Researcher

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Lite is a thought-leader and author on strategy and international business, stakeholder engagement and management, sustainability, sustainable development, and emerging markets. She specializes in energy, extractives, telecommunications, banking and fintech. Her research is highly cited, has been presented at conferences worldwide, and has received numerous international academic awards and honors. Her work has been published in renowned management journals, including Strategic Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, and Strategy Science.

Publications

Dorobantu S., Henisz W. J., and Nartey L. J. 2024. Firm–stakeholder dialogue and the media: The evolution of stakeholder evaluations in different informational environments. Academy of Management Journal, 67(1): 92–125. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2021.0103

Nartey L. J. 2023. Adopting innovations at the bottom of the pyramid: The case of mobile money. Academy of Management Proceedings.

Nartey L. J., Henisz W. J., and Dorobantu S. 2022. Reciprocity in firm–stakeholder dialog: Timeliness, valence, richness, and topicality. Journal of Business Ethics, 183: 429–451. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-022-05063-8

Nartey L. J. 2022. Four elements of successful stakeholder communication. Knowledge@INSEAD. https://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy/four-elements-successful-stakeholder-communication

Nartey L. J., Henisz W. J., and Dorobantu S. 2020. Status climbing vs. bridging: Multinational stakeholder engagement strategies—Recipient of the 2018 Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award. Strategy Science, 5(2): 143–145 https://doi.org/10.1287/stsc.2019.0091

Nartey L. J. 2019. Contextual richness at the core of new stakeholder research, in “The Cambridge Handbook of Stakeholder Theory,” Jeffrey S. Harrison, Jay B. Barney, R. Edward Freeman, and Robert A. Phillips (eds). Cambridge University Press, 251–258.

Nartey L. J., Henisz W. J., and Dorobantu S. 2018. Status climbing vs. bridging: Multinational stakeholder engagement strategies. Strategy Science, 3(2): 367–392. https://doi.org/10.1287/stsc.2018.0057

Dorobantu S., Henisz W. J., and Nartey L. J. 2017. Not all sparks light a fire: Stakeholder and shareholder reactions to critical events in contested markets. Administrative Science Quarterly, 62(3): 561–597. https://doi.org/10.1177/0001839216687743

Nartey L. J. and Teegen H. J. 2016. Contextualizing an approach to meaningful organizations: Lessons from IFC projects. Academy of Management Proceedings.

Nartey L. J. 2015. Banking and the financial sector, in “Africans Investing in Africa: Understanding Business and Trade, Sector by Sector,” Terence McNamee, Mark Pearson, and Wiebe Boer (eds). Palgrave McMillan, 103–123.

Nartey L. J. and Mezias S. 2015. Chinese investment in Africa: Avenues for academic scholarship, in “The Changing Dynamics of International Business in Africa.” (AIB Sub-Saharan Africa Series), Ifedapo Adeleye, Kevin Ibeh, Abel Kinoti, and Lyal White (eds). Palgrave Macmillan, London, 52–75.

Henisz W. J., Dorobantu S., and Nartey L. J. 2014. Spinning gold: The financial returns to stakeholder engagement. Strategic Management Journal, 35(12): 1727–1748. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2180

Dorobantu S., Nartey L. J. and Henisz W. J. 2013. First impressions: Stakeholder networks, proactive engagement and stakeholder opinions of companies. Academy of Management Proceedings.

Nartey L. J. 2012. Networks of influence: Implementing politically sustainable multinational stakeholder strategies. University of Pennsylvania Scholarly Commons. https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/30214

Nartey L. J. 2011. Networks of influence: Implementing politically sustainable multinational stakeholder strategies. AIB Insights, 13(3): 7–11. https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.16945