University of Massachusetts, Boston

Faculty Member, Department of Management and Marketing

Assistant Professor

College of Management

About

I currently work as Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Massachusetts Boston. After receiving a PhD degree from Free University Berlin, Department of Business and Economics, I worked as Senior Research Associate at Duke University, Fuqua School of Business. I am affiliated with the International Offshoring Research Network (ORN). 

My research stretches across the field of management and mainly covers three areas: (1) global services sourcing and regional knowledge services clusters; (2)  sustainable development and sustainability standards, and (3) coordination of project-based relationships and networks. 

I have done field research in different countries, including Germany, the U.S., Romania, and China; and industries, including film production, the automotive industry, the coffee industry, and global business services.

Key publications include:

Reinecke, J., Manning, S., Von Hagen, O. 2012. "The Emergence of a Standards Market: Multiplicity of Sustainability Standards in the Global Coffee Industry"; Organization Studies, Forthcoming.

Manning, S., Sydow, J., Windeler, A. 2012. "Securing Access to Lower-Cost Talent Globally: The Dynamics of Active Embedding and Field Structuration”; Regional Studies, 45, Forthcoming.

Manning, S., Sydow, J. 2011. “Projects, Paths, and Practices: Sustaining and Leveraging Project-Based Relationships”; Industrial and Corporate Change, 20 (5), 1369-1402.

Manning, S. 2010. “The Strategic Formation of Project Networks: A Relational Practice Perspective”; Human Relations, 63 (4), 551-573.

Manning, S., Massini, S., Lewin, A.Y. 2008. ”A Dynamic Perspective on Next-Generation Offshoring: The Global Sourcing of Science and Engineering Talent”; Academy of Management Perspectives, 22 (3), 35-54.

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