Nicole (Niki) West

Publications

West, N., & Sirmon, D. (2026). Empirically Based Response Strategies: When and How Empirical Debate Allows Firms to Resist Stakeholders. Academy of Management Review. In press. 

• Nominated for Responsible Research Paper Prize, SMS Annual Conference 2024

Tan, D., & West, N. (2023). Bad Medicine: Litigation, Competition, and the Marketing of Prescription Opioids. Strategic Management Journal.

• Best Proposal Award and Best PhD Student Proposal Award, Stakeholder Strategy Interest Group, SMS Annual Conference 2020

• Nominated for Best Conference Paper Award, SMS Annual Conference 2020

Working Papers

West, N., & Tan, D. (equal authorship). Scientific Discourse and Lobbying. R&R at Strategic Management Journal

West, N., & Tan, D. (equal authorship). With a Grain of Salt? Industry-affiliated Organizations Offering Scientific Expertise to Inform Regulation

• Finalist for Responsible Research Paper Prize, SMS 2024

Selected Work in Progress

West, N. A Theory of Firm Response to Pressure from Stakeholders and Government Elites Driven by Misperceptions

West, N., Tan, D. Feeding the Debate: What Information Organizations Prioritize When Attempting to Influence Scientists Versus Regulators

West, N. Firm Relationships with Politically Active Scientists

West, N. Who are You Going to Fund? Firm Funding for Toxicology Research

Book Chapters

Clayton, T., & West, N. (2015). In Search of the Good Dam: A Role for Corporate Social Responsibility in Mekong Hydropower Development. In Wolf, R., Issa, T., & Thiel, M. (Eds.), Empowering Organizations Through Corporate Social Responsibility (288-306). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Geheb, K., West, N., & Matthews, N. (2014). The Invisible Dam: Hydropower and Its Narration in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. In Matthews, N. and Geheb, K. (Eds.), Hydropower Development in the Mekong Region: Political, Socio-economic and Environmental Perspectives (101-126). London, UK: Routledge.