Editorial

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.1418
• Published date: 01 December 2016
• Date: 01 December 2016

Editorial

I have always been of the view that a scholar’s work is

realized through its impact and inf‌luence. However, in an ap-

plied f‌ield like management, notions of impact and inf‌luence

acquire a pluralistic hue. Through the editorial pages of

CJAS I have been commenting on the roles of business

theory, management theory, and leadership theory; on

ideologies such as managerialism; and on practices such as

evidence-based management, all of which shape the adminis-

trative sciences toward rigorous, relevant, and actionable

research that impacts the f‌ield and inf‌luences the profession.

Value creation and wealth creation serve as the high water

marks of my view of management theory and business

theory. In this issue, I have attempted to provide some co-

herence to my editorial cogitations by capturing their essence

in an essay on business theory and inf‌luential scholarship.

In the f‌irst paper in this issue, we return to the question

of value creation in the context of a business school and

offer the notion of a balanced scorecard for business schools

to capture their inputs, processes, and outputs. The second

paper focuses on the commercialization of academic outputs

along with a commentary on appropriate models for technol-

ogy transfer. The third paper also addresses an issue relevant

to business schools and explores the role of information

technology in the accounting curriculum. Following that is

an article concerned with resources that offers a typology

for crowdsourcing initiatives that could simultaneously

provide a roadmap for researchers and insights on the appro-

priate type of crowdsourcing for entrepreneurs. The f‌inal paper

discusses the role of professional management in small and

medium family f‌irms and provides evidence that professio-

nalism in management encourages and sustains innovation.

This is the last issue under my editorship. Over the past f‌ive

years CJAS has received 1055 submissions and published 107

articles in 20 issues covering 5 volumes. While Canadian sub-

missions outnumber submissions from any other single country,

international submissions signif‌icantly outnumber Canadian

submissions, attesting to the fact that CJAS has made a success-

ful transition to being a global journal publishing research on all

aspects of administrative sciences from all over the world. CJAS’

success can also be measured in the substantial increase in down-

loads and citations of our publications over the past f‌ive years.

None of this would have been possible had it not been

for the dedication, commitment, and tireless effort that

Melissa Corey put in day-in and day-out over the past

11 years as managing editor. Not to put too f‌ine a point on

it, editors come and go as they have in the past; but Melissa

is different. She had a transformative sway over the journal

during the period she was with CJAS. Apart from hard work,

Melissa brought intelligence, enthusiasm, and innovation to

the operation of the journal. Author outreach and support ini-

tiatives that she had implemented won praise among authors.

Her constant social media engagement brought many fol-

lowers to the journal. Melissa’s presence at both ASAC and

the Academy of Management conferences promoting CJAS

encouraged new authors to come into our fold. Even the re-

ceptions she organized at these conferences were unique

and elicited admiration. She always made sure Canadian beer

was served at the American conferences to accentuate our

identity! We made a habit of having editorial meetings every

day and truth be told, I learnt a lot from our chats. CJAS was

fortunate to have someone like Melissa looking after it.

Personally, I feel privileged to have worked with her. Much

as I like CJAS, it is Melissa I will miss most when I f‌inish

my term of off‌ice at the end of this year. On behalf of all

the readers, authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher,

and with mixed emotions myself, I extend thanks to Melissa

Corey and wish her well in her future endeavours.

It has indeed been a pleasure for me to serve the

scholarly community as Editor-in-Chief of CJAS over the

past f‌ive years. I have been a career academic for the past

four decades and have done just about every job that one

can do in a Canadian university, including that of a dean.

The greatest enjoyment and the biggest satisfaction for me

came from being an editor. I thank my academic colleagues

for their encouragement, Dean Bob McNutt and Dean Len

Waverman at the DeGroote School of Business for their sup-

port, and the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada

for their indulgence during my term of duty at CJAS.

As of January 2017, CJAS will move to the John

Molson School of Business at Concordia University in

Montréal. Professor Michel Laroche of the Marketing De-

partment will take over as Editor-in-Chief. Michel has been

associated with both ASAC and CJAS in the past and is very

familiar with their operations. He is also an outstanding

scholar with superb academic judgment demonstrated over

the years in several editorial roles. CJAS is lucky to have

someone of his stature at its helm. I wish him the very best.

Au revoir,

Vishwanath Baba

Editor-in-Chief

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Revue canadienne des sciences de l’administration

33: 265 (2016)

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