Institutional Logics as a Resource and Risk (Smulowitz et al 2025) | FT50 JOMS

English Podcast Start at 00:00:00Bengali Podcast Start at 00:13:53Hindi Podcast Start at 00:21:13🎙️ Welcome, welcome, welcome to Revise and Resubmit — the podcast that reads the footnotes so you don’t have to! 🕵️‍♀️📘We’re your backstage pass into the world of big ideas, breakthrough research, and bold questions shaping business and society today.Today’s episode dives into a question that feels small-town familiar but hits with Wall Street weight:🧩 What happens when your greatest strength becomes your deepest risk?🎧 In the paper titled “Institutional Logics as a Resource and Risk: Logic Deviance and Categorical Penalties in US Community Banks”, authors Stephen J. Smulowitz, Horacio E. Rousseau, and Pino G. Audia unpack the complex double life of the “community logic” — that warm-and-fuzzy worldview built on trust, reciprocity, and neighborhood handshakes. 🤝🏦Sounds wholesome, right?But what if your bank took a hit because another bank down the block broke the trust?What if being part of a value-based category makes you guilty by association when someone else strays?That’s what this brilliant research—published in the FT50-listed Journal of Management Studies—explores with depth, data, and a touch of daring. 📊🧠Using financial performance data from 352 U.S. communities, the authors find that while the community logic helps most firms shine, it can also make them suffer—especially when one bad apple spoils the whole bunch 🍎💥. But here's the twist: investing back in the community might just shield you from that fallout. 💸🛡️So today we ask:Is belonging to a community a source of strength... or a silent liability waiting to strike? 🤔💥🙏 Big thanks to the authors Smulowitz, Rousseau, and Audia, and to the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. for publishing this eye-opening piece in one of the most prestigious journals in the world. 🏅📚📢 Don’t forget to subscribe to Revise and Resubmit on Spotify, and check out our YouTube channel “Weekend Researcher” for fresh drops and deep dives. We’re also on Amazon Prime and Apple Podcasts—because research this powerful deserves every platform. 🚀🎧📺💬 So hit play, stay curious, and remember: in the world of institutions… logic is never just logical.ReferenceSmulowitz, S.J., Rousseau, H.E. and Audia, P.G. (2025), Institutional Logics as a Resource and Risk: Logic Deviance and Categorical Penalties in US Community Banks. J. Manage. Stud.. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13260‌Youtube Channel⁠https://www.youtube.com/@weekendresearcher⁠Support us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/weekendresearcher