June 2025 Live Online Short Course
Open Science and Replication Research
Dr. Andreas Schwab
Session III: June 16-19 | 10:00 AM EDT – 3:00 PM EDT
Course Description
Overview:
Open science practices are widely believed to help researchers produce studies that are better planned and understood by all collaborators involved; more transparent and reproducible; and more accessible, useful, and impactful to the research and practice communities interested in the research. These practices play an important role in replication studies that help build evidence-based management theory.
This short course presents critical principles and practices that can be introduced into your research pipeline as well as learn about the perspectives of journal editors and associate editors hoping to encourage open science practices and enhance the robustness of our work. It will also introduce best practices for doctoral students and management scholars on how to select replication-worthy studies and then design, execute, and publish high-quality replication-type studies in top management journals.
Topics:
- Introduction to the Open Science Framework
- The various forms of pre-registering research
- Use of an open science workflow template
- Reviewing with open science in mind
- Ways of ensuring analytic reproducibility: open code, open data, computational reproducibility
- The crucial function of replications for scientific progress
- Introduction of the types of replication studies and their respective roles for theory development
- Instructions for the execution of high-quality replication studies:
- Getting ready for the future of replication research in the field of management
Meet the Instructor
Dr. Andreas Schwab, an Associate Professor at Iowa State University’s Ivy College of Business, focuses on multilevel learning in entrepreneurial ecosystems, particularly digital platforms, project ventures, and women entrepreneurs. He spearheads methodological advancements in management by advocating alternatives to statistical tests, introducing Bayesian statistics, and supporting replications. His research has appeared in esteemed journals like Academy of Management Journal, and he serves on editorial boards, including Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice. Andreas is an Ambassador of the Center of Open Science, and his research is funded by notable institutions like the U.S. Fulbright Program and Australian Research Council. He holds a Ph.D. in management from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
