Awards and Recognition
2019 George R. Terry Book Award
The Academy of Management’s George R. Terry Book Award is granted annually to the book judged to have made the most outstanding contribution to the global advancement of management knowledge during the last two years. Books that contribute to the advancement of management theory, conceptualization, research, or practice are eligible for this prestigious award.
The recipient of the 2019 award was announced and presented at the Academy of Management Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Boston, Mass., USA.
Award Committee:
- Ann Langley, HEC Montreal (chair);
- Sharon Alvarez, University of Pittsburgh;
- Yves Doz, INSEAD;
- Paul Leonardi, University of California, Santa Barbara; and
- Michael G. Pratt, Boston College.
The award committee is pleased to announce the 2019 George R. Terry Book Award recipients:
Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It
Authors: Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik
Congratulations to the finalists for this year’s award:
Beyond the Champion: Institutionalizing Innovation Through People
Authors: Gina Colarelli O’Connor, Andrew C. Corbett and Lois S. Peters
Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Ajay K. Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb
Judgment and Strategy
Authors: Robin Holt
The Craft of Creativity
Author: Matthew A. Cronin and Jeffrey Loewenstein