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Last published 2025
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Jake B. Grandy

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Assistant Professor

Also affiliated: University of Southern California (2015); California State University, Long Beach (2019)

Faculty Researcher

7 h-index 25 pubs 310 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Jake B. Grandy's research investigates the interplay between regulatory environments and business strategy, particularly concerning social activism and entrepreneurial decision-making. His work examines how regulatory discretion influences the effectiveness of activist campaigns and how entrepreneurs navigate uncertainty in developing industries. Grandy has published on topics including the impact of voluntary nonfinancial disclosures, the role of regulatory accountability in environmental activism, and how entrepreneurs strategize within nascent markets characterized by regulatory ambiguity. His recent publications explore regulatory uncertainty in geothermal power sectors and nascent markets more broadly. Grandy's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 6, with 25 total publications and 295 citations. He has collaborated with Neaz Ahmed and Nur Ahmed at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville on shared publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 25
  • Citations: 310

Selected Publications

  • When Stakeholder Engagement Isn’t Enough: Home-Country Reputation and Infrastructure Projects (2026)
    Academy of Management Proceedings DOI OpenAlex
  • Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Creating Serendipity from Zemblanity (2025)
    SSRN Electronic Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Navigating Regulatory Uncertainty in Nascent Industries (2025)
    Academy of Management Proceedings DOI OpenAlex
  • Regulatory Ambiguity and Entrepreneurship in the Geothermal Power Sector (2025)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • The Radical Flank Revisited: How Regulatory Discretion Shapes the Effectiveness of Social Activism on Business Outcomes (2023)
    Organization Science 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Radical Flank Revisited: How Regulatory Discretion Shapes the Effectiveness of Social Activism on Business Outcomes (2023)
    Organization Science 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Uneven Returns of Transparency in Voluntary Nonfinancial Disclosures (2022)
    Organization & Environment 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Regulators can help clear the way for entrepreneurial energy companies to innovate (2020)
  • State Agency Discretion and Entrepreneurship in Regulated Markets (2020)
    Administrative Science Quarterly 60 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • State Agency Discretion and Entrepreneurship in Regulated Markets (2017)
    SSRN Electronic Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Organizational Responses to Public and Private Politics: An Analysis of Climate Change Activists and U.S. Oil and Gas Firms (2015)
    SSRN Electronic Journal 13 citations DOI OpenAlex

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