Aranda, A., Vaara, E., Etchanchu, H. and Guyt, J. (2025). Discursive struggles and contested stigma extensions: Explaining the gradual stigmatization of the U.S. tobacco industry Organization Science, 36(4):1384--1415.
Ana Aranda
University
University of Amsterdam
E-mail
Research field
Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Interests
Organizational Economics, Policy Evaluation, Natural Language Processing
Website
Biography
Ana M. Aranda is an associate professor in the Strategy & International Business Section of the Amsterdam Business School at the University of Amsterdam. She earned her PhD from Tilburg University. Her research focuses on social evaluations, controversial industries, and topic modeling. Her work has been published in leading academic journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and the Journal of Management.
Key publications
Vaara, E., Aranda, A. and Etchanchu, H. (2024). Discursive Legitimation: An Integrative Theoretical Framework and Agenda for Future Research Journal of Management, 50(6):2343--2373.
Aranda, A. and Simons, T. (2023). Clearing the Smoke: Regulations, Moral Legitimacy, and Performance in the U.S. Tobacco Industry Journal of Business Ethics, 187:803–819.
Aranda, A., Conti, R. and Wezel, \.C. (2021). Distinct but Not Apart? Stigma Reduction and Cross-Industry Evaluative Spillovers: The Case of Medical Marijuana Legalization Academy of Management Journal, 64(6):1901–1926.
Publications
Aranda, A., Vaara, E., Etchanchu, H. and Guyt, J. (2025). Discursive struggles and contested stigma extensions: Explaining the gradual stigmatization of the U.S. tobacco industry Organization Science, 36(4):1384--1415.
Etchanchu, H., Aranda, A., Harmon, D. and Ansari, S. (2025). How historical context shapes the construction of field-level frames: A comparative study of France and Germany’s shale gas debates Organization Studies, :.
Vaara, E., Aranda, A. and Etchanchu, H. (2024). Discursive Legitimation: An Integrative Theoretical Framework and Agenda for Future Research Journal of Management, 50(6):2343--2373.
Aranda, A. and Simons, T. (2023). Clearing the Smoke: Regulations, Moral Legitimacy, and Performance in the U.S. Tobacco Industry Journal of Business Ethics, 187:803–819.
Aranda, A., Conti, R. and Wezel, \.C. (2021). Distinct but Not Apart? Stigma Reduction and Cross-Industry Evaluative Spillovers: The Case of Medical Marijuana Legalization Academy of Management Journal, 64(6):1901–1926.