The Academy of Management Review Award is given on a yearly basis to the selected paper published the previous year. The finalists are selected by the AMR Award Committee: Gerry McNamara (Chair), Teppo Felin, Cynthia Devers, Richard Priem, Ingrid Fulmer, Hettie Richardson, Matt Bloom, Adam Grant. 

The criterion of the Academy of Management Review Best Paper Award includes:

•    The core ideas are original, important, and provocative
•    Discussion of literature is complete, and accurate
•    Presentation is concise and logical
•    Contribution is clear and important

The Academy of Management Review 2008 Best Paper Award finalists are:
Ramón Rico, Miriam Sanchez-Manzanares, Francisco Gil, Cristina Gibson;
“Team implicit coordination processes: A team knowledge-based approach”

Batia M. Wiesenfeld, Kurt A. Wurthmann, Donald C. Hambrick; “The stigmatization
and devaluation of elites associated with corporate failures: A process model”

The Academy of Management Review 2008 Best Paper Award winners are:
Julian Birkinshaw, Gary Hamel, Michael J. Mol; “Management Innovation”