize / grant

Boe-Lillegraven, S. (2022). Best reviewer award (Academy of Management ONE division). https://one.aom.org/discussion/one-2022-awards-and-recognitions

Boe-Lillegraven, S. (2022). ABCD Award (Academy of Management Organization & Management Theory division). https://omt.aom.org/awards/abcdaward

Boe-Lillegraven, S. (2021). Appreciation Award.

Boe-Lillegraven, S. (2021). EPMS lecturer trophy/best lecturer award (strategy track).

Boe-Lillegraven, S. (2020). EPMS lecturer trophy/best lecturer award (strategy track)..

Media appearance

Boe-Lillegraven, S., Georgallis, P. & Kolk, A. (05-12-2023). UvA-onderzoek: Wat doen bedrijven als een stormvloed de Randstad raakt? [Web] Folia. UvA-onderzoek: Wat doen bedrijven als een stormvloed de Randstad raakt?. http://, https://www.folia.nl/wetenschap/160118/uva-onderzoek-wat-doen-bedrijven-als-een-stormvloed-de-randstad-raakt

Boe-Lillegraven, S. & Kourula, A. (30-09-2021). Gaan wetenschappers na de coronacrisis echt minder vliegen? [Web] Folia. Gaan wetenschappers na de coronacrisis echt minder vliegen?. http://Gaan wetenschappers na de coronacrisis echt minder vliegen?

Ciulli, F., Kolk, A. & Boe-Lillegraven, S. (19-06-2019). Hoe digitale technologie kan helpen om voedselverspilling te verminderen Folia. Hoe digitale technologie kan helpen om voedselverspilling te verminderen. https://www.folia.nl/wetenschap/130337/hoe-digitale-technologie-kan-helpen-om-voedselverspilling-te-verminderen

Talk / presentation

Boe-Lillegraven, S. (speaker) (22-5-2021). Covid-19 and the search for meaning in new spaces, 2nd International multidisciplinary conference on Education, employability and excellence, Mumbai.

Boe-Lillegraven, S. (speaker) (16-7-2020). After the PhD: Career paths and hiring strategies, PhD consortium at the Gronen conference 2020, Lisbon.

Others

Georgallis, P. (organiser), Kourula, A. (organiser), Boe-Lillegraven, S. (organiser), Kolk, A. (organiser), van Dolen, W. (organiser) & Vishwanathan, P. (organiser) (31-5-2022 - 2-6-2022). GRONEN 2022 Conference: Sustainability in context, Amsterdam. Organization/hosting of the 2022 GRONEN research conference. (organising a conference, workshop, ...). http://www.gronenonline.com/_gronen1/gronen-research-conference/

Boe-Lillegraven, S. (organiser), Vishwanathan, P. (organiser), Bwana, R. (organiser), Ocelík, V. (organiser) & van den Ouweland, C. (organiser) (30-5-2022 - 31-5-2022). GRONEN doctoral consortium 2022, Amsterdam. The GRONEN doctoral consortium 2022 took place over two days in a hybrid format and had an extensive program with a mix of sessions providing (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).

Deken, F. (organiser) & Boe-Lillegraven, S. (organiser) (19-1-2019). The Second Routines Research Community meeting, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...). file:///C:/Users/SBOELIL/Downloads/RoutinesresearchcomunitymeetingJanuary2018inAmsterdam.pdf
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