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Overview

James G. Combs is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States. Their primary field of study is Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on subfields such as Strategy and Management, Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics including Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Family Business Performance and Succession, Corporate Finance and Governance, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy, and Environmental Sustainability in Business.

Recent papers by James G. Combs include the following:

  • More Bang for Their Buck: Why (and When) Family Firms Better Leverage Corporate Social Responsibility, 2022, Journal of Management
  • Inheriting the legacy but not the business: When and where do family nonsuccessors become entrepreneurial?, 2021, Journal of Small Business Management
  • Corporate Political Activity and Sensitivity to Social Attacks: The Case of Family-Managed Firms, 2020, Family Business Review
  • Parenting the Successor: It Starts at Home and Leaves an Enduring Impact on the Family Business, 2022, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
  • Replicate or adapt? Franchising and organizational routines, 2020, Journal of Knowledge Management

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James G. Combs include:

  • Peter Jaskiewicz
  • T. Russell Crook
  • David J. Ketchen
  • Shaker A. Zahra
  • Marc Gruber

The scientist regularly publishes in certain academic venues, reflecting areas of research concentration. These venues and the number of publications at each include:

  • Journal of Management (5 publications)
  • Family Business Review (4 publications)
  • Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (3 publications)
  • Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (3 publications)
  • Journal of Small Business Management (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • HOW MUCH DO HIGH-PERFORMANCE WORK PRACTICES MATTER? A META-ANALYSIS OF THEIR EFFECTS ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

    James Combs;Yongmei Liu;Angela Hall;David Ketchen

  • Does human capital matter? A meta-analysis of the relationship between human capital and firm performance.

    T. Russell Crook;Samuel Y. Todd;James G. Combs;David J. Woehr

  • Strategic resources and performance: a meta-analysis

    T. Russell Crook;David J. Ketchen;James G. Combs;Samuel Y. Todd

  • Explaining interfirm cooperation and performance: toward a reconciliation of predictions from the resource-based view and organizational economics

    James G. Combs;David J. Ketchen

  • The Dimensionality of Organizational Performance and its Implications for Strategic Management Research

    James G. Combs;T. Russell Crook;Christopher L. Shook

  • Entrepreneurial legacy: Toward a theory of how some family firms nurture transgenerational entrepreneurship

    Peter Jaskiewicz;James G. Combs;Sabine B. Rau

  • Sources and Consequences of Bargaining Power in Supply Chains

    T. Russell Crook;James G. Combs

  • Franchising: A Review and Avenues to Greater Theoretical Diversity

    James G. Combs;Steven C. Michael;Gary J. Castrogiovanni

  • Organizational Configurations And Performance: A Meta-Analysis

    David J. Ketchen;James G. Combs;Craig J. Russell;Chris Shook

  • Why Do Firms Use Franchising as an Entrepreneurial Strategy?: A Meta-Analysis

    James G. Combs;David J. Ketchen

  • Can Capital Scarcity Help Agency Theory Explain Franchising? Revisiting the Capital Scarcity Hypothesis

    James G. Combs;David J. Ketchen

  • The Moderating Effect of CEO Power on the Board Composition–Firm Performance Relationship*

    James G. Combs;David J. Ketchen;Alexa A. Perryman;Maura S. Donahue

  • FRANCHISING STRATEGY: A PROPOSED MODEL AND EMPIRICAL TEST OF FRANCHISE VERSUS COMPANY OWNERSHIP.

    James G. Combs;Gary J. Castrogiovanni

  • Entrepreneurial failure: The case of Franchisees

    Steven C. Michael;James G. Combs

  • Franchisor Strategy: A Proposed Model and Empirical Test of Franchise versus Company Ownership

    James G. Combs;Gary J. Castrogiovanni

  • Resource Scarcity and Agency Theory Predictions Concerning the Continued Use of Franchising in Multi‐outlet Networks

    Gary J. Castrogiovanni;James G. Combs;Robert T. Justis

  • Antecedents and Consequences of Franchising: Past Accomplishments and Future Challenges

    James G. Combs;David J. Ketchen;Christopher L. Shook;Jeremy C. Short

  • The value of human resource management for organizational performance

    Yongmei Liu;James G. Combs;David J. Ketchen;R. Duane Ireland

  • Introducing the Family: A Review of Family Science with Implications for Management Research

    Peter Jaskiewicz;James G. Combs;Kristen K. Shanine;K. Michele Kacmar

  • Competence- and Integrity-Based Trust in Interorganizational Relationships: Which Matters More?:

    Brian L. Connelly;T. Russell Crook;James G. Combs;David J. Ketchen

  • A strategic groups approach to the franchising–performance relationship

    James G. Combs;David J. Ketchen;Vera L. Hoover

  • Managerialist and Human Capital Explanations for Key Executive Pay Premiums: A Contingency Perspective

    James G. Combs;Maura S. Skill

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Ketchen
David J. Ketchen Auburn University
R. Duane Ireland
R. Duane Ireland Texas A&M University
Jeremy C. Short
Jeremy C. Short University of North Texas
David B. Balkin
David B. Balkin University of Colorado Boulder
David G. Sirmon
David G. Sirmon University of Washington
Philip L. Roth
Philip L. Roth Clemson University
Gary N. Powell
Gary N. Powell University of Connecticut
Herman Aguinis
Herman Aguinis George Washington University
Jeffrey H. Greenhaus
Jeffrey H. Greenhaus Drexel University
Kimberly A. Eddleston
Kimberly A. Eddleston Northeastern University

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